Episodes
332
Jan. 11, 2024
Episode 332: [The Periodic Table of Abundance] No.3 Liquidity and Cash Flow
In this episode, we ask: Who is on your money team? Who should care about your money? What strategies, skills and systems do you need to be successful? Are you on the right track? What is liquidity? How fast can you turn that asset into cash? What is the most liquid asset of all? What about less liquid assets? What are the costs? What is the medium of all transactions? What about an example? Are rare baseball cards liquid? What makes every transaction easier? What about land? What...
331
Jan. 4, 2024
Episode 331: [Periodic Table of Abundance] No.2 Money Team, Family Finance and Estate Planning
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to listen to last week’s series kickoff, Episode 330? Do you share similar lifestyle choices? Do you share similar outcomes? Who is on your side? What does a Certified Public Accountant do?
330
Dec. 28, 2023
Episode 330: [Periodic Table of Abundance] No.1 Scaling Up and Overcoming Adversity
In this episode, we ask: What are the systems, mindsets and skills for nurturing an abundant financial life? How many Americans were properly educated on how money really works? What findings did a 2020 study for the Endowment for Financial Education unearth? How many Americans are financially literate? What about vulnerability? What about costly mistakes? What about feelings of powerlessness when it comes to money? What about financial education and guidance? What about charting a cour...
329
Dec. 21, 2023
Episode 329: The Danger of Future Predictions
In this episode, we ask: What about Montezuma? What happened to the Aztec empire? What about the 1980s? What about the Berlin Wall? Who can predict accurately? What about timing? Did you see the movie, The Big Short? What about food production? What is confirmation bias? What about cultivating a garden? What about having nonperishable food on hand? What about handling extreme situations? What about pinpointing specific moments in time? What about dividend paying whole life insuranc...
328
Dec. 14, 2023
Episode 328: A Better Way to Save, Invest and Borrow Money with John Ensley
In this episode, we ask: Who is John Ensley? Would you like to hear Episode 313? What is becoming your own source of financing? What is becoming our own source of credit? What’s the problem with paying cash for things? How is the Bank on Yourself concept even better than the concept of paying cash? How can you become your own pension? What is properly structured life insurance? Are you giving up interest? What is the cost of buying your cars with cash? What’s near and dear to John’s heart?...
327
Dec. 7, 2023
Episode 327: [Client Spotlight] Brant Greathouse – Create a Business That Makes a Difference
In this episode, we ask: How do you deliver value and excellence to everything you do? What about Tom’s shoes? Who is Brant Greathouse? What is one of Brant’s earlier memories with money? What shifted in Brant’s heart?
326
Nov. 30, 2023
Episode 326: [Toolbox] The WTH Effect is Wrecking Your Finances; Here’s How to Stop It
In this episode, we ask: What about the cravings? What is the WTH Effect? What happens when our actions contradict our beliefs? What about spending money? What about studying? What about gambling? What about watching streaming video? What about self sabotage? What about having a budget? What about guilt? What about credit cards? What about goals? What about emergency funds? What about feelings? Where else can the WTH phenomenon show up? What about a story? What about unintended ...
325
Nov. 23, 2023
Episode 325: [Mythbusters] Thanksgiving and The Tragedy of the Commons
In this episode, we ask: Who do you know who needs to hear this? Would you like a FREE book? Let us know! What about learning to share? What about a story? What about written accounts from the pilgrims? What about sharing? Would you like to hear Episode 223? What about contributing to one another? What about ownership? Who gets to enjoy a great harvest?
324
Nov. 16, 2023
Episode 324: The Earth is Abundant, and the Ultimate Scarce Resource is Time (and Imagination)
In this episode, we ask: How do you use your time? How might you increase the quality and quantity of time? What are the four types of currency? How incredibly abundant is our world? What about scarcity? What about capital good? Do you view time as a valuable resource? Is population growth a major problem? Are we running out of resources? What about gold? What about inflation? How many hours do you need to work? What about prices dropping? What about time? What about abundance? W...
323
Nov. 9, 2023
Episode 323: Why Dave Ramsey Uses Disgust to Get You to Believe Him
In this episode, we ask: Do you remember the elementary school cafeteria? What about hair nets? Who was Edward Bernays? What about public relations? What is disgust for? What about avoidance? What about rejection? What about punishment? What about the basal ganglia? How are we manipulated by disgust? What words elicit disgust reactions? What does Dave Ramsey say in his book? What does he say in his article, The Truth About Life Insurance? What does Dave Ramsey say about the stock m...
322
Nov. 2, 2023
Episode 322: Navigating the Underwriting Tunnel of Chaos with Amanda Neely
In this episode, we ask: Have you ever been stuck? What about the uncertainty? What about the waiting? What is the underwriting tunnel of chaos? Who is Amanda Neely? What about a frank conversation? What about frustration? What about making the world a better place? What about transforming how money works? What about Bank on Yourself®? What are the misconceptions? Who can qualify? What is bananas? What about health? What about giving blood, urine and medical records? What about a...
321
Oct. 26, 2023
Episode 321: How to Give Your Child the Gift of Bank on Yourself® with Amanda Neely
In this episode, we ask: Have you seen this meme? How many cookies? What would your 18-year-old self choose? Who is Amanda Neely? Would you like to listen to more Not Your Average Financial Podcast episodes with Amanda Neely? What’s the right time? What does Amanda wish she had when she was 18? What did Mark Twain say? What is Bank on Yourself® and who is Pamela Yellen? What steps did the father have in mind? What is the flexibility? What are the limits? What is the design? What ab...
