The Lifestyle Investor - Investing, Passive Income, Wealth

Building a thriving business and having enough time for family is difficult. Many hard-hitting entrepreneurs believe it’s impossible to have both.

Today’s guest, Mike Ayala, is a living example that you certainly can with the right mindset and people by your side.

Mike’s been through some adversity from a young age. An alcoholic dad, hanging with the wrong people, and even spending time in prison. That experience led to him finding what he values most in life: Family, freedom, and loving relationships while also having the wealth to fund that lifestyle.

He sketched out his vision for what he wanted out of life and business, and he turned it into reality through sheer determination and help from the right people.

By age 24, Mike founded his first construction company and has been involved with over 2,000 projects totaling over $1 billion. He scaled one of his companies to more than 100 employees and sold it at a $12 million valuation.

Today, he helps other people find financial freedom and use that freedom to live life on their terms.

In this episode, we dig into the importance of mentors, being clear on your values in life, the power of investing in people, and so much more.

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Today, Grant Baldwin joins the podcast to talk about how he started and scaled a 7-figure speaking business, which allowed him to create life by design. 

You’ll learn how to find and book paid speaking gigs of your own, the power of surrounding yourself with the right people, and his approach to building true wealth & freedom. 

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Grant Baldwin is giving you a free copy of his book, The Successful Speaker. In this book, Grant outlines the exact system he used to build his 7-figure speaking career. His system has helped thousands of other speakers get booked & paid to speak on a consistent basis. The book is yours for free, all you need to do is cover the cost of shipping.

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In times of adversity and economic downturn, we need to learn how to position our energy, time, and resources to prepare ourselves and our families for worst-case scenarios.

If we play our cards right, not only will we survive crisis scenarios, we’ll bounce back much stronger than before.

It’s what today’s guest, M.C. Laubscher, has learned during his journey of escaping the rat race to build a passive income portfolio through cashflow investing. He came to the US from South Africa, dreaming of being a professional athlete. What he found was a perfect opportunity to showcase his entrepreneurial talents. After starting in maintenance, he quickly learned the ins and outs of wealth management and all the moving parts of real estate.

Today, M.C. empowers people to generate their own income and manage, grow and protect their own wealth in any economy. M.C. is the creator and host of the top-rated business and investing podcast, Cashflow Ninja, downloaded millions of times in over 180 countries and featured as one of the top 48 podcasts for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine.

In this episode, we go over his strategies for building wealth, the importance of investing in yourself and your relationships, and how to position your business to capitalize on economic downturns.

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He’s giving you free access to his Wealth Book Bundle, which includes 6 of the most powerful books ever written on money & investing.

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Are you free? It seems like a simple question, but the answer isn’t always obvious.

Most people live with the illusion of freedom. They have a stable job, nice house, and if they’re lucky, 2-4 weeks vacation. But is that really freedom?

This question is one that today’s guest has dedicated his life to answering. I’m talking with Kevin Koskella—lifelong adventurer, free-thinker, entrepreneur, and author of The Rebel's Guide to Freedom.

Kevin used to feel stuck in the corporate world, slaving away for money and repeating the same day for weeks, months, and even years on end. But when he lost his job during the dot.com crash, he decided that he would never go back to that life.

In this episode, he shares his story from being laid off to starting a lucrative online business, his approach to investing in crypto, and the importance of designing a life on your terms and following your definition of success.

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Imagine growing your side hustle to a $1 million business in a single year. That's exactly what Cole Humphus did with his online wedding photography business.

He continued to grow that company to a total of $13.6M while making sales on auto-pilot without having to becoming an online influencer.

Eventually, Cole landed an 8-figure exit deal, allowing him to spend more time with family and live life on his terms.

Cole is also the Founder of Rapid Scale Group, a company that has helped over 200,000 customers build a 7-figure per year business without sacrificing profit or lifestyle. Whether you’re thinking of quitting your day job to start that business or want to grow your existing one, Cole’s here to share all kinds of insights.

In today’s episode, we dig into the strategies he used to develop and sell his business, how to turn niche traffic into large revenue streams, the importance of pursuing a fulfilling lifestyle outside of business, and so much more.

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He’s giving away his Auto-Pilot Profits Playbook, which outlines the concepts & lessons he’s learned from taking his online courses & digital products business from $0 to $4.5M in annual sales in just a handful of years after quitting corporate America.

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We’re often so focused on maximum achievement that we forget true success lies in serving others and providing value to them.

As you’ll hear from today’s guest, Chris Ryan, investing in relationships with other people is one of the best things you can do for your personal and professional life. 

