Money significantly impacts our lives by influencing our opportunities, choices, and general well-being. However, many people have complicated and often negative relationships with money. Subsequently, the traditional systems of personal financial education have failed to provide us with practical, engaging, and shame-free ways to manage our finances. Thus, a healthy mentality, empowering financial practices, and a sense of economic empowerment are necessary to change our relationship with money.
It has been said that building wealth is a long-term journey. Assuredly, a positive money mindset will help you stay focused, motivated, and confident along the way. Consequently, developing wealth requires not only sound financial knowledge and strategy but also a positive attitude about money. In this way, our mindset shapes our views, attitudes, and behaviors about money.
Developing an abundance-focused and positive attitude toward money can significantly improve your capacity to generate riches. In addition, you can have a more gratifying and rewarding relationship with money by consciously altering your thoughts and behavior. Therefore, we can conclude that financial freedom starts with transforming our relationship with money.
Dr. Latifat Akintade is a coach, mom of three kids, GI Doctor, and Founder of Money Fit MD. Dr. Latifat helps women Physicians go from being financially overwhelmed to financially confident, so they can break the cycle of living from paycheck to paycheck and achieve financial peace of mind. She was also a recovering, people-pleasing, self-sacrificing ex-broke physician, wherein she realized the safer and better way to be the more loving, less shame-filled, and less judgmental approach to money. Thus, she believes that every woman Physician can achieve true financial success with the right tools. With MoneyFitMD, people will learn everything they need to win their money and live to curate their rich lives and build their net worth from the inside out.
In this special episode with Dr. Latifat Akintade, we will learn about the inspiring journey of an empowered woman who was once bombarded by the negative thoughts of not being good enough at writing a book and how she overcame those limiting beliefs. Be captivated by how she shared her knowledge about money and how we can establish a good relationship with it to achieve financial freedom and a growth mindset.
"Mindset is so important because if you don't have a mindset, you can work yourself to death, but you can't work yourself to wealth." – Dr. Latifat Akintade
Topics Covered:
(00:00:00) Introduction + Episode Snippet
(00:00:38) Introducing our special guest, Dr. Latifat Akintade.
(00:01:34) From physician to an entrepreneur
(00:02:23) Trusting in the journey
(00:03:51) The Community of Women and Wealthy Mindset
(00:05:12) Mindset is essential.
(00:07:14) Our relationship with money.
(00:08:08) Financial freedom comes from discipline.
(00:10:21) Book Overview: Done with Broke
(00:10:44) Living your life and determining your money.
(00:12:02) The three vital relationships in life: Self, Money, and Others
(00:12:56) Wealth is more than money.
(00:13:36) Quick Reminder: Are you enjoying this episode? Please share it, leave a five-star review, and give feedback. Go to TimeOut with the SportsDr website.
(00:14:05) Taking a Sabbatical is Wealth itself.
(00:15:47) Living life without regrets.
(00:16:56) Seeing life through the lens of gratitude.
(00:18:15) How to overcome the obstacles of being a first-time writer
(00:19:32) If you want something, make it happen.
(00:22:24) It's who you become while writing a book.
(00:24:10) We have so much to accomplish in this world.
(00:25:11) Start taking action
(00:25:50) Connect with Dr. Latifat Akintade
Key Takeaways:
"I thought money was just a language that I couldn't understand. And it's meant for people that don't look like me." – Dr. Latifat Akintade
"Living your life and letting money determine your life as opposed to you living your life and determining your money." – Dr. Latifat Akintade
"Take things off your bucket list and put them on your to-do list so you can get them over with." – Dr. Derrick Burgess
Connect with Dr. Latifat Akintade:
Website: https://www.moneyfitmd.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneyfitmd/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoneyfitMD/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7G0c7zICg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-latifat-akintade-0137b5200/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Edq03KstP6TIV9c3kxMta?si=8c1f5477bac34fea
Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess:
Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg
Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com
