MoneyMagpie.com<\/a> where I employ a team of people around the country to create the content, bring in advertising and grow the audience.<\/p>\nI have a weekly column in the Daily Mail (Miss Moneysaver) and a monthly column in Platinum magazine.<\/p>\n
I have presented some TV programmes in the past and currently appear on various programmes across the networks (BBC, Channel 5, Sky, Talk TV, GB News etc) as well as various radio programmes, as a money, business and economics commentator.<\/p>\n
I am also a keynote speaker, talking on a range of topics from consumer behaviour to investing and even spirituality and ethics. I have been a stand-up comedian and still bring comedy into many of my videos and TV appearances, particularly when talking about subjects that are basically quite dull.<\/p>\n
One of the most rewarding things about what I do is the variety. I\u2019ve never had an actual job because I have never come across one that includes all the things that I do. Being self-employed – and particularly employing others – is not easy but it\u2019s never dull! There are many challenging aspects to it, such as coming up with ideas for the various columns and programmes I do, keeping the cashflow going in order to pay employees, researching new topics and bringing in more work\u2026all of these are challenging in their own ways.<\/p>\n
6. What are you most proud of so far? \n<\/strong>The fact that I have managed to build up a career based on my own ideas and activities. I have certainly been helped along the way, firstly by my mother who always supported and encouraged me, and also by wise and strong people in my church and then all sorts of friends and advisors. School definitely gave me a good grounding for so much of what I have done. So it wasn\u2019t all me of course, but I know how hard it has been and am pleased to have got to where I am without the support of a corporate network.<\/p>\n7. What was the best piece of advice you were given whilst at Brighton? \n<\/strong>I don\u2019t really remember being given advice, although I\u2019m sure I was given quite a lot really. However, what I do remember is that I was taught a lot about how to work, how to do the best I could and how to operate as a team. The extra-curricular activities were particularly helpful in building up various talents and interests.<\/p>\n8. What advice would you give to your 18 year old self? \n<\/strong>Get out more, stop worrying and take more risks. Who cares if you fail – it\u2019s a good way to learn.<\/p>\n9. What book, film or piece of music would you recommend to your younger self and to your fellow alumnae? \n<\/strong>The Bible (King James Version). I know it\u2019s an unfashionable thing to say – which is good as I love to be unfashionable – but all the answers really are there. I\u2019ve read…well,,,scanned…a number of self-help books and they\u2019re all pretty useless apart from their titles which are usually the only actual message there, the rest is usually just padding. And anything they do say that\u2019s of use can all be found in the Bible anyway. I have certainly found it the best guide to life of all the books I\u2019ve read.<\/p>\n10. How would you like to be remembered?<\/strong> \nAs someone who made a positive difference to her fellow human beings, and was kind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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