Chris has a 25+ year career dedicated to guiding individuals and organizations to maximize their potential and exceed the expectations they set for themselves. He’s the CEO of GoBundance, a collective of 800+ healthy, wealthy, and generous men seeking to live life to its fullest. He’s also a Founding Partner at R360, leading groups of sophisticated investors, philanthropists, and intellectuals who seek to grow in all areas of life.

In today’s episode, we dig into the power of relationships for living a life of purpose and fulfillment, the key lessons he learned from some of the world’s most successful people, the importance of being grateful no matter the circumstances, and much more.

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It’s not often you get the chance to speak to a man who dreamed of being a church pastor but instead became a real estate investing mogul.

It’s why I’m excited to talk to Taylor Welch, internationally acclaimed business consultant and entrepreneur. Taylor has advised and serviced over 50,000 businesses worldwide in the last five years and currently sits as CEO of several multi-8-figure companies.

One of the things that I love the most about Taylor is that even amid adversity, he never compromised his mindset of learning and surrounding himself with people smarter than him. Using that mindset, he scaled his first business, Traffic & Funnels, from zero to tens of millions in just five years.

No wonder he built a name for himself in hundreds of industries and is nearing three-quarters of a billion in client revenue.

He’s now pulling back the curtain on how other businesses and individuals can achieve the same level of success. In this episode, we go over his journey from wanting to be a pastor to making millions in real estate, the importance of mindset for creating abundance in every aspect of life, his thoughts on the future of crypto, and so much more.

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The slow-moving real estate market allows you plenty of time to make adjustments when you notice a downturn coming. It’s hard to time the market, but a crisis will surely come.

That’s why you want to surround yourself with the right people, ask the right questions, and learn to position yourself to capitalize on the next downturn.

Today’s guest, David Lawver, did just that.

David is an expert in building wealth in all aspects of life. He jumped into the mortgage business after his first year of university. After making $50,000 over the summer, he decided to bet on himself. He ditched college, dove deep into the real estate world, and never looked back.

He now operates a massively successful mortgage brokerage firm, a seven-figure flipping company, and is the owner of a wealthy Airbnb portfolio.

In this episode, David shares his advice on how to build wealth in a volatile market, how to best position yourself for the next downturn, and his tips on how to not only survive but thrive during difficult times.

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When people hear the term negotiation, they usually think of tense arguments and nerve-wracking meetings. To think that negotiation boils down to whether someone gets the better deal of the bargain is to operate from a place of scarcity.

Today’s guest, Christine McKay, will be the first to tell you that negotiation doesn’t have to be a “win or lose” scenario. It’s not about winning; it’s about building relationships and being curious about your counterpart.

Christine is the Founder and CEO of Venn Negotiation, a company through which she turns clients into world-class negotiators. She has worked with roughly half of the Fortune 500 companies and negotiated on behalf of hundreds of small and mid-sized businesses.

Before becoming a negotiation powerhouse doing billion-dollar deals, Christine had to overcome adversity. She was homeless, on welfare, and a single mother. On top of that, she struggled with alcohol dependency.

Against all odds and the prediction of many people, she got a scholarship from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and later earned her M.B.A. degree at Harvard University.

In this episode, we discuss her journey from a homeless person to a world-class negotiator, key mistakes people make in the negotiation process, and the mindset and steps that will make you a negotiator extraordinaire.

Christine's story blew me away, and I think you’ll get a lot of value out of it.

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You’ve heard about the four-hour workweek. That’s perhaps a tad unrealistic, but what about a four-day workweek?

It might also seem far-fetched, but many countries and companies work just four days a week to achieve fantastic results. What if we focus more on the outcomes we want to accomplish instead of how much time we spend ‌to accomplish them? Can we learn to work less and do more while having more free time?

Today’s guest, Joe Sanok, would undoubtedly agree. Joe is a speaker, mental health counselor, business consultant, and podcaster. He is the author of Thursday is the New Friday: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money, and Spend Time Doing What You Want. Joe’s work was featured on Forbes, Business Insider, and Huffington Post. He hosts the #1 podcast for counselors, The Practice of the Practice podcast, which has over 100,000 downloads each month.

Today, Joe is helping counselors grow and scale their private practice to a point where they can make more money while working less.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of slowing down so that you can achieve more, how to stay curious about your career, and the work habits and mindset of top performers.

You’ll learn Joe’s tools and strategies that have helped thousands of authors, entrepreneurs, and innovators create the lifestyle and schedule of their dreams. They now work smarter, are more focused, have a greater income, and have more freedom to pursue things that are fulfilling.

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He’s giving you free access to his Internal Inclinations Assessment tool, which is usually $55. This assessment tool will allow you to change the way you think, put yourself first, and figure out what you really need to work on when it comes to those all-important boundaries.

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