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Meaning Over Money — 443 episodes

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440 - The Chicken and Egg of Wealth and Fame: Maybe It’s Opposite of What You Think

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439 - Managing the Puzzle Pieces: Everything Can Work….If It Works Together

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438 - Creating a Life We Don’t Want to Retire From: A Better Path Than the Race Toward Retirement

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437 - Memories Don’t Discriminate: Don’t Let a Lack of Resources Rob You From Creating Beautiful Memories

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436 - Closer Than You Think: Why You’ve Probably Made More Investing Progress Than You Believe

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435 - Reverse Engineering Our Obituary: Starting With the Desired End in Mind

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434 - What Would You Pay For Meaning? When Meaningful Work (Initially) Requires a Pay Cut

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433- More Is Never Enough: How the Curse of More Can (and Will) Hunt Us Down

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432 - Recent Does Not Mean Real: The Risk of Recency Bias When Making Decisions

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431 - It’s Gotta Come From Somewhere: The Art & Science of Budgeting in the Real World

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430 - Live By the Sword, Die By the Sword: The Dangers of Businesses Polarizing Their Customers

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429 - The Unfixable Mistake: The Harsh Lessons of Trying to Time the Market

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428 - It’s Just Money: Why We Can (and Should) Make Some Decisions That Hinder Our Finances

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427 - The Bar Has Never Been Lower: Your Opportunity to Make An Impact Has Never Been Greater

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426 - Sometimes, the Only Prescription Is More Income

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425 - Quality Over Quantity: Why Less Is More

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424 - Give An Inch, Take a Mile: Why We Self-Sabotage Our Own Best Interests

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423 - Too Many Flourless Cakes: The Value of Work In a Society That Glorifies Leisure

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422 - It’s Pretty Great to Be Young: Investing, and the Power of Time

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421 - Simple is Not Easy

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420 - Know the Downside: What You Don’t Know Might Kill You

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419 - History is Your Friend: What 23 U.S. Stock Market Crashes Have In Common

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418 - How to Have a Midlife Crisis That’s Not a Midlife Crisis

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417 - The Ten Dollar Challenge: Spending $10 Per Day On Things You Don’t Need

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416 - It’s Okay to Buy Fun Things, But You Can’t Buy ALL the Fun Things

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415 - Taking Timing Off the Table: Why and How to Stop Worrying About When Your Bills Are Due

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414 - How to Stop Being Jealous: The Power of Factoring in Consequences

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413 - Please Stop: With the Stock Market Declining, We’re Begging You to Not React. Here’s Why

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412 - Stepping On Landmines: How One Bad Decision Can Create a Decades-Long Spiral….Or Not

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411 - Taxes 101: You Wouldn't Change the Transmission In Your Own Car Just to Save a Few Bucks, Would You?

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410 - Life Insurance 101: A Little Morbid But a Lot Important

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409 - Taxable Investing 101: Giving Yourself the Gift of Freedom, Flexibility, and Options

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408 - Income Fund 101: Do You Have an Inconsistent Monthly Income? We Got You!

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407 - Personal Spending 101: A Powerful Release Valve When Combining Money In Marriage

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406 - Sinking Funds 101: Saving Intentionally While Combatting Damaging Psychological Forces

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405 - Budgeting 101: A Simple and Clear Overview of How to Execute a Monthly Budget

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404 - Are You Accidentally Losing 25% of Your Life Savings? The Sneaky Undercurrent of Investment Fees

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403 - Just Buy the Shoes: A Guilt-Free Blueprint to Overcome Financial Hoarding

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402 - What Gets Measured Gets Done: The Sneaky Hack to Propel Your Momentum

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401 - Just Start. Right Now. Today. Not Later.

