Get ready for contrarian takes on lifestyle design, personal finance, and building wealth. Stephen is a results-driven, unconventional thinker who explores success and failure among high-performers. Shift your thinking about using your time, energy, and money to build True Wealth. Topics include designing the life you want, growing your income, and the impact of self-investment. Get the tools you need to thrive on this big adventure and make it epic! He is the Founder of Courson Solutions, T ...
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#173 Why You Need A Credit Card And Why It Needs To Be A Travel Points Card with Julian Kheel
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Do you need a credit card? Yes. Definitely. That's Julian Kheel's position and as a travel points expert, he has a compelling case why it needs to be a travel credit card and it goes beyond travel, but protection and security to. If you are trying to figure out your credit card strategy, this is a must listen. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a…
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#172 What Managing Millionaire Estates Taught Him About Life And Money with Andrew Windham
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Andrew runs the details financially and logistically for the 1% of the rich. He doesn't just see what they do with their money but with their time and other resources as well. Some of these super rich people are happy and fulfilled. Others are totally miserable. His unique perspective on what fulfills humans beyond money makes this a fascination di…
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#171 How To Break Free By Embracing Work Flexibility And Financial Freedom With Jason Greenwood
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Despite being in one of the most extreme countries with lockdowns, Jason found a way to reject society and design the life he wanted for the freedom he desired. His systematic approach during such crazy times is a roadmap for anyone to build the life they want now. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if you love the po…
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#170 Problems Modern Day Men Face With Building The 4 Types Of Wealth with Elise Michaels
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Men are facing unique challenges in a society that wants to change who they are. Modern day men struggle to gain the 4 types of wealth (time, financial, social and health) at times in their lives. Elise Michaels is a men's performance coach with 800,000+ followers on social media. She helps them deal with their internal struggles so they can thrive…
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#169 Travel Point Hacks For Hotels and Flights Plus How To Fly Business Class For Free With Colin Stroud
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Money is not created equal. Currencies are worth different amounts depending on the economy and Colin Stroud is an expert in the "points economy" when it comes to credit card rewards. He's been on more vacations with his wife and child in a year than I have in 2 years and most of the trips were free or heavily discounted. If you love to travel, do …
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#168 How The FED Rate Cut Will Impact Every American (Easy To Understand Version)
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Everyone is talking about the FED and their 50bps rate cut announcement. But what does that MEAN for the average American? Does it impact you? Yes, it definitely does. But don't worry, this isn't a boring civics lesson. I explain it so a 10-year old could understand it. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if you love t…
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#167 Are You Using Sports and Politics To Hide From The Fear That's Holding You Back?
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What limits our growth is fear. We hide from that fear with distractions like sports and politics. I had a meeting with a mentor and they asked me this question. It uncovered some self-work I needed to do and was powerful for my mindset. ====================================== 👨💻 Want to use the tool from the video to measure your cash flow and bui…
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#166 Ask Yourself This Question To Discover What's Holding You Back
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We all have dreams but many times they die before we ever really start after them. Why is that? Because of fear. But fear of what? That's one of the most important things we can ever ask ourselves otherwise we may never start living the life we truly want. ================================ Want to use the tool from the video to measure your cash flo…
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#165 Dealing With Insanity In Life: Trump's Assassination Attempt, Biden Stepping Down, And Crowdstrike
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The past few weeks have been one of the craziest I can remember. Enough happened for an entire year, let alone a week. I got sucked into old bad habits like arguing with people pointlessly online and watching the mainstream news even though I know they're spinning the truth or lying outright. At the end of the week, I felt icky. I forgot how poison…
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#164 Three Things I Do To Find Meaning And Significance
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I just had my birthday and turned 37. And I can honestly say that I'm very happy and fulfilled, but that I don't really care too much about happiness. Lifestyle design is about building your life around significance and meaning. Happiness is a byproduct of that but its not as important as our culture makes it out to be. So here are 3 things I do th…
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#163 Start Spending Your Time Like You Do Your Money
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I had a rich mentor teach me one of the most important lessons about time that I ever learned. Once I took his advice and started viewing how I spend my time like how I spend my money, my life changed. Here's how you can make that shift and build the 4 types of wealth with this lifestyle design principle. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a revi…
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#162 The 7 Steps You Need To Design A Strategy For Your Life
