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Take away: Build a bigger life, not a bigger life style.   Action step: How much of your income do you own? What are all your monthly payments for loans and how much of that is interest?   Money Learnings: Adam grew up thinking he was affluent but his family was living in debt. His dad had an abundant mindset and his mom came from scarcity. When Adam turned 19 his dad said any money from now on is a loan.   Bio:Adam’s passion is helping people and corporations succeed faster by leveraging money, time, relationships, and service. Adam is the the author of “Winning the Money Game,” which is taught along with its corresponding curriculum in high schools and colleges across the country as a financial literacy supplement. He also has his own podcast called, “Build a Bigger Life”. He is the founder of National Financial Educators. He’s presented over 500 colleges and universities all over the country on the topic of student loan debt and financing education.     Highlights from this episode: Link   http://adamcarr

Take away: We all need help and coaching may be an option for you.   Action step: Slow down and challenge the thoughts you have.   Money Learnings: Mike didn't learn a lot about money growing up. They didn't talk about money but about how bad their luck was. If Mike wanted more he worked more.    Bio: Mike is an evolutionary success coach who is obsessed with mastery in all its forms - especially self-mastery. He works with leaders and change-makers from all walks of life on the art of creating impact in their missions, businesses, careers, and relationships. Mike has studied human performance for more than 20 years, focusing on tiny but powerful shifts in mindset and habits that result in permanent, unshakable changes in how people operate.   Highlights from this episode: Link   https://mikefharris.com/   mike@mikefharris.com Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going t

Take away: There are many ways to invest in precious metals and they each satisfy a different need.   Action step: Determine if gold or silver make sense in your investment portfolio.   Money Learnings: Peter's dad was an immigrant to Canada and started out with very little money. There was always food on the table and food over his head. Peter started working at 13 years old. Peter's later affluence allowed him to spoil his kids. He teaches his kids cut your losses and let your profits run.    Highlights from this episode: Link Peter Hug is the Director of Global Trade for Kitco Metals Inc. Peter has been involved in the precious metals industry since 1974. He speaks to thousands of viewers each week on Kitco News, drawing on years of frontline experience to provide a trader’s perspective on the market. Mr Hug contributes daily commentary and market insightsfor the millions of readers visiting Kitco.com each month. A frequent speaker at precious metals conferences and in the financial media, Peter is one of

Take away: There are tremendous opportunities to life life on your terms, take a small step today.   Action step: what is 1 thing you can take action this week to improve your life.   Money Learnings: Jonathan grew up without a lot of money. He grew up with a safe home but there was not a lot of extra’s. He wanted to do better.   Bio: My name is Jonathan and I live and work out of Richmond Virginia. My wife and I enjoy travel rewards,  coffee, board games, Chipotle, and spending time with our two dogs; Zoey and Kiki. We have a love-hate relationship with frugal living and like to find ways to maximize quality of life while minimizing expenses. I feel I am qualified to talk about the normal path because I have lived it for the last 30 years.  At the age of 28 I graduated college as a pharmacist with  $168,000 in student loans, Now 4 years later I have clawed my way out and I am pursuing Financial Independence. My hobby and passion over the last 5 years has become learning new skills and looking for ways to dev

Take away: Build your inner confidence and self worth.   Action step: Take a few minutes to meditate.   Money Learnings: Janet's school didn't teach her anything. Janet's dad was a spender and her mom was  saver. This allows her to be in the middle.    Highlights from this episode: Link   Bio: I’m Janet Tyler Johnson, the founder of Corporate Hostage, No More! You’ll notice in the picture above that I’m looking at something — it’s your future. I can see it and it’s making me smile. Your future is amazing. You’re working where you want, when you want and with whom you want. You’re spending more time with your family than you ever have, and working remotely from fabulous locations. Sound like a fairy tale? Well, it’s not. I left corporate America in 2005 and have never looked back. Never before has my life been so free. I finally have the time and money to enjoy things that are important to me again. No more living for the weekends. And because I escaped from those corporate confines my husband and I were ab

Take away: Building wealth is easy but it takes time.   Action step: Put your financial numbers on the fridge so you constantly seem them.    Money Learnings: School never taught Ed about money. His family taught him the value of hard work, but he didn't learn about money skills.   bio:“Ed Mills” blogs at the Millionaire Educator (hyperlink here?), a website dedicated to teaching educators how to build wealth on a teacher’s salary via frugal living, hardcore saving, and prudent investing.  From 2002 to 2016 both he and his wife worked as public school teachers in Georgia. During that time they enjoyed a seemingly normal middle-class lifestyle, had an incredible son, and grew their net worth from $100k to $1 million.  The Mills family spent the 2017-18 school year in Merida, Mexico where they studied Spanish, worked out daily, and simply enjoyed life.   Highlights from this episode:Link  www.millionaireeducator.com https://www.facebook.com/MillionaireEducator/ https://twitter.com/Ed_Mills_ Richer Soul Life Bey

