Two Guys One Show

WIM introduces 'ThugVestment' tips for the 99 percent among us. Includes investment advice from Warren Buffet (he's not actually on the show), 'keep it simple' and a free investment app that you can begin using today to start managing your current and future investment plans. The Two Guys also answer listener questions:

• What have been some of your challenges building your branding collectively and individually?
• Do recommendations on LinkedIn matter?
• How do you feel about people who you do not know who wish to connect via linkedin? Do you check out their profile first and...more..
• I'm considering relocating to Texas for a better career but I have only been at my current job for a year. Is that something hiring managers look at? Anything I look for will...more.

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Top of Mind: Don't call it a comeback, boxing been here for years? NBC attempts to bring back our boxing, prime time edition. WIM is mildly impressed, while Rich wonders if GChat (or Google Hangout?) is doing too much.

Hot Topics (21:00 mark): A young man travels from Ohio to China in search of love, only to drown his sorrows in alcohol, which TGOS thinks he could have done locally for a lot less money. Women not up for $200 dates in Ohio? Speaking of $200 - $250 dates, adjusted for your local man's average first date expenses, TGOS finally tackles the epic Black Twitter Bingo trending topic: $200 dates. If you can't afford to date, should you just give up on dating? TGOS survey says, "nah."

In Feedback and Follow-up, from our ask.fm page:

1. Have either of you ever dated 1 of your followers/fans?
2. Is it bad if your friends and family dislike your fiance? I've asked them...more.
3. My ex won't leave me alone. He's seeing other people...more.

This week's WIMRANT covers a man's willingness versus wanting-ness when it comes to sacrifcies requested in a relationship by your significant other. The single versus committed struggle is real (yet welcomed...yet real).

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(Note: Top of Mind was published as a bonus episode this week. It was in the iTunes and Stitcher feeds a day early. You can read what we covered there below)

Top of Mind? 14 seconds...Ronda Rousey took less time than your average Instagram vid to claim victory at UFC 184. WIM was not amused. In 'moving on up to the East side' news, WIM explains the cons and cons of purchasing a terrifyingly envasive new home security system. TGOS gives a special shout out to Cinemabunpodcast Episode 33:  bad black movie reviews' 30 days. Lastly, TGOS finds a new way to find a new bae at ebae dot com!

The Hustle asks, "should you care what people think about you?" YES! Rich covers how to build and improve your brand and why that's important in all interactions. You're always building a brand. Using Personal Branding Tips, TGOS explains 5 areas you can improve your brand on- and off-line and how developing your personal niche and maintaining consistency is important when distinguishing yourself from the crowd. If you're interested in being a mentor or mentee, TGOS recommends a quick read: 9 keys to a successful mentorship. Currently involved in 3 mentor programs himself, WIM covers 5 tips you'll need to use to make your mentorship a success from the perspective of mentee or mentor. Lastly, in Feedback and Follow-up TGOS discusses the difficulty of maintaining a relationship when you have competing financial goals.

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This week's Top of Mind segment ran long so we (Rich & WIM if you're new) removed it from the main episode. Rather than deny you the recorded banter, we're releasing it as bonus content. Listen to hear us discuss the arm bar from hell, WIM's winter moving struggle, a new home security system that's causing him both peace of mind and discomfort, our guest appearance on Cinemabun podcast, Rich welcoming his birthday month, thoughts on getting older, ebae.com (a real thing), and Rich's Catfish chronicles.

Don't forget to check out episode 59! We have great discussions on reputation/personal branding, mentorship, and more. 

TGOS58 opens with some bad movie talk followed by a discussion on why you should begin saving for retirement as soon as possible. WIM talks about how diversifying his retirement and investment accounts lowered his 2014 taxable income, netting a 35% higher tax return in just one year. Under his current investment strategy, which he advises people as young as 20 to begin following, WIM will save over a million by age 55--not that it will be worth that much by then, as TGOS also explains the sad reality of inflation. TGOS also discusses the importance of, at least, investing up to your employer's match and the benefits of doing so as early as age 22 versus 32 (millions, bruh). Next, TGOS revisits the benefits of using the Mint app or any budgetary tool to help with daily or monthly budgeting goals. Rich also covered his current struggle to accomplish everything with limited time.

In Hot Topics (39:50mins) Amber Rose versus the Kardashian Konsortium continues into its second week. We find out a judge mandates that a man pay $30,000 in back child support, for a child that isn't even his. In app news, Fortune Magazine discusses 6 dating apps designed by women that all (coincidentally?) prevent men from contacting the women first. The WIM #StopApproachingWomen movement lives on!

