S2 E2 To will or not to will(power)!

The Swan Effect - Creating and Sustaining Your Financial Wellbeing

In Episode 1 of Season 2 of the Swan Effect podcast, Arthi and Malika helped to identify those financial superpowers we all have that we can use to unleash our money management potential.

This month, the hosts are enabling you to commit to your financial goals and build your willpower to keep going. Joining as a guest is Sandra Segers, Head of Strategic Management Relationship at Old Mutual Wealth.

Sandra shares how her first memory of money shaped her own relationship with her finances and management thereof. More important there arose key learning from that which she uses today such as managing her debt carefully, and being frugal on where and how her money is spent.

Listen in to the discussion where we together further unpack:

· How to alter the effects of our memories with money to be more productive

· Practical ways to start our journey towards better money

· How to prioritise where to start the journey

· Why goal setting and key to the success of achieving your goal and how to go about it

· Being cognisant of blind spots and roadblocks that may hinder our progress

· Learning how to open to opportunities even in what may seem to be a chaotic context

· Your mindset and owning your choices

And so many more tips and ideas that will not only motivate you but commit you towards progress with your money management goals.

We would love to hear your views based on the concepts covered in this episode.

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About Sandra Segers:

Sandra entered the financial industry over 20 years ago after spending some time in education and retail. Her positions in the industry range from training consultant and manager, to business development and strategic relationship manager for a team of Financial Planning Coaches. Their goal is to train, mentor and coach financial planners to have engagements with their clients which is centred around who they are, what is important to them followed by a best advice framework for financial decision making. Sandra’s vision is for all South Africans to live purposeful lives enabled by sound financial decisions.

This Episode is proudly sponsored by Old Mutual Wealth.

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1. Advertisement: Old Mutual Wealth (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:01:24)

3. About Arthi Rabikrisson and Malika Petersen (00:01:46)

4. Today's topic: to will or not to will(power) (00:02:54)

5. Welcome Sandra Segers! (00:03:52)

6. More about Sandra (00:04:08)

7. Sandra shares her first memory of money (00:05:14)

8. The link between our first memory of money and our behaviour with money - sandra shares her personal insights (00:07:40)

9. Can we alter the effects of the first memory of money? (00:10:50)

10. Some of the steps we can take to start our journey towards a better relationship and understanding of our finances (00:12:47)

11. How to prioritise needs and wants better? (00:15:29)

12. Ways to create the plan to reach our financial goals (00:18:34)

13. What may hinder us from achieving that goal from a blind spot and roadblocks perspective? (00:22:26)

14. Finding opportunities in the chaos - the mindset perspective (00:26:50)

15. Sandra's 3 top tips to kickstart a person’s pathway towards building willpower (00:30:29)

16. Sandra's parting shot (00:32:22)

17. Arthi's parting shot (00:33:37)

18. Malika's parting shot (00:34:30)

19. Thank you Sandra! (00:34:56)

20. Willing will your will and willpower! (00:35:14)

21. Thank you listeners! (00:35:36)

22. Swanning out for now! (00:35:57)