In today’s episode, Bill chats with the Founder and CEO of Winject Studios, Chris Ross. They talk about what Chris has been up to these days, his business ventures, and how he keeps his business growing. He also shares how he focuses on the positive aspect of being a visionary entrepreneur despite the many challenges he faces and how he deals with having haters.

Creator of several top-rated shows, WINJECT Radio, The Jesslee Roadshow & The WIN-WIN Effect, all presented by his all-in-one education broadcasting & media corporation WINJECT Studios. Additionally, he operates as an Executive Producer for all Original Shows.

Most known for being in the Top 1% in Sales and the man behind the rapid growth of several billion-dollar companies, he systematically orchestrated using his approach that shifted the trillion-dollar education industry.

Connect with Chris at:

Website: https://winject.com/chrisross/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordchrisross/

Phone: 843-396-2104

Show notes:

[2:30] Let’s talk about what Chris keeps on his desktop computer

[5:57] How does he utilize the file for his growth?

[7:57] What’s next for Chris?

[11:34] How does he focus on the positive, not the negative?

[13:32] What was wrong with the podcasting industry?

[27:55] What’s Chris’ legacy going to be?

[30:27] How does he deal with haters?

[37:26] Where to find more of Chris?

[38:06] Outro

Connect with Bill Bloom 

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Email: [email protected] 

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Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

Here at Bloom Financial, we wanted to say Happy Memorial Day to everyone! This will be a short and sweet episode of the Retire as You Desire Podcast because we just wanted to share how grateful we are to everyone who sacrificed their lives so we can live and enjoy this country today and in the future. Let this episode be our way of honoring the military men and women who died so that others can live peacefully. 

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Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

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Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

Today Bill talks with the CEO, Founder of BrEpic Network and BrEpic Commuications LLC, Author, and a dear friend, Justin Breen. They talk about Justin’s newest business ventures and how they came to be, and he also shares what it’s like for him to write his new book, Epic Life.

Justin Breen is the founder and CEO of BrEpic Communications LLC, a PR firm that works exclusively with visionaries and exceptional businesses worldwide.

Breen is hard-wired to seek out and create viral, thought-provoking stories that the media craves. He finds the best stories when he networks with visionary entrepreneurs and executives who understand the value of investing in themselves and their businesses. Breen has built an international network of extraordinary people and believes strongly in the power of introductions and creating essential relationships through those introductions.

Breen lives in Glenview, Illinois, with his wife, Dr. Sarah Breen-a pediatrician-and their two awesome sons, Jake and Chase.

Reach out to Justin:

Website: https://www.brepicllc.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1/

Email: [email protected]

Show notes:

[3:33] What was it like for Justin to write his book in 16 days?

[5:37] Believing that nothing’s random anymore

[10:31] On his newest business

[14:00] Building trust to work with someone he’s never met

[19:15] What’s next for Justin’s business

[23:37] How you can join BrEpic Network

[24:27] When is Epic Life coming out?

[25:49] Outro

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

What does the bear market have anything to do with your investment or financial situation? If it goes down, how will it affect your money? In this special Money Monday episode, Bill Bloom talks us through the current happenings in the financial industry. If you’re currently worried about the bear market and wondering what you can do during a bear market, make sure you stay tuned.

Show notes:

[1:35] What is a bear market?

[3:08] Should you freak out when the market is down?

[4:30] What’s the standard timeframe for a bear market?

[4:49] What can you do during this timeframe?

[6:30] Outro

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

In today’s episode, Bill talks to the Director of Baird, Mark Fujiwara, about his journey to success and how he built his network of remarkable people. He also shares how he makes it a point to be present at all times with his family despite his busy schedule and more about his personal life.

Mark Fujiwara is a Personal CFO to a select group of wonderful clients, a certified portfolio manager, author, and speaker on the missing component of a financial plan. Most of the entrepreneurs and retirees he speaks to not only need guidance and order with their finances but struggle to address the most important issue of health and longevity. Working with entrepreneurs for 25 years, he has discovered that without addressing their most important asset, all that they’ve worked for could be for not.

You can reach Mark at:

Website: http://www.fujiwarabaird.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fujiwarapm/

Email: [email protected]

Show notes:

[2:56] How collaborating with Justin Breen is like

[9:25] Mark’s journey to success

[13:06] On his authenticity as the ikigai

[17:59] Being a hundred percent present with his family

[22:08] People are doing more instead of doing less

[24:53] Mark’s new book: Achieving Results

[30:42] What does money mean to Mark?

[40:39] Where to find Mark

[44:06] Outro

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

In today’s Money Monday episode, Bill talks about adapting to the changes in life can help you get to where you want to be. When you set off to either start a new career or a new job post and you are in transition, sometimes things never work out the way you want them to. Nothing goes according to plan. What’s important is to stay consistent with your goal, ask for help, and be prepared to adapt to the changes that life may bring.

Show notes:

[1:25] How do you get to your destination?

