Episode 299- How Service Workers Can Achieve Financial Freedom & Increase Their Financial Health with Barbara Sloan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From homeless to bartending at Coyote Ugly, today's guest has gone through it all when it comes to working the service industry. Barbara Sloan is author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tipped: The Life Changing Guide to Financial Freedom For Waitresses, Bartenders, Strippers and All Other Service Industry Professionals,”</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and a personal finance expert. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s spent two decades working in every imaginable position in the service industry, in addition to owning and running a woman-owned construction company in Manhattan. Now, she helps other service industry professionals map their way to financial independence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about the unique challenges that face over 4 million service industry professionals, how these workers can use the system to their benefit and all of the mistakes Barbara made on her own way to financial literacy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What a service industry professional is + their unique career and financial opportunities + challenges</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to budget with an inconsistent or fluctuating income + how to build in buffers during seasonal work</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Advice on how service industry professionals can increase their income + begin to invest</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The transition from being hired at a construction company to owning it + more</span></li> </ul> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" data-qa= "message_content"> <div class= "c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class= "c-m