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What is the Worth Listening Podcast?
In short, it’s a podcast about all things money! Our guests are millennials and professional athletes because what better way to learn than from peers in a similar situation.

Host Lauryn Williams, financial planner and Olympian leads in-depth conversations with guests, having them share what she calls their "money memoir" to offer insight into how money works in their sport or profession.

Learn more about Lauryn and Worth Listening at Worth-Winning.com

Jul 31, 2018

Today’s guest is Travis Hornsby. He is a former bonds trader that transitioned to being an entrepreneur and founder of studentloanplanner.com. He works with professionals with student loan debt to help them take control of their financial situation and make the best decisions when it comes to their debt repayment.

Today Travis will share with us his personal story of his own finances. Not many people graduate college with no debt and $40,000 in savings and investments, but he did. He shares how his financial decisions allowed him to leave his job and take a year to travel the world and what his now father-in-law said to him that motivated him to a new level of success. Then, Travis unleashes on us a wealth of information about student loan debt.

In This Episode We Discuss:

  • The difference between federal loans vs private loans and how to know what the best situation is for you.
  • The importance of saving for your future now instead of waiting until your student loans are taken care of.
  • Why you need to look at your student loans as a tax on your income instead of debt.
  • Why it’s important to find that balance between spending and savings.

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