Take away: You have the power to create the life you desire.   Action step:  Set aside the time on your calendar and create the space to write down a list of what you value. From your list craft a short mission statement.    Money Learnings: Scott's dad owned a small business His family never talked much about money. As child his mom let his spend all his money on a video game ad he became upset with himself for spending money and having nothing to show for it.   Bio: Scott is a former teacher and worked for a major educational testing company in senior management while coaching people on the side.  In 2017 he made the transition to full time coaching.  He and his wife started Inspired Stewardship as a business to serve Christian men and couples that are struggling to live out their calling.  Scott and Carrie work to help align the way you use your time, your talent, and your treasures so that you can identify and live a full authentic life that allows you to authentically live your calling, serve others,

Take away: Be intentional with your money, goals, desires and dreams.   Action step: Set aside time to have a conversation with your spouse / significant other about what type of relationship  / life you want to have.   Money Learnings: Schools didn’t teach Andy much. Andy’s Parents where a good influence. His mom helped him to open a savings account and taught his about savings and spending. His dad taught him about the value of hard work.   Highlights from this episode: Link   Bio: Andy Hill is the host of the Marriage, Kids and Money podcast focused on helping families build legacy wealth. The podcast was nominated as "Best New Personal Finance Podcast" by Plutus in 2017. Outside of writing for his own weekly blog of the same name, his personal finance focused articles have been featured in STAND Magazine, Business Insider, Quicken Zing Blog, NerdWallet and Rockstar Finance.   https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/   Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to mor

Take away: Be intentional in life.   Action step: Where do you want to be in 5 10 20 years - create a plan.   Money Learnings: Justin's family taught him a good bit about money. He grew up a traditional middle class life. His schooling did teach about money.    Bio: At age 33 Justin retired from a career in civil engineering to spend more time with his family and pursue his other interests and hobbies. Justin founded RootofGood.com where he shares advice on reaching financial independence and enjoying the early retired life. After graduating NC State University with degrees in Civil Engineering and Spanish, Justin earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the School of Law at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his early retired wife, four year old son, and ten and eleven year old daughters.   Highlights from this episode: Richer Soul 77     https://rootofgood.com/ Twitter@RootofGoodBlog https://www.facebook.com/rootofgoodblog/ Richer Soul Life Beyond

Money Learnings: Carla did not learn much about money growing up explicitly. She didn't realize her money mindsets until she was older. She has been working over the last 2 years with a money mindset coach.    Takeaway: The first step is the hardest.    Action step: What are the lower level tendencies that prevent you from achieving your higher self.   Carla Blumenthal helps high-achieving men to master their emotions so they can have better relationships and enjoy more fulfilling, successful lives through private coaching and programs.     Highlights from this episode:  https://wp.me/p43fRN-fb   Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! If you like the show please leave a revi

Take away: Be consciousness about your life.   Action step:What did you love today? Post what you are thrilled about today on this FB page.     Money Learnings: Grew up in New England and his father owned a business. Business and money where part of the discussions growing up. Jake started his first business at 16.       Jake Eagle  has been a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for twenty-five years. He is also an award winning author and retreat leader. In the 1990's he was one of the first people to introduce Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to audiences in Japan. Early in his career he focused on brief therapy, but over time his emphasis shifted and now he coaches people interested in resolving existential issues—finding meaning and purpose in their lives, and reducing anxiety associated with feeling alone and living with uncertainty.   Jake is a game changer and expert in consciousness reassignment, developing a healthy ego, relationships and dating, and authenticity.    https://liveconscio

Take away: You just have to start by taking the first baby step.   Action step: Be curious - go learn.    Money Learnings: Kathy's school did not teach her about money. Kathy started working at a young age because if she wanted something she had to earn money. She had to learn about money on her own.   Highlights from this episode: Show notes   Kathy Fettke is Co-CEO of Real Wealth Network and best selling author of Retire Rich with Rentals. She is an active real estate investor, licensed real estate agent, and former mortgage broker, specializing in helping people build multi-million dollar real estate portfolios that generate passive monthly cash flow for life.   With a passion for researching and sharing the most important facts on real estate and economics, Kathy is a frequent guest expert on such media as CNN, CNBC, Fox News, NPR, CBS MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of the #1 best seller, Retire Rich with Rentals, and is host of The Real Wealth Show – which is a featured podca

Take away: Take action!   Action step: What do you want to be remembered for?   Money Learnings: Brad's family would talk about money but it wasn't good to talk about money in public. School didn't teach Brad very much about how money works. His mom always focused on their credit score and how important it was.    Highlights from this episode: Show notes   Brad Nelson has dedicated his life to serving and helping people with their personal finances. He provides an eye-opening outlook on debt and money that challenge today’s popular thinking through speaking, one-on-one coaching, and his online membership site, Roots of Personal Finance.    Many people struggle with money and debt. Brad teaches a simple process to help them learn how to save money and eliminate debt, transforming their future to allow them to live the life they desire. Brad uses his personal story to relate to others. He provides practical steps and advice for a new financial plan that shows people how to win and become financially free and k