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400 - Less Talk, More Doing: The Power of Action In a World Obsessed With Talking

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399 - Everything is Repurposed: Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to “Throw Away” One Career For Another

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398 - The Costs Behind the Cost: Why the Initial Purchase Price is Just Part of the Story

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397 - Riding the Beautiful Rollercoaster: A Look Back on 10 Years of Stock Market Craziness

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396 - Is This the Year? A Case For (Finally) Stepping Into the Better You Deserve

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395 - Choosing Meaning, Even at the Expense of Security

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394 - Wanting What You Have, Not Having What You Want

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393 - Best of Both Worlds: Investing In Other Things, But With Boundaries

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392 - 4 Simple Tips to Stop Overspending

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391 - Lifestyle Creep: A Cautionary Tale

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390 - Choosing the Right Anchors: Why We Accidentally Sabotage Ourselves, and How to Fix It

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389 - Time to Check Your Statements Again: Why Your Investments Aren’t Doing As Well As You Think

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388 - It's Okay to Hate Your Job, But You Deserve Better

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387 - Those Little Tells: How to Know If You’re On the Right Career Track

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386 - The Next 40 Years, Not the Next 4: The Importance of Seeing the Big Picture

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385 - Normalizing Normal: Just Because Something Is “Normal,” It Doesn’t Mean It’s Right

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384 - Death Binders For the Win: It’s Never Too Early to Prepare For the Inevitable

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383 - The Deadly Hat Trick, According to Cole: Three Forces Robbing You From Living a Meaningful Life

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382 - Christmas, Without the Guilt: Simple Steps to Soak in the Holiday Spirit Without the Financial Stress

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381 - Businesses, We Can Do Better: The Case For Businesses NOT Weaponizing the Owner’s Values

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380 - A Recession is Still Coming, and That’s OK

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379 - One Madness End, Another Begins: Don't Wait For Life to Feel "Normal"

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378 - We Will Justify Any Purchase: The Importance of Being Honest With Ourselves

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377 - Pushing Through WHEN Life Happens, Not IF Life Happens

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376 - Living With Margin: The Intentional Act of Giving Yourself Freedom

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375 - Ignore the Noise: Your Investing Patience is ALWAYS Rewarded

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374 - More Begets More: Why a Materialistic Lifestyle is a Slippery Slope

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373 - How Saying "Yes" is the Gateway to Better

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372 - Asking ChatGPT to Review Our Podcast (with Cole Netten)

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371 - Get Creative With Your Big Rocks: How to Optimize the Expenses that Matter Most

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370 - Don’t Blindly Trust Experts: The Cost of Misplaced Faith

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369 - But What Will You Give Up?: Why No Decision is Free

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368 - Sometimes, We Need a Reset: Why Pushing Pause Can Propel Us Forward

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367 - Survivorship Bias and FOMO, a Dangerous Combination

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366 - Don’t Use a Known Need to Justify Irresponsible (and Impulsive) Wants

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365 - A Different Kind of Inheritance: Something Far Richer Than Money

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364 - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify: The Beauty of Automation

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363 - Struggling to Manage a Variable Income? We Got You!

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362 - Cole and Travis Talk Life and Money: Lifting the Lid on What’s Really Happening Under Roofs

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361 - Don’t Get Burned by Half-Truths: The Importance of Having Proper Context

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360 - Using Your Pain For Impact: Using Your Worst to Inspire Others' Best

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359 - There’s No Such Thing As Normal, So Let’s Plan Accordingly

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358 - Everyone Wins When You Keep Growing

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357 - The Importance of Cash…..Especially When Times Are Weird

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356 - You Can Only Give What You Have, And YOU Have Something to Give

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355 - How to Execute the Travel Sinking Fund: And Yes, It’s Awesome!

