Your Network is an Asset | MHFi 027

In this episode, Doug and Carl interview Amberly Grant, creator of FinTalks (formerly FinZoom) and all-around-awesome human. Here are a few highlights of our discussion:

• How Amberly met Mr. Money Mustache
• FinTalks: something great born out of a place of depression
• Unexpected adventures
• The future of FinTalks

Travel

• Ottawa to LA to NYC to Ottawa to Thailand
• Finding local connections
• Escaping a bad situation
• Favorite places
• Safety when traveling alone

Real estate

• What a house is to Amberly
• Leveraging your network

Amberly’s perfect day

• Keeping busy
• HIIT
• The joy of being productive

Links:

• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• The Wealthy Barber, Everyone’s Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent by David Chilton
• The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
• ChooseFI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence by Chris Mamula, Brad Barrett, and Jonathan Mendonsa
• Go Natural English (teaching English abroad)
• Amberly’s Website
• Amberly’s Facebook

Meet Amberly

When we think of Amberly Grant, just one thing comes to mind: energy! This girl is on the go and passionate about her many pursuits. Amberly is (deep breath): an avid traveler, teacher, reader, real estate investor, business school graduate, and Senior Project Manager at a tech company. And she speaks four languages! She loves to achieve and lives to help others.

Recently, Amberly channeled her love of all things personal finance and her extroversion by creating an online group of people who get together weekly to discuss life and money. This group, known as FinTalks (formerly FinZoom) is a space for people to share what they’ve learned about finances and help others share and grow in their FI journeys. If you’re interested in being part of this free and awesome group, check it out and let Amberly know!

Our Discussion

We started out by talking to Amberly about how she got involved in the personal finance space and how she first met Pete (Mr. Money Mustache). She then told us all about the origins of FinTalks. Amberly was going through a difficult time. She was going through a breakup … just as COVID was hitting. Being trapped in lockdown after a rough breakup would be hard on anyone. But Amberly knows that the best way to grow and get out of a rut is to focus on helping others. So she started FinTalks!

On top of that, Amberly started making Facebook Live presentations, where she would distill complex finance topics into easily digestible nuggets...