Building Wealth Without Betraying Your Values: Tips for Mission-Driven Careers
About this episode
The episode discusses how to build wealth while remaining true to social values and choosing meaningful work over maximum pay.
Learn how to build wealth while staying true to your social values and choosing meaningful work over maximum pay. Can you be both wealthy and ethical? Hosts Sean Pyles, CFP®, and Elizabeth Ayoola tackle a question from a nurse who earns less than her peers by choosing to work at a public safety-net hospital and deliberately charges minimal fees to teach wilderness medicine to nonprofits. They explore the tension people in service-oriented careers often feel when it comes to building personal wealth, including which strategies could help you earn more without abandoning your mission. They also discuss which financial tools — from retirement plans designed for public-sector workers to ways of investing that align with your values — could help you grow wealth while staying true to what you stand for. Plus: an accountability update from Sean and Elizabeth on their January goals. Find out what ESG investing could look like for your portfolio with our beginner's guide: https://www.nerdwallet.com/investing/learn/esg-investing Subscribe to our podcast’s free email newsletter for bonus content and more from our hosts at https://smartmoney-nerdwallet.beehiiv.com/ Want us to review your…
People in this episode
Hosts: Sean Pyles, Elizabeth Ayoola
Topics covered
- wealth building
- ethical investing
- mission-driven careers
- financial strategies
- social values
- public-sector workers
Keywords
- wealth
- values
- ethical
- investing
- financial tools
- public-sector
- ESG investing
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Organizations: NerdWallet, public safety-net hospital, nonprofits
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