Work Pants Finance

In today's show I talk about owning gold – how to own it, and in what quantities, as well as other hard assets I recommend you keep around home.

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Shane imparts his passion for accounting and compassion for students, along with the importance of grit in any endeavor.

We unpack the tried-and-true recipe to build wealth and wrap up our conversation with four rock-solid pieces of life advice plus five book recommendations.

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In 2020, Steven Valencsin sold his business, Growers, to a publicly traded Israeli company, ICL. Steven stayed on as CEO and we share an open and honest conversation about the bald realities of life as a business owner and as the boss. Steven says, "I haven't seen the glamorous side of entrepreneurship. It's been a struggle the whole frickin' time."

My favorite line from the interview is, ""It all has to get done, but it doesn't all have to get done today." Steven and I reflect on priorities, communication, and getting people to help. We talk about investing in yourself and your own business and the importance of niching down.

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Today's show includes three conversations with Anne, beginning with her current work as business partner with Gretchen Rubin.

We discuss how Anne designed her exit from Good Eggs to focus on family and board service, and we hear from pre-pandemic Anne about her post-MBA career and work at Good Eggs.

These interviews were recorded in February 2021, July 2020, and January 2020.

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A key theme in last week's interview with Blair Sheppard was that to achieve sustainable and successful change, each of us must lead, follow, and serve locally in a way that, if carried through or expanded, benefits the world.

This idea reminded me of Steven Covey's circle of influence and circle of concern concept.

The first half of the show focuses on Blair Sheppard's arguments in favor of Local First. The second half of the show looks at Covey's Circle of Influence, and then we tie both ideas back to financial planning, broadly construed.

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We put motives of folks providing financial information under the microscope, help you position your wealth for inflation or deflation, and discuss leveraging disruption to harness the force of habit to help you achieve your goals.

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Blair Sheppard, Global Head of Strategy and Leadership for PWC, shares his views of looming global crises driven by wealth disparity, technological disruption, polarization of people, and declining trust in society's institutions, with demography (and COVID-19) accelerating these trends.

We wrap up our discussion with a conversation about the MBA degree and the process of constant re-skilling and re-tooling that is imperative for global – and personal – flourishing.

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Informational Interviewing is your best tool if you're in a transition or see one on the horizon.

Today's show covers what an informational interview is and how to conduct an excellent informational interview that leaves everyone smiling.

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Have you dreamed of doing your own thing, going out on your own? Have you looked at your career and considered what it would take to hit the reset button and do something very different? If so, today's show is for you.

We talk through a fictional case study to illustrate how to make your side hustle your full-time gig. Michael is a consulting engineer earning $175,000 and Amanda is a private school teacher. They've got three school-age kids and we use a sample budget to illustrate the impact of self-employment taxes, the huge benefits of the other spouse working during a big career pivot, and how much revenue it takes to replace a $175,000 salary.

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Mary Beck brings world-class tips to structure your life so that your work doesn't feel like work, to create simplicity in the midst of complexity, and to build a career based on treating others the way you want to be treated.

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