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You can watch the YouTube video of this on the link below, but these are the 7 steps that we walkthrough in my Mastermind that costs thousands of dollars...and I'm giving them to you today for free! This proven system will help you find extreme clarity for what you want in your life and how to get it. All you have to do after that is take tiny step…
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#161 Society Sold You A Lie That You Have Time...You Don't
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You’ve been lied to. “You’re young, you’ve got time.” “It’s okay, 35 is the new 25.” “You’re 26, no one knows what they want.” “You’ll figure it out eventually.” Lies. Lies. Lies. I can predict with scary accuracy where you’ll be in 5 years based on certain data points. And for many people, the answer is “almost exactly where you are right now, jus…
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Do you know what the 4 Types of Wealth are? They seem obvious once you hear them, but most people don't know what they are. Time Wealth, Health Wealth, Financial Wealth and Social Wealth are the four types of wealth that every person has some level of. The question is how focused are you on them? Most people are usually only focused on 2 of them at…
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#159 How To Win At Life By Stacking Wins And Stacking Them Fast
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People who win consistently don't look at the mountaintop. They focus on the next 3 steps. Let's talk about the power of stacking small wins and stacking them fast. Use this spreadsheet that thousands of people use to manage their cash flow and budget for their life. It's simple, easy to use, and I walk you through how I use it to manage over $18,0…
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#158 "Let them eat cake", Blocking Celebrities And Culture Shifts
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The MET Gala is something I'd never thought I would discuss on this show, but here we are! Blocking Celebrities is trending thanks to a really poorly timed "Let them eat cake" theme and this is an important moment in culture where people are saying they've had enough. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if you love the…
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#157 Don't Pay Off Your Debt. Negotiate It First. (recast)
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Why would you pay $20,000 if you could negotiate it down to $15,000? Why pay 22% interest when you could get 0% for 12 months? Why do all of the gurus leave debt negotiation out of their programs? They'll mention it casually but they don't actually show you how to do it. And its an incredibly important step. Debt negotiation is crucial and its not …
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#156 I've Read Over 200 Books About Money And These 9 Changed My Life
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I've read over 200 books on making money and almost 25% of the books were either useless, or flat-out wrong. But these changed my life and here's the kicker...they aren't all about money! Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if you love the podcast to help it grow and enable me to get bigger guests on the pod! If you wa…
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#155 Should You Buy Bitcoin: Panel Discussion
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Our Assembly panel of experts on Bitcoin discuss the current state of the market, SEC changes and how to evaluate if you should buy it. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if you love the podcast to help it grow and enable me to get bigger guests on the pod! If you want to join my wealth-building and productivity focus…
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#154 Super Easy Hack To Improve At Anything...Track It
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What gets measured, gets improved. Businesses track numbers and data that are important for the company to survive and grow, so why don't we do the same thing? The results are the same. Ignore something and it will stay the same and slowly decay. Track it, learn from it and grow. Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spotify if …
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#153 Simple Hack To Go From A Negative Mindset To A Growth Mindset
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There's a simple hack that anyone can use to turn those negative thoughts into a growth mindset. And no! It's not about eliminating those thoughts. They originate from a place of fear which is a natural emotion we will never be rid of. Fear can be a good thing, but it can also prevent us from taking action. This can help you get over it. Connect Wi…
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#152 If You Want Progress, Stop Dreaming Big And Start Doing Small
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People actually aren't bad at making goals. They're terrible at starting them. You don't start climbing a mountain by staring up at the peak all day. You get your gear together, then you plan you first few steps. Then you look ahead a few feet and figure out the next point you're trying to get to. Whatever your goal is, if you can't make progress o…
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There is one investment that is NOT optional for anyone at any level of wealth at any point in time... And that is investing in YOU. So many people give up on developing their knowledge and skills after they graduate from school. The only training or skill development they get is whatever their job provides. That's the fast road to average or worse…
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#150 Brushing Off Powerlessness And Shifting Your Mindset To Make Fast, Positive Changes
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We need to combine two cliche's for a powerful realization. Nothing changes if nothing changes You can't change anything but yourself When you combine those two realizations, you come to a dangerous place where you can't pretend to be powerless in a situation. Because you can always control what you are going to do. But many times, we can let this …
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#149 Bitcoin Hits $50,000: How We Got Here And Why It Matters
