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Lindsey Nellessen shares her journey from marketing professional to money coach, revealing practical strategies for building wealth and negotiating higher compensation. She offers insights on conscious spending, investment philosophy, and how tracking your financial contributions at work can lead to significant salary increases.

• Started money coaching and has helped thousands of young adults gain financial confidence
• Transitioned from marketing to finance through entrepreneurship during the pandemic
• Successfully negotiated a 50% compensation increase in one year
• Recommends conscious spending over strict budgeting—align spending with your personal priorities
• Emphasizes why leaving money in savings accounts means losing value to inflation
• Suggests tracking every transaction on a spreadsheet to understand spending patterns
• Achieved six-figure net worth in her 20s

Guest bio:
Lindsey is a personal finance educator, marketing professional, wife, and mom to a one year old son. She started her money coaching business at age 26 and has helped thousands of young adults become more confident with their money.

• Instagram: @your_money_bff / https://www.instagram.com/your_money_bff/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseynellessen/
• Email: lindseynnellessen@gmail.com

Links/resources:

• Danielle Leslie (course creator - website)
• @SaveMyCents (personal finance content creator - Instagram)
• “How to Negotiate Your Salary” by Ramit Sethi (blog)
• I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (audiobook - Amazon affiliate link)
• Personal Finance Club (website)
• The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (audiobook - Amazon affiliate link)
• Investing for Dummies (audiobook - Amazon affiliate link)
• Off to Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer (book summary)
• Travelers (TV Series - Wikipedia)

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