320
Oct. 19, 2023
Episode 320: Where Do Life Insurance Companies Put the Money? with Mary Ward
In this episode, we ask: Have you ever seen How It’s Made? How do insurance companies operate? How do insurers manage their finances, so they enough money to pay claims? How do insurance companies put your money to work?
319
Oct. 12, 2023
Episode 319: The Genius of Business Franchising with Marty Greenbaum
In this episode, we ask: Who works as a W-2? Who wants control over their own business? What are the benefits of franchising? Who is Marty Greenbaum? How about a case study? What about junk? Who needs experience first? How about regional territories? What’s good about franchising? Who works with Marty? Where did Marty’s passion come from? How many franchises are there in the U.S.? Is this applicable to your business? Who is in the business of royalty collection? What about a veste...
318
Oct. 5, 2023
Episode 318: Occam’s Razor Burn Using Premium Financing
In this episode, we ask: Would you like the ultimate shaving tool? What is Occam’s razor? What about necessity? What about the simplest solution? What is the best option or model? What is premium financing?
317
Sept. 28, 2023
Episode 317: [Client Spotlight] Homeschooling, Amazon and Financial Freedom with Kate Chattic
In this episode, we ask: How about a story? What about unforgettable memories with your loved ones? Who is Kate Chattic? What happened on Kate’s recent adventure? What large costs emerged? What about creative solutions? How did Kate use her policy loan? What about problem solving? What about teaching? What about resilience? What about selling on Amazon? What does a day in the life look like? Why did Kate start her Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policies? What are the b...
316
Sept. 21, 2023
Episode 316: Living Off Rentals with Kirby Atwell
In this episode, we ask: What about short term rentals? Who is Kirby Atwell? What’s Kirby’s story with money? What lessons did Kirby learn? What about the sheep? What happened when Kirby was in the army? What did Kirby read? What did Kirby realize?
315
Sept. 14, 2023
Episode 315: Retiring with Federal Funds with Mike Grimm
In this episode, we ask: Who do you know who needs to hear this? How about the true story of Ida May Fuller? Have you heard of her? How many federal employees are set to retire soon? Who is Mike Grimm? What happened when Mike and Mark were biking in Jackson Hole, WY? What about coming down the mountain? What is Mike’s story? What sort of benefits packages do government employees have? What was Mike’s work with nuclear weapons like? How are federal employees different from private secto...
314
Sept. 7, 2023
Episode 314: Business Formation Strategies with Cheri Hill
In this episode, we ask: Have you seen any of our videos on Youtube? Who did Mark want to be like, when he was a kid? What did Mark do to his hair? Ever heard of “Barber on Yourself”? Who is Cheri Hill? Who wants to start a business? Who wants to grow a business? Who wants to exit a business? What is Sage International? How many companies have they set up? What are the common themes that make or a break a business success? How can Cheri tell whether someone will succeed or fail? Wha...
313
Aug. 31, 2023
Episode 313: How to Avoid the Money Monsters of Taxes, Fees and More! with John Ensley
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join like-minded individuals on the journey? Join us for the FREE! Not Your Average Financial Summit on the afternoons of September 6-7, 2023! Register here! What do you do, after you hit rock bottom, to make sure you don’t stay there? What about resilience? Who is John Ensley? What happened when John exited the military? What happened in the late 90’s? What did John learn in the early 00’s with real estate? What happened in 2008? What happene...
312
Aug. 24, 2023
Episode 312: The Dangerous Fine Print of Indexed Universal Life Insurance with Lester Himel
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join like-minded individuals on the journey? Join us for the FREE! Not Your Average Financial Summit on the afternoons of September 6 and 7, 2023? Register here! How about a story? Would you like to hear more? Would you like to hear previous episodes with Lester Himel? How did Les learn about the risks of universal life insurance (UL), indexed universal life insurance (IUL) and variable universal life insurance (VUL)? What about the GIC? What happ...
311
Aug. 17, 2023
Episode 311: The Troublesome Cost Time-bomb of Universal Life Insurance with Lester Himel
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join us for the FREE! Not Your Average Financial Summit on the afternoons of September 6 and 7, 2023? Register here! Would you like to travel back in time with us? Do you remember the TULIP bubble? What about FOMO (fear of missing out)? What about herd behavior? What about the psychological tricks? What is anchoring? What about information bias? What about filtering out what we don’t want to hear? What about selective listening? Who is Les Him...
310
Aug. 10, 2023
Episode 310: Wealth on Any Income with Rennie Gabriel
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join us for the FREE Not Your Average Financial Summit? What is the smallest bird in the garden? What about the tiny acorn? What about Gutenberg? How might small become mighty? Who is Rennie Gabriel? What was money like when Rennie was growing up? What about a personal budget? What about income and expenses? What about coming up short? What is Parkinson’s law? What did Rennie learn? What is A.F.I.? What about attitude? What about a shift ...
309
Aug. 3, 2023
Episode 309: How to Turn Your Savings into an Income Snowball
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join our FREE private Not Your Average Financial Community? Who is Tanisha Souza with Tardus Wealth Services? What about self sustaining passive income streams? What about cash flow? What about home equity lines of credit being frozen, cut or called? What will a banker do with that umbrella? What if there was a better way? What if you could become your own line of credit? Would you like to hear Jack on Episode 215? How is the policy designed? ...