Business
This week I speak to Simonne Gnessen, one of the UK's leading money coaches and trainer, about her own money story. A humble childhood taught Simonne that money wasn't the source of happiness and fullfillment, but could provide some options and flexibility. Working as a student in a shoe shop while at university gave way to travelling before eventually training as an actuary. But a sudden change of heart to find work that really fullfilled her led Simonne decide to train to become a financial adviser. Disillusionment with the sales culture that prevailed in financial services at the time, and a chance encounter with a financial adviser who suggested the possibility of becoming a coach, motivated Simonne to re-engineer her career a third time. From humble and tentative early beginnings in the early 2000s, Simonne tells how she developed one of the first money coaching business in the UK, to the stage where she has now trained nearly 100 other money coaches. Simonne has some wonderful insights and wisdom on working, earning, spending, saving, borrowing and investing in yourself.