In this episode I chat with my daughter about how we intentionally raised her and some of the unique experiences she has encountered. There are many links in the show notes check them out: https://wp.me/p43fRN-eH Take away: Be intentional with your goals for your children. Action step: Listen to your kids. Money Learnings: School did not teach her much buy we as parents where very intentional about money learnings. We provided an allowance to allow her the ability to use it. Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com Music

Damion Lupo spent over $1,000,000 investing in growing himself. We learn about the life lessons he has come to learn through the struggles he encountered.   Money Learnings: Damion grew up in a scarcity environment. There was no money to play Nintendo so he created his first company at 11.   Take away: What is true?   Todays Action Step: What are your behaviors - Look at your cash, credit card and calendar to see how you behave and ask yourself is this who you want to be?   Damion Lupo is a Best Selling Author in personal finance and money thinking, host of the Transformation Nation podcast, owner of 30+ companies and founder of his own martial art - Yokido ®   Damion out rightly rejects regret and speaks to it as the ultimate life failure. He has a unique approach to living a fulfilled life by breaking rules and making more mistakes, faster, than the competition - his key to success.   Playing by a different set of rules, he even bought his first rental house with a VISA, a move that snowballed into owning 1

Joe Saul-Sehy is the creator and co-host of the award winning Stacking Benjamins podcast, a show with the goal of introducing new people to the world of personal finance. Prior to Stacking Benjamins, Joe was a financial planner for 16 years and a media spokesperson for American Express and Ameriprise.  Money Learnings: Joe's family didn't talk about money at all, it was a forbidden topic. He did have one class where they learned a little bit about money in school. Joe became fascinated about money from early morning TV.  The family did talk about work ethic and the value of working hard. Joe taught his kids about money after talking to other people about teaching kids about money. He gave his kids an allowance to teach them about money and began conversations.  Take away: The principles of money and life are easy, taking action is hard.   Action step: Automate your success, especially the things you learned that can save you money.    Link to show notes   https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/   Thanks for listen

  Money Learnings: Jeff’s dad taught him about earning and spending as he was growing up. His dad was very entrepreneurial and would share his ideas with Jeff.  Jeff started mowing lawns at a very early age and was very successful. Take away: Possibility is everywhere. Action step: Have a conversation about what you want to do next. Show notes: https://wp.me/p43fRN-en Jeff Williams is CEO and Chief Coach for Bizstarters.com, a Chicago-based business startup coaching company that has specialized in guiding clients over age 50 since 1993. Jeff publishes the popular "Business Startup for Boomers" podcast series and is frequently quoted on the topic of boomer entrepreneurship on business websites such as forbes.com, entrepreneur.com and nextavenue.org. Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well be

Money Learnings: Lisa grew up in a blue collar family. they lived paycheck to paycheck. Lisa had limited financial learning at school and her parents taught her to work from an early age.   Take away: The rest of the world lives in multi-generational homes and this can help to create wealth and improve lifestyle. How could multi generational living help you to achieve the life you deserve?    Action step: If you are going to live to 100 what do you need to do today to prepare for living that long?   Lisa Cini is an award-winning, internationally recognized senior living designer with more than 25 years’ experience. Here first book entitled: “the Future is Here: Senior Living Reimagined.” Is receiving rave reviews, and she just released her second book entitled” Hive The simple Guide to Multigenerational Living, “ which is based on her social experiment of living in a 4-generation household with people in the house ranging in age from 17-92 and the positive impact design can have in a home for seniors with d

Money Learnings: school didn’t teach Jonathan about money. His parents taught him to be charitable and also to worry over money.  Take away: Focus on the numbers.   Action step: Create your balance sheet, profit and loss and cash flow statements. Bio: Jonathan Ankney works with service business entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses by giving them clarity about what the numbers reveal about how their business is doing and partnering with owners as their chief financial officer.  His work includes preparing and interpreting financial reports to make informed decisions, setting up tailored financial systems to meet the business’s needs, training staff and owners on how to use the systems for consistent and accurate results, and relieving owners of the minute and boring details of making finance work smoothly.   Jonathan also runs a financial education blog at YourMoneyAndYourBusiness.com with videos, documents, and training courses to help businesses become more profitable as well as explain financia

Bio: Justin McMillen is a recovery advocate and treatment consultant who specializes in abstinence based recovery and wellness. After years of battling personal addiction, McMillen muscled his way to a healthy sober life. Set on helping others facing addiction he established Tree House Sober Living in 2008 and in 2013 McMillen founded Tree House Recovery, a male-only recovery partial hospitalization facility with locations in Southern California and Portland, Oregon. McMillen and his team of treatment addiction counselors, team leaders, therapists, and physical health specialists provide an innovative medication-free process to treat addiction that is comprehensive, effective, and sustainable. Tree House Recovery’s innovative approach to addiction treatment focuses on the mind/body connection to build sustainable, healthy lives. Their eight interconnected modalities work together to treat the whole person. The cumulative result is a highly effective program focused on healing the individual. At Tree House, a