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Bitcoin just hit $50,000 for the first time in over 2 years. But its different this time. Why? Because of the journey. There's less roadblocks. Bigger players. And lots of hurdles have been conquered. And most importantly, Big Finance got their greedy hands on an ETF. This episode will explain why all this matters to anyone, even if you don't inves…
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#148 In Your 30s and Broke? Three Steps To Build Wealth When You’re Starting At Zero
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If you're in your 30s and your broke or not where you want to be in life, stop feeling defeated and do these three things instead. This decade of life hits hard with things like kids, getting laid off, marriage, divorce, still being single, inflation and trying to get settled in a career and be an adult. A lot of times, we can lose our way a bit. B…
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#147 The 7 Best Side Hustles To Make $500-$2000/mo In 2024
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These are the best REAL side hustles to make some money with in 2024. I say real because there's actually demand for these things. 1. Online Teaching and Tutoring - Use my Kajabi code to get your first month free - https://app.kajabi.com/r/rtVwVxw2 - Growing popularity with substantial income potential. - Platforms include Varsity Tutors, tutor.com…
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#146 The Predictions Episode: 2024 Picks and 2023 Review
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Last year, one of my most popular posts was my predictions episode. So we are going to review the 2023 predictions I made and see if I got any of them right and then make new ones for 2024! Personal finance, real estate, social media, stocks, the economy, trends in society...I do it all! Connect With Me Heroes! Please leave a review on Apple or Spo…
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#145 Fighting Discontent At The End Of The Year
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It's the end of 2023 and as I'm reviewing this very unique year in my life, I'm struggling with being discontent on how it went. Fighting the expectations I have for myself is clashing with the accomplishments I've had in the year. I want to encourage people to give themselves some grace. It's been a tough few years and I think we are feeling that.…
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Elon Musk broke the internet AGAIN. He was being interviewed on stage with a bunch of CEOs in the crowd and said if you try to blackmail him with money by saying you won't advertise with his company if he doesn't do what you say...then F&*# you. That got everyone talking about how it must be nice to be a billionaire and have FU Money. But it got me…
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#143 Boost Your Wealth with Occam's Razor: Simplify and Save
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Have you ever heard of Occams Razor? In the quest to increase your net worth and build financial stability, Occam's Razor is a powerful tool that can transform your decision-making and cost management. Occam's Razor is a philosophical principle that advises simplicity as the best approach to solving problems. In this video, we'll explore how applyi…
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#142 I'm Okay...And What I've Been Doing The Past 15 Months That Will Hopefully Excite You
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For the past 15 months, I've been focused on building out the core components to the True Wealth Experience™ and the final piece is launching on November 15th! You can register for the giveaways and special 24 hour offer here --> www.coursonsolutions.com/community-kickoff When I finish my 8-week masterminds or people take my courses, the most commo…
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#141 Stop Contributing To Your 401k...Unless You're In These Situations
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Should you invest in a 401k no matter what? How much should you put in? What if you want to start a business and need the cash or buy rental properties? What should you do? I have an unpopular opinion on this but I'm confident in the advice because I've walked the walk and seen how it worked out. So I share with you the 3 ways I see 401k investing.…
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The fastest way to build wealth is through reskilling and upskilling. Reskilling is learning something new that complements your primary way of earning. If you do video editing but learn sound editing, that's reskilling. Upskilling is simply training and continued education to get better at the skills you have. If you make this a regular part of yo…
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#139 The Skeleton System: Introducing the Optimal Base Personal System
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Everyone has personal systems. The question is whether or not you intentionally set them up and if they are producing the outcomes you want. After coaching hundreds of people, I've come up with The Skeleton System. This is a system around money, time and cleaning that I think everyone can use. From there, they can build on top of it and create a pe…
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#138 Use The 5/25 Method To Prioritize And Stay Productive
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We have to make about 35,000 decisions everyday. This can cause decision fatigue with daily tasks as well as larger goals. If you are having trouble prioritizing what needs to be done, then use the 5/25 Method made popular by billionaire, Warren Buffet. He's pretty busy so if it works for him, it will work for you too. Connect With Me Heroes! Pleas…
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#137 Spending Money And The Other Two Money Skills
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Let's talk about the three vital money skills: making money through career growth and smart hustles, managing money by budgeting, and automating finances, and creating good spending habits for greater savings and investments. We talk actionable insights to achieve your money goals effectively. [Keywords: financial success, making money, managing mo…
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#136 Rich BBQ vs Poor BBQ: Conversations That Will Make You Wealthy
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I grew up poor and now I live around millionaires. This summer, I realized that there are very different conversations happening at "rich BBQ" parties vs "poor BBQ" parties. It speaks a lot to the mindset and direction of how people view and make money. Talking about things like entertainment, gossip and celebrities takes up the majority of convers…
