Belinda Aramide is a mother of three children, all under the age of seven. She is also the sales executive and founder of Salesfluence; a company focused on changing the way we sell to one another by helping sales organizations and entrepreneurs use video to personalize the selling process.
Belinda鈥檚 financial vices include lattes of any kind, eating out, and buying things for her children. Her financial goals focus on growing her own location-independent business while teaching her children solid financial literacy early on in their lives.
We sat down with Belinda to chat about the importance of money, and the daily role it plays in her life. Here鈥檚 what she had to say.
鈥淣one, if I鈥檓 being completely honest. 聽Throughout my late teens to early 20鈥檚 I really realized how important it is to have the foundation, to avoid those pitfalls. That鈥檚 the number one thing I鈥檓 determined to teach my children about. I鈥檓 teaching my daughter what I wish I knew, so when she starts saving she鈥檒l be prepared.鈥�
鈥淎s a child, I saw money as a means to an end. I want something, I need the money, let鈥檚 go get it. As I went into adolescence, I started to understand that you had to work for the money, and there are limitations to it. It set the tone on how I could acquire money, and I saw it as something that was attainable but only to a point. As I was a young adult stumbling through, I realized money is what you make of it. It鈥檚 important to be very aware of where it鈥檚 going, and making short term decisions that you won鈥檛 later regret.鈥�
鈥淚 think that money is incredibly empowering. It means freedom of choice. Having lived my 20s both very broke, and to now where I have financial stability, it represents that freedom and being able to choose what I do, and how I want to do it. I鈥檓 more quick to see those financial decisions.鈥�
鈥淚 want more, as an immediate reaction. It鈥檚 a necessary part of life. If it wasn鈥檛 money, it would be something else. It鈥檚 a means of trading something of value for a service or good.鈥�
鈥淚n life there are things you can and cannot control. Educating yourself on money is important because it鈥檚 one of those things you want as much control over as you possibly can. It can affect your relationships, your quality of life, and so much more, so you have to ask the tough questions, and not live your life in the clouds. There are things that happen that are out of your control, and the best way to prepare for those things is to be aware of your money.鈥�
鈥淪urround yourself with people that know more about money, than you do. Money can be empowering, but it can be a very negative experience. I wish that I surrounded myself with people and financial advisors that knew better than I did. I could have sought it out earlier than I did.鈥�
鈥淔ighting for a higher salary than you think you鈥檙e going to get. Men out-earn women because we don鈥檛 ask the way men do.鈥�
鈥�大象传媒 came into our office for a Lunch and Learn about a year ago. I immediately loved the approach and how the team came in and spoke about money. It鈥檚 clear how 大象传媒 is different from the archaic big 5 banks鈥� way of doing things, and that they want to change the industry. Plus, it was super educational. I learned more in that 45 minutes than in the past 2 years prior to 大象传媒 coming in.鈥�
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