If there is one overarching financial lesson that people and businesses should learn from COVID-19 it's that liquidity - access to cash when you need it - is absolutely critical. Unfortunately, when the virus first hit, many people learned the hard way that no matter what the balance showed on their bank statement; when they wanted their cash back the banks couldn't, or wouldn't, let them have it. In this episode Dan lays out how easy it is to get access to your cash from a properly structured whole life policy and why that is so important.

When choosing a financial institution to safeguard your savings do you choose the bank with a branch down the street because it's convenient or do you pick an institution with a strong balance sheet that you're confident is well equipped to protect your savings? In this episode Dan walks through why mutual life insurance companies are the best equipped to make sure you're money is there when you need it.

You need to pick a savings vehicle that matches you and your goals.

What would the perfect savings account look like? Dan lays out the 5 qualities he feels the perfect savings account should have.

An impromptu episode to share a couple of lessons learned from taking part in the world wide virtual Spartan Race weekend.

What things do you tell yourself you'll do or be "someday," knowing deep down that someday never seems to come? In this episode Dan shares an experience where he learned how to pull "someday" into today.

No matter what area of life you want to improve in, money, relationships, professional skills, spirituality, etc., spending time learning from the smartest people in that domain is one of the surest ways to shortcut your path to success. In this episode Dan shares one of his favorite ways to get close to experts no matter where, or when, they're from.

Life is precious and finite; are you using your one incredible opportunity to live to the fullest so you can look back at the end without regret?

Your experiences are as unique as you are. Are you taking advantage of the customized opportunities and challenges that life has sent your way to learn all you can and become the person you are capable of being?

2020 has not proven to be the prosperous start to a new decade that so many of us hoped for. Between the COVID-19 pandemic to natural disasters, economic devastation and social unrest it's easy to understand why so many people feel overwhelmed and helpless to do anything. In this episode Dan shares how he learned to stay hopeful and maintain a sense of empowerment rather than being overwhelmed by the enormities of the problems served up daily by a world in commotion.