July 9, 2026
Episode 462: Ninja Belts Bonus! Kung Fu Mastery and Your Money with Phil Smith
Apple Podcasts In this episode, we ask:
- Have you met a Kung Fu Master?
- Who is Phil Smith?
- Who is the big bad banker?
- What were some of the first lessons on the mat?
- What are the building blocks?
- What about the stances?
- What about versatility?
- What does it take to be “kung fu” at something?
- What is the practice?
- Have you read Atomic Habits by James Clear?
- What happens with 1% improvements?
- What about compounding?
- What happens with time and repeated effort?
- Where does one start?
- What about the mental and physical aspects?
- What are some of the aspects of kung fu?
- What about the infinite kung fu concept?
- How does the yin yang symbol integrate into this?
- Is a 401(k) all it’s cracked up to be?
- What has been proven to work?
- What looks like hard work, dressed up in overalls?
- What’s next?
- Would you like to meet Phil and/or Mark?
