Episode 62 - The princess and the ogre

A fairy tale about ownership to help you frame your thinking on wealth and financial freedom.

Episode 61 - Intentional success

JJ discuss how some of the riches men in American history achieved success through careful and consistent control over their personal and professional spending and how you can too.

Episode 60 - The bots are coming

AI is already very present in our lives. In this episode JJ introduces you to the concept of AI generated social content and provides some examples of how easy it is to create content with little or no effort. There's a worth while message about saving and investing for your financial freedom and about investing in your personal skills as part of the journey to get there. Plus there are some cool AI voice items to explore. Please enjoy this episode.

Episode 59 - Visualize (welcome to the crazy)

Do you think about how purchases will fit into your life and your financial health on a regular basis? If not you should. JJ pulls back the covers and talks about 2 upcoming purchases, the process he goes through in his head before he makes them. JJ may be crazy (we haven't had him tested yet), but his simple 2 step process for making purchases will be a benefit to anyone on the path to financial independence.

Episode 58 - Agency

A candid discussion of agency and how if can change the course of your life.

Episode 57 - The game you are playing - part 2

In this episode JJ concludes his exploration of the game you are playing by looking at how to perform a Discounted Cash Flow Analysis on a sample real world company and how we should think about that company in the macro sense as it tries to do business in a big and fast evolving world.

Episode 56 - The game you are playing - part 1

What is game theory and how does it apply to life and investing? JJ explores his thoughts on game theory, complex systems and how we can think about the consequences of our actions for short term vs long term game. We are setting the state for a way to think about individual equity investing in part 2.

Episode 55 - Good work

In this episode JJ talks about some advice (from someone smarter than him) on happiness in life and how you might think about applying that to your career as well.

Episode 54 - Think for yourself

JJ dives into 3 key points to consider for your investing journey for decades to come. The episode includes:

1. A brief review of the editorial page (courtesy of Chat GPT) and how it has taken over everything

2. A quick example (again courtesy of an energetic conversation with Chat GPT) on why context matters

3. A conclusion that context matters for investing and podcasting just like it does for news

Episode 53 - Today and Anything

Start saving today. Start saving anything. Then let the power of compounding do its work on your behalf. JJ finally gets around to talking about the power of compounding and why it is one of the most important parts of your investment journey.