Karen Ford is a Master Financial Coach, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Author who has coached people with a variety of money issues: from just $500 in debt to $800,000 in debt. She has coached folks with up to 86 credit cards and taught them how to pay down and pay off those credit cards in record time. Karen’s mission is to inspire others to rid themselves of debt and build wealth. She encourages others to break the shackles of debt and gives valuable insight into building wealth so they can experience financial freedom! Karen Ford’s #1 Amazon Best Selling Book “Money Matters” is a discovery for many. This book is not only motivational, but practical. She is an avid real estate investor, who enjoys buying, selling, and flipping properties. She has even bought properties for as little as $10 and turned a few dollars into thousands! In “Money Matters” she provides keys to demolishing debt, shares how to budget correctly, and gives principles in wealth building.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the mind, the thoughts. That’s one challenge I had to overcome because I kept thinking can I do this? Will people actually pay to listen to what I have to say? I am not an expert by any means there is lots of people out in my field that are really good with money. So, I had to fight that and I had to think you know what now I am not a Dave Ramsey but I’m not made to be a Dave Ramsey, no I am not a Jacqui Phillips but I’m not made to be a Jacqui Phillips. I am made to be Karen Ford. If I compare myself with other people, I can always see areas that I can grow or I could always look at myself and think lack but honestly I bring something to the table that maybe someone else doesn’t”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Truly Rich Larry Burkett
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not Book by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Also mentioned
- Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success Book by John C. Maxwell
Favourite Quote:
” unmanaged money goes, managed money grows”
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- WordPress is a free and open-source content management system based on PHP & MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. It is most associated with blogging but supports other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.
- YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“step out and find out and do it afraid”…[Listen for More]
More About Karen Ford:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.” Confucius
Other Quotes From the Chat with Karen Ford:
- “I would have listened to more podcasts before I started my business and I would not have delayed going on social media… If I could turn back clock, I would have been on all social media sites from the very beginning”
- “step out and find out. If you have a gut feeling about doing something but your head is thinking I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know. Do it. You are going to beat yourself up not doing it and wondering what it could be like if you had done it”
- “what makes me uncomfortable is when people want what I have but they are not willing to pay for it”
- “never think that you know everything about your business that you need to know because then you are placing yourself in a position where you don’t want to receive from anybody else, you know it all”
- “don’t let that fail you put you back, or push you back. If you fail, fail forward. In other words, get back up, brush the dust off your pants and your shoes and keep moving forward. Because anybody who’s been in business has had periods of failure. Maybe their idea that they applied didn’t work as well as what they had hoped or maybe didn’t work at all. But you found out that it didn’t work. So, don’t let that push you back to where you were. Just keep moving forward”
- “the future is going to be brighter, bigger and better for everyone”
- “manage your money in a greater way so that it will grow instead of go.”
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