[2:56] You have to be able to adjust to different scenarios in life

[3:56] Ask for advice and mentorship

[5:17] Staying on course is all about being consistent

[6:34] Outro

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

Burnout is a relatively new term for a fairly common experience. It’s more than just feeling a little “stressed out” because if left unchecked, it can show up as physical, mental, and emotional illness — and can have some pretty devastating impacts down the road. In this episode, Bill talks with a Psychiatrist and Coach, Dr. Manuel Astruc MD. They talk about how he started in his field and how he decided to start his own business. He also shares his experience of going through burnout himself. 

Dr. Astruc first became interested in psychiatry during medical school. He realized that his favorite part of rotations was sitting down with patients after his rounds were completed, getting to hear their stories and know them individually.

Dr. Astruc graduated from the Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine in Psychiatry and has worked as the medical director of the Saratoga Hospital Mental Health Unit, the medical director of Saratoga County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, and as a coach for entrepreneurs. He’s spent the last 15+ years in private practice in general psychiatry.

With over 50,000 hours of experience helping people find their way out of mental illness, Dr. Astruc loves getting to know his patients and helping them on their journey from despair to hope.

Connect with Manuel at:

Websites: https://manuelastruc.com/

https://manuelastrucmd.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelastruc/

Show notes:

[1:36] How did Manuel fall in love with the field of psychology?

[4:30] Where he learned his skill of making people talk

[6:07] How and why he created his business

[14:33] What did burnout look like for Manuel?

[17:15] Can burnout take years off your life?

[18:13] How much does food play a role in someone’s depression?

[20:48] The importance of setting goals when you’re depressed

[22:37] How do you help someone who is in a state of depression?

[25:44] Can addressing problems help in battling depression?

[29:25] What does it mean to Manuel?

[30:19] Where to find Manuel

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

Recently, interest rates have risen to half a point, which creates some changes, but what are these? What does increasing interest mean, especially in our day-to-day lives. Tune in to learn more about it so can properly plan your next move to secure your financial future.

Show notes:

[1:33] Getting ahead of inflation

[1:54] What do rising interest rates mean?

[2:42] Savings rates might go up

[3:26] Credit card debt-APR may go higher 

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

In today’s episode, Bill is joined by Coach, Author, Speaker, and Founder of Your Team Success, Shannon Waller. They talk about the importance of teamwork in an organization and how having the right people in a company is crucial to achieving success. She also shares insights around teamwork and success that she’s gained from working with entrepreneurs and their teams over the years.

As a coach, author, speaker, and innovator, she has made her mark as the world’s foremost expert on entrepreneurial teams. Shannon Waller operates with the mindset that business isn’t just a head game; it’s also a heart game.

Shannon Waller is a passionate expert on entrepreneurial teams. With Strategic Coach®, the premier entrepreneurial coaching company since 1991, she’s the creator of The Entrepreneurial Team® Program, a parallel program for team members of Coach clients that focuses on fostering a winning Entrepreneurial Attitude in its participants.

A key decision-maker at Strategic Coach and a recognized trailblazer in the area of teamwork, Shannon is a sought-after speaker, presenter, and coach. She’s a Kolbe Certified™ Consultant and the 2015 recipient of the Kolbe Professional Award for individual leadership in building conative excellence. She also co-authored the bestselling book Unique Ability® 2.0: Discovery and has written two books about entrepreneurial team success. Her first book, The Team Success Handbook, is a wealth of her distilled teamwork wisdom and includes 12 actionable strategies for working successfully in any entrepreneurial company. Most recently, Shannon published Multiplication By Subtraction, a comprehensive guide to gracefully letting go of wrong-fit team members.

A powerful speaker, she is always working to deepen her connection with the audience and thrives when confronted with the unexpected. Waller regularly speaks at summits and symposiums to enlighten the entrepreneurially minded about the power of teamwork and how, with the right people in the right places, a team can leverage you in innumerable ways.

Connect with Shannon at:

Website: https://www.strategiccoach.com/

https://yourteamsuccess.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonwaller/?originalSubdomain=ca

Listen to her podcast: https://apple.co/37Y5lVs

Show notes:

[1:29] Why does Shannon like writing books?

[5:09] On teamwork

[9:50] Drawing the line in terms of giving up tasks and keeping them

[12:57] Her advice for people about finding the right folks

[18:00] Using the Kolbe test to hire people

[24:51] How she got associated with Strategic Coach

[34:29] What does money mean to Shannon?

[36:41] Great teamwork ideas with your significant other

[40:20] Where to find Shannon

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.

Today’s episode is brought to you by Diane Money, your financial life simplified. If you want to learn more about this technology, check out www.dianemoney.com. Speaking of finances, today’s episode is all about what you should do, money-wise, when the markets are down. We are currently in that market state, so make sure you tune in to know what you can do to put your money to use.

Show notes:

[1:38] What today’s episode is all about 

[2:18] Bill’s thought process: start buying

[3:31] The moral of the story

Connect with Bill Bloom 

Web: https://www.bloomfinancialco.com/

https://bloomfinancialco.kartra.com/page/bNJ87

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/retireasyoudesirepodcast

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. (WFS) member FINRA/SIPC. WFS. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of WFS.

Views expressed in this podcast are for general informational purposes only and are not intended to provide or be a substitute for specific professional financial, tax or legal advice or recommendations for any individuals. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable; however, their accuracy or completeness cannot be guaranteed.