On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we're chatting with Kevin Rooke to get the latest updates on the Lightning Network. This is a new financial layer to Bitcoin that is enabling almost instant financial transactions with the final settlement. The usage over the last few months is really begun to increase rapidly and much of that has to do with some new apps that have launched. We get all the latest on wallets, value 4 value, podcasting, micropayments, Stacker News and more! You can find Kevin on Twitter @kerooke or on Nostr [email protected] and his website at StackSats.com

Mark Jeftovic has an international man of mystery feel to him. A super interesting guy who has been involved in the Internet for decades. He is the founder of EasyDNS, has amazing insights into the future of online privacy and publishes a newsletter titled: The Bitcoin Capitalist. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we get Mark's latest thoughts on what he's seeing with the Internet's evolution, the future of money, what's happening to the middle class and get technical with some discussion of ordinals and inscriptions on Bitcoin. You can find Mark on Twitter @StuntPope and you can check out what he's up to with the Canadian Chapter of the Internet Society at InternetSociety.ca

Adam Kitchener recently shut down the large property management business, that he spent YEARS building, because of burnout. He's now retired at the ripe old age of 30 years old and living off his multi-unit's investment income! Adam shares some of the ugly sides of real estate investing & business building in this open and honest chat... Plus a TON of multi-unit investing expert advice as well! You can check Adam's social media out at MrAdamKitchener on all the social platforms. And you can listen to his first podcast episode with us here --> rockstarinnercircle.com/podcasts/rentunlimited . Check out the free Rock Star Reports mentioned in this episode at rockstarinnercircle.com/reports

John-Michael Bianco is a local story worthy of our attention. He trains out of Mississauga, ON and had 70 amateur boxing fights, was on track to go the Olympics (before the pandemic squashed that) and has now turned pro. He's coming off his latest win and now has a record of 5-0. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with John-Michael and his strength and conditioning coach, Dan Thiessen from RadixGym.com, to learn about the mental preparation, the physical preparation and where he goes from here. You can find John-Michael Bianco on Instagram @johnmichaelbianco and you can find Dan Thiessen @RadixGym

Ben and HAC put together an amazing series of charts on the Twitter handle @WTF_1971. This was the year that Nixon "temporarily" closed the gold window and removed the gold backing of the U.S. dollar. Their charts on the economy, housing and incomes have gotten a lot of attention over the last few years. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we ask them to forecast into the future, what do they see happening over the next 3,5 and 10 years. You can find Ben on Twitter @MrCoolBP and HAC @HeavilyArmedC. You can also check out their website here: wtfhappenedin1971.com

Ricky Zhang, is the Founder of Prince of Travel, a personal finance and travel community, that teaches Canadians how to travel cheaper, and more luxuriously, by leveraging credit card reward points to their fullest. This was an eye-opening conversation on the potential that credit card rewards miles can have in maximizing the return on your spending. If living life on your terms to you means travelling more, you’re going to want to check this episode out! You can go to https://princeoftravel.com/newbie-guide/ as Ricky mentioned, for a great starting point to learn more about this stuff!

In this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we break down some of the most important concepts around business building and entrepreneurship that we've learned. Over the years we've read countless business books that talk about the "theory" of business but very few people share the actual numbers that a new business should be focused on. It's not branding, it's not website hits and it's not your social media following. These things add value and play a role in your business for sure ... but they are not the foundation of it. Enjoy the episode!

Chris Bailey is a Canadian writer and productivity consultant, and a GOLDMINE of personal experience and science-backed information on how to live a focused, productive, and CALM life! He's the author of two bestselling books, The Productivity Project, and Hyperfocus, and just released his third book, How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times. We chatted with Chris to get some of his best advice on productivity and mental calmness. You can check out https://chrisbailey.com/ to see all his work!

At 32 years old Marc LaFleur has already accomplished some pretty amazing things. His latest feat is selling a business he started, Trulocal.ca, after hustling hard to start it from scratch with his co-founder for $16.8 million. And after chatting with Marc on this episode it's clear that he's just getting started. From a wild high school experience, to playing football at the University of Waterloo and then starting and selling a business ... he's jammed a life's worth of experience into a few short years. HIs new book, True Founder: What No One Else Has the Guts to Teach You About Starting Your First Business, comes out in February 2023. You can learn more about Marc by visiting MarcLaFleur.com

Sean Cooper is the bestselling author of the book, Burn Your Mortgage: The Simple, Powerful Path to Financial Freedom for Canadians. He bought his first house when he was only 27 in Toronto and paid off his mortgage in 3 years by age 30. Sean then leveraged his mortgage-burning experience, and debt-free life to quit his corporate 9 to 5 and help others with their mortgages as an independent mortgage broker. You can check him out more at https://burnyourmortgage.ca/