S2: E6: - Creating Financial Joy by Designing your Life's Vision

Today I have the pleasure speaking with Ken Okoroafor, Co-founder
and CEO of the Humble Penny and Financial Joy Academy. Ken has a
wonderful and inspiring story. After moving to the UK from Nigeria
when he was 14 years old, Ken found it hard to fit in, so he
focussed on his studies, knowing that education was the pathway to
better himself. Later on in life he went on a journey of self
discovery and made it his mission to educate himself, not only in
mainstream education but by other learning methods: mentoring,
coaching and experimenting. Ken started his career having made it
into university through clearing and achieved a First Class degree.
That led him to explore training as an Accountant which then
propelled him to become a Chief Financial Officer for a Venture
Capital business in London. In 2017, he started a blog called The
Humble Penny that he ran as a side hustle alongside his full time
job as a CFO. He created The Humble Penny to help people demystify
money and design their lives for true financial freedom, as he
spent most of his career in effect making the rich richer whilst
people around him were in decline financially. He and his wife Mary
had been working on getting their personal finances in shape for
the last decade and paid off their mortgage in 7 years, and managed
to invest in other income generating assets.  They achieved
financial independence at the age of 34 years, and have transformed
their family life and history entirely. Given they could see that
this was possible, they wanted to share their story and inspire
others to change their destinies forever by doing the same. Having
been in Finance for 15 years, Ken took the leap to focus on what he
believed was his core calling. – to elevate families financially
through the Humble Penny and Financial Joy Academy. Since it’s
inception, The Humble Penny has been making a huge impact.
Together, Ken and Mary have been empowering families financially to
live life by design and use money as a tool to create a life that
works for them. We talk about: ︎The importance of creating a
healthy money mindset from an early age ︎The language of money ︎How
to make money work for you ︎Investing in yourself ︎Designing a life
that you want / Preparing your life vision ︎The importance of
Income ︎Exploring and using your creativity to make money ︎Saving
and investing – putting your money in the right environment ︎And
much much more! ︎  Recommended reading:
   Designing your life:  How to Build a
Well-Lived Joyful Life (Dave Evans and Bill Burnett) Tune in Now!
Ken’s details: Blog – The Humblepenny.com Insta - @the humblepenny
You Tube – The humblepenny Let’s help our youth succeed by sharing
this podcast.