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How do you build financial confidence in a new country?

It starts with learning how money works where you are.

On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Bisola Tijani, the Whiz Queen, about building financial confidence when navigating a new country, learning how money works in a different system, and taking ownership of your financial future.

Key Takeaways

🔹 Learn how money works where you live.

🔹 A growth mindset helps you adapt, learn, and take ownership of your financial decisions.

🔹 Start with the essentials by setting up identification, banking, and credit systems early.

🔹 Building credit intentionally expands your access to housing, employment, and financial opportunities.

🔹 Confidence grows through action by learning, experimenting, and making small, informed decisions.

🔹 Protect your money by working with regulated professionals and taking time before making decisions.

🔹 Money is a tool that supports your life, your goals, and the people you care about.

Tony’s Take: Starting over creates opportunity. Financial readiness begins with understanding the system you’re in and taking ownership of your decisions.

Connect with Bisola Tijani:

• Website: https://whizqueen.ca
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b-tijani/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whiz_queen/?hl=en
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhizQueen/featured

Podcast:

• The Whiz Queen Show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhG7IsMTPnBNn2MMAoXzDal7cJR7R6jDP

Bio: 

Bisola Tijani, known as WhizQueen, is a Nigerian-Canadian content creator and financial educator with 150K+ followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. She's on a mission to make money simple, accessible, and actually enjoyable — especially for first-generation immigrants and newcomers building wealth in a new country. Through her community Smart Money Group and her education platform, she teaches investing, income building, and the kind of financial clarity that changes how people live — not just how they save.

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The Get Ready Money Podcast and its guests do not provide investment advice. All content is for educational purposes. Guest opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Get Ready Money Podcast and Tony Steuer.