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Sam of Financial Samurai talks about why to engineer your layoff

Episode 1071: Quitting Your Job Is Selfish: Engineering Your Layoff Is The Ethical Way To Go by Sam Dogen of Financial Samurai

Sam Dogen's net worth took a beating in 2009 as the world was falling apart. He thought it would be a good idea to start a personal finance site to help himself and others make sense of chaos. After all, he had spent 10 years working in the finance industry, got his MBA from Cal, invested and saved aggressively, and still got financially rocked! Since then, more than 20 million visitors have stopped by FinancialSamurai.com.

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Courtney Luke talks about how to make a side hustle profitable

Episode 1070: 4 Quick Tips to Make a Side Hustle Actually Profitable by Courtney Luke of Arrest Your Debt on Building a Successful Business

Arrest Your Debt is a wide-ranging personal finance website, yet focuses on helping first responders and people struggling with debt. The owners, Courtney and Ryan Luke have made it their mission to help people get out of debt and start building wealth on any income. 

There are three main areas of focus for Arrest Your Debt: 

1. To provide trustworthy personal finance information to first responders. 

2. To help first responders take control of their money and get out of debt. 

And 3. To provide valuable resources and references to first responders to help them grow their nest eggs and enjoy the retirement they deserve. 

Since 2009 when they started their journey toward financial literacy, they’ve been featured on MarketWatch, Forbes, Fox Business, Experian, MSN, Ladders, and USA Today

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Michael Levitt of Breakfast Leadership helps you create a positive, flexible work environment

Episode 1069: Unlocking the Benefits of Flexible Working: 4 Methods to Foster a Positive Environment by Michael Levitt of Breakfast Leadership

Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout media firm. He is a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, and is one of the world's leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention. He is also a Fortune 500 consultant, #1 bestselling author, and host of the Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. He is a 2x Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Culture with Thinkers360. He is a former Healthcare executive, CIO, and CFO overseeing $ 2 Billion budgets, so he’s seen and done it all.

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Cyrus Purnell with Financial Finesse talks about common mistakes to avoid when starting a new job

Episode 1068: Common Mistakes To Avoid When Starting A New Job by Cyrus Purnell of Financial Finesse on Successful Career Change

After years in the financial services industry, Liz Davidson became disgusted with how many people were being sold financial products and services that were not in their best interest. She decided there had to be a better way to provide people from all walks of life with truly unbiased financial guidance--designed to line their pockets, not their financial advisor’s.

This is the story of Financial Finesse and how they give employees and employers unbiased financial wellness as an employee benefit. They help your employees maximize their compensation and benefits by making better financial decisions. You become a partner in their financial security and reap the benefits of a financially healthy workforce.

They’ve helped hundreds of thousands of employees change their lives.

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Lisa with Dig to Fly shares 6 tips for how to have a productive day at work

Episode 1067: 6 Tips on How to Have a Productive Day at Work by Lisa with Dig to Fly on Being a Better Person and Worker

Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. It's why he writes. He wants to process his thoughts and emotions, learn from them and share them with the world. He grew up in a little town in Pennsylvania called Pipersiville. He moved to Austin, TX in this mid twenties and now he is living in San Antonio with his wife and two boys. If you enjoy his writing, he encourages you to reach out to him at DigToFly.com. He wants to hear about how you've learned to grow from your own struggles. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. It taught him the importance of bringing gratitude to every single situation. Whether it's a difficult situation like his father's death or amazing one like drinking ice cold tea by the river with his son. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in top 10 for best place to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you want to learn more just go to DigToFly.com. He is also a big fan of traveling, meditation, Yoga, hikes in lush terrain and his family.

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James Altucher shares the 9 surefire ways to fail at anything. This is part 2 of 2.

Episode 1066: [Part 2] The 9 Surefire Ways to Fail at Anything by James Altucher on Creating Success For Yourself

James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies and says he failed at 17 of them. He has published 11 books, and is a regular contributor to The Financial Times, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post. USA Today named his book Choose Yourself one of the 12 Best Business Books of All Time.

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James Altucher shares the 9 surefire ways to fail at anything. This is part 1 of 2.

Episode 1065: [Part 1] The 9 Surefire Ways to Fail at Anything by James Altucher on Creating Success For Yourself

James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies and says he failed at 17 of them. He has published 11 books, and is a regular contributor to The Financial Times, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post. USA Today named his book Choose Yourself one of the 12 Best Business Books of All Time.

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Laura Stack of The Productivity Pro shares five hints that you could be an underperformer

Episode 1064: Five Hints You Could Be an Underperformer. Even When No One Says Anything by Laura Stack of The Productivity Pro

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and noted authority on employee and team productivity. She is the president of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a company dedicated to helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments. Stack has authored eight books, including FASTER TOGETHER: Accelerating Your Team's Productivity (Berrett-Koehler 2018). She is a past president of the National Speakers Association, and a member of its exclusive Speaker Hall of Fame (with fewer than 175 members worldwide.) Stack's clients include Cisco Systems, Wal-Mart, and Bank of America, and she has been featured on the CBS Early Show and CNN, and in the New York Times.

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Daniella of I Like to Dabble talks about whether or not you should tell your employer about your side hustle

Episode 1063: Should You Tell Your Employer About Your Side Hustle? by Daneilla of I Like to Dabble on Starting a Side Business

Daniella is a software engineer and sidepreneur who has gone from 0 to 12 income streams in 4 years, paid off over $40k of debt in the process, and moved 2100 miles cross country with her wife Alexandra to live in their dream location. 

Prior to that, she was going through back-to-back layoffs, had no savings, and was living paycheck to paycheck.  

Now, she teaches thousands of others how to start and grow their own side hustles and businesses, get their money right, find remote work that aligns with what they really want to do, and live their best life. 

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Carl Pullein tells you how to stay productive when you get thrown out of your routine

Episode 1062: How To Stay Productive When You Get Thrown Out Of Your Routine by Carl Pullein on Getting Work Done No Matter What

Carl has written three books on productivity and time management and coaches companies and individuals around the world through his Time and Life Mastery and Your Digital Life courses. 

His passion and dedication to helping people become better at managing their time so they can focus on what is important to them is legendary and his presentations and workshops are highly interactive, entertaining and educational.

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