September 18, 2023
Lessons from a Year-Long Worldwide Family Sabbatical with Dr. Latifat Akintade
Episode Description
My guest this week believes that every woman, regardless of her past, can learn to create lasting wealth. She wants women to be financially liberated and pursue their dreams, and she’s here to share how she’s living one of my dreams: taking a year-long family sabbatical, traveling around the world.
Dr. Latifat Akintade is a gastroenterologist, money coach, and mother of three beautiful children. She’s also the author of the Amazon Bestseller Done With Broke: The Woman Physician’s Guide to More Money and Less Hustle, and Latifat is the host of The MoneyFitMD Podcast. Combining her knowledge of personal finance with her skills as a certified life coach, Dr. Latifat Akintade empowers women to take control of their finances and break free from the cycle of financial struggle.
Tune in this week to discover why your travel options are broader than you might think. Dr. Latifat Akintade is discussing how she has managed to take a year-long sabbatical with her family, traveling the world, sharing the truth about job security as we know it, and explaining how she’s used points throughout this adventure.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode
- How Dr. Latifat decided it was time to travel the world with her family.
- Why having a long family sabbatical, just like Dr. Latifat, is more possible than you might think.
- How Dr. Latifat has made it possible for her family to take an amazing trip like this.
- What we’ve been taught about job security and how Dr. Latifat is challenging that notion.
- How we naturally plan for the worst, but we should start planning for the best.
- Why right now might be the perfect time to start planning for your own outrageous sabbatical.
- How Dr. Akintade and her family decided what they wanted to experience during their year-long sabbatical.
- The role points have played in bringing some extra luxury to Dr. Latifat’s family adventure.
- Dr. Latifat’s advice regarding accommodations, credit cards, insurance, and avoiding burnout while traveling.
Featured on the Show:
- Follow me on Instagram
- Send me an email
- Get on the waitlist for the Points Made Easy Course here!
- Get My Cash-Back Credit Card Cheat Sheet!
- Dr. Latifat Akintade: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Podcast
- Done With Broke: The Woman Physician’s Guide to More Money and Less Hustle by Dr. Latifat Akintade
- The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
- World Nomads Travel Insurance
- Allianz Travel Insurance
Click here to download full episode transcript
Enjoy the Show?
- Don’t miss an episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or RSS.
- Leave me a review in Apple Podcasts.
Point Me to First Class is the show for professionals and business owners with higher-than-average personal or business expenses, who want to learn to leverage these expenses into credit card points they can spend on travel.
Each week, I share valuable tips, tools, and strategies to help you uplevel your skills earning and redeeming credit card points, so you can expand your travel and expand your experiences.
