178 - Judi France Educate Yourself to Invest Outside of Podiatry
Release Date: 11/05/2021
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info_outlineJudi France is the owner of Toowoomba Podiatry in Queensland. In addition to her ongoing podiatry education, Judi also made a conscious effort to educate herself about investing her money outside of podiatry in preparation for her future.
Living lousy for a short period of time and paying off your debt as fast as you can is a great investment strategy; it will pay huge dividends long-term and is something Judi wants younger podiatrists to understand.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Adversity and failure lead to opportunity
- The balance between practice ownership and Continuing Education.
- Investing outside of podiatry.
- Go without now and reap the rewards later.
- Living lousy and paying off debt quick
- Educating yourself to make money outside of podiatry.
- Investing Overseas
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