Episode Details

Episode 50 – Tim's big jump - from bank manager to primary school teacher

Today in the episode, we talk to Tim Lavrey's career change story from being a bank manager to a preschool teacher

In this interview we cover:

• Tim's love for football
• The story of Tim's career change and how he made his move and decision to leave the bank and teach
• His redundancy and how it contributed to his career change
• Going through self-doubt during the process
• Their 6-month period of planning for his career shift, finances, income and budget and their 3-month trial period before the big change
• How Tim prepared for university and teaching and the struggles he went through
• Examples of how he created opportunities for himself while studying and after graduation
• His feelings about his new profession as a teacher
• His thoughts about the things he'd do differently
• How good planning, structure, and discipline can help with your financial stability
• The story of how Tim's wife, Mary Anne, made a big change in her career recently
• How teamwork contributed to successfully making the changes in their lives

Links mentioned in the show

Mini Retirement Planning Checklist