Professional education and certification programs promise to teach us valuable skills for the FinTech industry, but they aren’t teaching us the things that matter! Tune in today to hear why these programs do more harm than good and what I recommend doing instead. 

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Today’s episode:

• [00:39] The lie that professional education and certification programs tell us. 
• [01:16] Examples of how this lie negatively impacts people. 
• [05:58] Why people choose to enter professional education programs.
• [06:18] Why professional education programs will not benefit your FinTech career. 
• [07:31] How professional education programs take advantage of people. 
• [09:08] Reasons that professional education programs don’t help with networking.
• [10:08] The difference between formal education programs and Mastermind groups.
• [11:26] The factor that helps me decide which Mastermind to join. 
• [11:54] Why confidence is the key to achieving your goals. 
• [13:13] Advice for overcoming your fears and training your “confidence muscles.” 

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