If you consciously or subconsciously derive your identity from your work, what happens when that work goes away? Moreover, how do we reconcile the advice we hear from everyone from Steve Jobs to Steve Aoki to “follow our passion” (and, in case it wasn’t clear, monetize it) with the advice to also maintain some semblance of “work/life balance” or separation b ... Show More
Jul 2
Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit
Hedge fund founder, author, and one of the top influences in the financial world, Ray Dalio has written about how countries (or, in his parlance, “empires”) find themselves in irreversible doom spirals, covered in depth in his new book, How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle. So, ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 25
A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Sometimes you encounter a person whose brain is such an effective X-ray for the world that you can’t help but spend 90 minutes working through a backlog of all the topics you’ve ever wanted to ask her about. Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom is one of America’s foremost sociologists, a ... Show More
1h 31m
Jun 18
On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"
We’re back with a particularly spicy Rich Girl Roundup—this time covering the absolute barrage of feedback on the last three episodes ("Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist" with JL Collins, "How to Use Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life" with ... Show More
1h 9m
Mar 2022
Skip the Financial Plan and Build Your Wealth The Simple Way
Are you ready to learn how to build wealth the simple way? In this episode, David Hegarty, the Founder, and CEO of Playbook, a step-by-step app for building wealth, is here to deliver some serious money gems. He’s throwing out traditional wealth-building wisdom and instead sharin ... Show More
43m 12s
Jun 2023
Failure is Part of the Journey
Episode 07: Clock it. It’s time to lay The Plunge to rest. Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) closes the books on the backyard plunger game. Any entrepreneur knows, it’s not easy making the tough decision to end a business. You end up questioning your ability, your confidence, and ... Show More
19m 8s
Jul 2021
How to Accelerate Financial Security, Create Time Wealth & Ignite Your Goals with Todd Miller - Summer Reboot
If you could do anything in the world right now, what would you do? What makes you happy? What excites you? What are your unique strengths? We’re living in a culture and society filled with money scarcity and this creates a lack of authenticity. What if you could create an enrich ... Show More
44m 54s
Sep 2023
Why the Paradox of Success Still Haunts Me
Episode 41: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks about the Paradox of Success, what it is, and why it’s important. It’s an issue that Alex, and many other successful entrepreneurs grapple with as they continue to find success. In the end, Alex shares his tips on how to stay gr ... Show More
15m 46s
Nov 2021
How to Become an Everyday Millionaire with Deacon Hayes
What does it take to become an everyday millionaire? If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me how to get to millionaire status, I’d probably be a multi-millionaire by now. Deacon Hayes, former financial advisor, founder of Well Kept Wallet, and author of You Can Retire E ... Show More
40m 44s