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354 - Business Owners, Your Appeal to “Support Small Business” is Actually Hurting You

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353 - Not Every Decision Has To Be About Money: Why We Need to Prioritize Meaning

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352 - Investing So Boring That the Finance Bros Mock You

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351 - A Crash Course On Teaching Kids How to (Healthily) Handle Money

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350 - Young Adults Need to Slow Their Roll: The Power of Delaying Major Financial Decisions

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349 - Meaningful Work is Still Work: Why “Fun” Isn’t the Definition of Work That Matters

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348 - What Compounding Actually Looks Like: Why Your Dedication WILL Pay Off…..Eventually

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347 - There’s Always More In You: Unlocking the Better You Deserve

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346 - The Myth of “Buying the Dip”: Why Time in the Market Always Beats Timing the Market

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345 - Stick to the Plan: The Sneaky Power of Consistency

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344 - Personal Spending in Marriage: An Unpaid Ad for CashApp

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343 - Suck at Budgeting? Try the 3-Month Rule

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342 - When Inflation Squeezes the Financial Margin From Your Life

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341 - Combating the Bite of Jealousy: A Simple Hack to Get You Off the Ledge

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340 - “The Stock Market Is at an All-Time High. Should I Sell?”

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339 - The Arms Race of Materialism: Are You Ready to Lay Down Your Weapons?

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338 - When There Are More Expenses Than Income: How to Keep Your Head...and Control

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337 - Unearthing Hidden Gems: The Beauty of Discovering New Gifts and Passions

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336 - Owning Newer Cars vs. Older Cars: The Math May Surprise You

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335 - Stepping Over Quarters to Pick Up Nickels: How to Make Better Decisions by Zooming Out

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334 - How To Catch Up When You Get Behind: The Art of Getting Back on Track

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333 - Move the Decimal Left: The Importance of Simplifying Your Money

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332 - What To Do With Old 401(k) Accounts: A Simple Guide

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331 - Make the Right Decision For YOU, Not the “Right” Decision According to the World

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330 - “Just Do Better” Isn’t Financial Advice

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329 - How to Remove Excuses That Are Holding You Back From the Life You Deserve

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328 - The Myth of Job Security: The Risks of (Falsely) Believing Your Job is Safe

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327 - Sexy Isn’t Always Better: Why the Pursuit of Meaning is Far Too Underrated

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326 - Work Isn't a Four-Letter Word: Redefining Work for the Next Generation (A Parent’s Guide)

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325 - It’s Always a Good Time to Buy: The Short-Sightedness of All-Time Stock Market Highs

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324 - Smooth Out the Lumpy Stuff: The Simple Execution of Sinking Funds

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323 - The Risk of Not Taking Risk: Why Complacency Is the Real Risk We Should Be Worried About

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322 - The Irresponsibility Challenge: What Would Happen if You Couldn't Do Anything Responsible for a Full Month?

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321 - Lessons from Coach: Why We Never See Sports Coaches Chasing Retirement, and How It Applies to You

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320 - There’s No Telling Where the Road to Meaning Will Lead...and It’s Probably Far Better Than You Think

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319 - Show, Don’t Tell: How Our Actions Speak Louder Than Our (Annoying) Words

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318 - The Twisted Perception of Boujee: Don’t Let Others Determine the Rules of Your Life

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317 - Delayed Gratification Sucks / Delayed Gratification is Beautiful

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316 - Rely on Your Past Self, Not Your Future Self: The Power of Investing Early and Often

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315 - The Cost of Materialism: When the Pursuit of More Robs Us of Our Ideal Life

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314 - Want Is Not Waste: Attempting to Destroy the Toxic Narrative That Spending on Wants Is Irresponsible

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313 - If I Were a Single Young Adult: 6 Steps to Set the Foundation for an Uncertain But Awesome Future

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312 - Wills: An Uncomfortable But Critically Important Step

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311 - Life is Short: Don’t Wait Until Retirement to Pursue Meaning and “Actually Enjoy Life”

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310 - Hypocrisy or Self-Awareness?: The Art of Defining and Pursuing Meaning in Our Work

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309 - Are You Choosing Your Image Over Your Family?

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308 - Misplaced Trust: More Examples of Our Crappy (and Destructive) Investment Epidemic

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307 - The Release Valve of Meaningful Work

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306 - Simple Steps to Set Up A Taxable Investment Account: It’s Easier Than You Think!