Hear our responses to Feedback and Follow-up as well as the ask.fm/twoguysoneshow questions at 1:06:00mins. Last but not least, Rich Recommends covers how to get hired at Google even when you "sound unintelligent despite your ivy league degree" and WIMRealizes he's getting old, again (1:34:30mins).

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On TGOS 57 WIM discusses the 'power of social media' after he uses the @TGOSPodcast Twitter account to negotiate the successful surrender of a warranty deal from a company that was refusing to honor their behind the scene agreements. Funny how that works! In tragic news, a listener contacts Rich to reveal that his alter ego attempted to Catfish her on a dating site. (11:30 mins) The streets aint safe! In Hot Topics (34 mins) Rich and WIM have a heartfelt discussion about how they would handle the news of a 34 year old man with a very serious problem, where we are all forced to realize that All Erections Matter after the young man accounts how he plans to do his best to rise to the occasion in a personal confessional to BroBible. We discuss the #ChapelHillShooting and lack of media coverage, until Twitter's trending topics forced the conversation to be had. Next, WIM is reminded of an episode of the Tyra Banks Show were women debated what was worse from a scale of prostitute to stripper, as Khloe Kardashian and Amber Rose have a public war of words on a similar topic on President's Day. Last but not least, TGOS wonders: Will Millennials usher in a new wave of open relationships? The #Monogamish struggle is real. Finally, TGOS (1:22:30) addresses this week's round of listener questions from our ask.fm/twoguysoneshow account (1:30:00).

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We bring to you TGOS Episode 56, the V-day Special! On this episode we discuss the return of Valentine's Day and what it means for men everywhere (nothing good, btw). In Top of Mind, Rich recalls a terrifying tale of inappropriate behavior and indecent exposure. Also, has Rich found the key to successful Valentine's Day navigation (4:00 min)?! Keeping with the theme of the show, we skip to Feedback and Follow-up (28:00) to address our relationship-themed ask.fm/twoguysoneshow questions, which include our thoughts on Should you celebrate Valentine's Day with someone you've just started dating? and Why is it difficult for men to pursue a career AND a woman at the same time? Finally, the WIMRANT explains, "Why Men HATE Valentine's Day!"

Last but not least, TGOS wishes you and yours a Happy (made up, pointless, why do you force us to participate?) Valentine's Day.

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Like Anderson "Spider" Silva in UFC183, we make our triumphant return! WIM finally wraps up his Breaking Bad binge in Top of Mind but can't figure out why everyone in the movies hides their car keys behind the visor. Rich talks about types of friendships and how they redefine themselves over the years with a little help from T.D. Jakes' Confidants, Constituents and Comrades speech. In Hot Topics (37:00 mins), TGOS finds there is still some positivity left on the Internet in the form of Humans of New York: Vidal Scholarship, a program which helps send inner city kids to Harvard. We also discuss the now infamous woman who married herself at age 40, and in unrelated news, the fact that 'woman on top' is the most dangerous position for the fellas in the bedroom. Also, WIM wonders if the #FriendZone is no longer politically correct, and maybe even sexist, according to some angry folks on the Twitter. The Hustle (1:17:00) covers 'Rich Recommends' for the week, IFTTT. And last but not least, the #WIMRANT (1:24:00) answers how men can confront an unfaithful.

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It's that time of year, again: we discuss the pros and cons of the annual performance evaluation struggle, from the perspective of giving and receiving (no pause). Rich shares his new DIY guilty pleasure, HGTV's Love it or List it, while WIM tries to figure out how every HGTV couple can afford a seven-figure property. Hot Topics addresses Salon's article on being forced to suppress your blackness to get along with white people. Also, TGOS discovers 80 billionaires are wealthier than everyone else on Earth, or at least 99 percent of us. WIM gives you just the tip on a health-related article about the most dangerous position while promising to go deep on this topic next week. In Feedback and Follow-up and The Hustle TGOS addresses our first round of ask.fm questions, among other questions, like how to negotiate raises and pursue a personal hobby outside of the 9-to-5. Finally, WIM does his best to try to explain why men save pictures and videos of exes from seasons past in the #WIMRANT.

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In this episode, we discuss being tapped out for outings in the 30s, Radio Shack becoming the new Blackberry, some important updates regarding the show (more on this below), Empire getting renewed for a second season and who was initially supposed to play Terrence Howard's part, lack of U.S. coverage of international events, Naya Rivera's "hygiene" comments, an article on social media activism and why it's not dependable long term, a redeeming quality about Facebook, a salary guide for your 20s, 30s, and 40s, and the feature discussion of this episode: Blue Valentine and why men like this movie (though the conversation evolved beyond this...as expected). We begin around the 1:26:30 mark.

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