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#135 Forget Retiring At 75, Use Lifestyle Strategy For Mini-Retirements Instead According To Matt Viera
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What is retirement? What is the essence that makes up "not working" anymore. Do you have to be old to retire? Does it mean you'll never work again? Is it a state of life where you've financiall reached a "work optional" situation for an extended period of time? Matt Viera takes mini-retirements now and has designed his life around taking mini-retir…
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#134 Building A Personal Brand And Career Opportunities On LinkedIn While Still Working A 9-5 With Hampton Dortch
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LinkedIn is one of the most underrated wealth building tools. People aren't sure how to build a personal brand on there when they are working for a company. There is fear of backlash from the company, clients and personal embarrassment. Hampton has a thriving personal brand while working in sales for a company. His insights for individuals and thei…
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People don't know where to start on their wealth-building journey. They are hesitant to pay for a course or coaching at the start, so where do they go? Well, fortunately, there are 3 great resources that are totally free and provide incredible amounts of value if you know how to use them. They are YouTube, podcasts and LinkedIN. These 3 resources h…
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#132 The HotShot Experiment: What Batman And I Now Have In Common
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I am experimenting on myself. For years, I've studied why people don't change and why they do. Change is hard. Doesn't matter if its about getting your finances together and investing and budgeting or trying to eat healthier and exercise or just get better at a skill for your job. It's worth it! But its not easy....or is that a lie? What if it was …
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#131 Debating If College Is Still Worth It, How To Plan For College And Funding Options You Didn't Know About With Brad Baldridge
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Is college worth it? Student loans are bankrupting people's futures and the cost of college continues to rise as student loans, interest rates and tuition prices all skyrocket. That's what I debate with Brad Baldridge who is a financial professional who knows all of the secret ways to get funding for college and tax-advantaged solutions to make sur…
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#130 TEDTalk Speaker Adam Carroll Talks "Monopoly Fame", How To Save Thousands On Your Mortgage and Building Wealth
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A game of Monopoly using real money goes viral and the lessons learned about financial dissonance along with it. Adam Carroll has been making waves on the internet for a few years since his viral video but he's not a one-trick pony. His insights on building wealth and saving money on your mortgage are worth thousands of dollars a year to those who …
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#129 The 7 Levels Of Financial Freedom (Including Level 0)
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The worst buzz term in the money world is "financial freedom". Financial independence is a close one too. What does it even mean to be financially free? Does it mean you are a millionaire? Can buy anything you ever want? Never have to work again? Don't have to work for 2 years? It turns out, there are 7 levels to financial freedom and its really im…
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#128 How To Buy Real Estate Without Having To Actually Buy Real Estate And How To Find Investors
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Drew Breneman has millions of dollars in real estate in his portfolio and walks us through how he got into real estate with just a few doors as a beginner and eventually found investors to accelerate his real estate fund. On top of that, we discuss how you can invest in real estate without ever having to buy real estate! Connect With Me Heroes! Ple…
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#127 Buying A New Car Costs More Than You Think
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The average car payment continues to skyrocket. But the cost of buying a new car is much higher than the monthly payment. If you are considering buying a new car, then hear how its costing you tens of thousands of dollars more just in a few years than you think it is. It's the number one thing that is keeping people from financial freedom and it ha…
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#126 Exiting Corporate Life To Be A CFP, Benefits Of Marriage and Money, And Opinions On Dave Ramsey
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Interview with Michael Pyle around a question so many are asking about... "When do I know its time to break off and start my own thing?" We get deep into the benefits of marriage and money while discussing opinions on Dave Ramsey and how he influenced our financial journey. ***Note: Michael is not a CFP yet but is underway with the process Connect …
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#125 Start Planning Your Income Increases To Build Wealth Faster
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Fail to plan, plan to fail. Mike Tyson said "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." I made significant increases in my income in my career when I started planning them out. The number one indicator that someone will be a millionaire is the velocity of their income. How quickly does it trend up? We plan for the money we make. We pl…
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#124 Don't Pay Off All Your Debt. Negotiate It First.
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Why would you pay $20,000 if you could negotiate it down to $15,000? Why pay 22% interest when you could get 0% for 12 months? Why do all of the gurus leave debt negotiation out of their programs? They'll mention it casually but they don't actually show you how to do it. And its an incredibly important step. Debt negotiation is crucial and its not …
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