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305 - You Don't Have to Buy That Car: A Rant on Not Letting Car Decisions Ruin Our Financial Lives

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304 - A Beginner's Guide to Taxable Investing (And What Not to Do)

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303 - You Are Where You Are: The Beauty of Not Dwelling on the Past

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302: Why Most People Grossly Underperform the Stock Market, and How to Easily Fix It

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301 - It's Not Our Job to "Support" Small Businesses

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300 - The Cure for Irrational Fear: Stock Market Risk and the Responsibility of Truth

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299 - Emergency Funds 2.0: The 3-Bucket Savings Blueprint to Protect Your Family

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298 - An Investing Wake-Up Call: How One Family Transformed Their Financial Future in Just 10 Minutes

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297 - Master Your Universe: Focus on What You Can Control, Let Go of What You Can't

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296 - Did You Make 26% On Your Investments in 2023? If Not, We Need to Talk

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295 - Unmasking the Credit Card Illusion: How Our Experiment Revealed Surprising Spending Habits

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294 - The Tax Deduction Trap: Are You Losing More Than You Gain?

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293 - ’Til Death Do Us Part: Equipping Our Spouse for Financial Preparedness After Death

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292 - Gut Check: Navigating the Unseen Signals of Decision-Making

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291 - Year In Review: Top 10 Episodes.....And More

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290 - Beware the Propaganda of Easy Money: It's Probably Too Good to Be True

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289 - Giving Yourself Grace: It's OK to Push Pause on Some Goals to Focus Your Efforts on Others

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288 - Inflation, Through Your Own Eyes: Why Context Matters

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287 - Controlling Dining Out Without It Controlling You

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286 - Expensive vs Priceless: Re-Focusing Our Attention to the Irreplaceable

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285: Challenging Cultural Narratives: Navigating Toxic Financial Half-Truths

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284: "Where Should I Park My Money?"

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283 - Once You See It: Making Sense of Money and Happiness

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282 - The Numbers are a Tell: Why Results Matter, But Not In the Way We Believe

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281 - A Peak, Not THE Peak: Why Your Recent Success is Just a Taste of What's to Come

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280 - Parenting Toward Work that Matters: Helping Our Kids Unlock a More Meaningful Life

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279 - If You Only Had 10 Years Left to Live: Making the Most of Our Abundant But Limited Time

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278 - Losing the Right to Create Impact: Why Completely Disregarding Money is Destructive in the Pursuit of Meaning

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277 - Paying Your Dues: Embracing Delayed Gratification for a Better Future

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276 - Finding Purpose in Crappy Work

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275 - Intensity vs. Diversity: Finding the Right Approach to Achieve Your Financial Goals

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274 - When Bad Financial Decisions Are the Best Life Decisions

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273 - Open Up Your Investing Statements....It's Time to Compare

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272 - What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us: The Punitive Impact of Investment Fees

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271 - Cost Matters, But It's Only Half of the Equation

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270 - "I Regret Buying a House": What to Do When You Realize You Made the Wrong Decision

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269 - Death to Boy Math and Girl Math: Ridding Ourselves of Toxic Psychological Games

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268 - Preparing for Potentially Dark Times (10 Steps to Get Ready for the Next Recession...Whenever it Comes)

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267 - Protecting Ourselves From Ourselves: Creating Structure to Eliminate Self-Sabotage

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266 - Cushion is Key: How One Simple Adjustment Can Change Everything

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265 - Meaning, Money, Fulfillment, and Impact (with Joe Stephan)

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264 - Get Your At-Bats: Embrace the Risk of Striking Out

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263 - Bringing Sanity Back to Tipping Culture: First, Remove the Guilt

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262 - Credit Card Debt and the Myth of Irresponsibility: How Our False Perceptions Are Luring Us Into the Debt Trap

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261 - It's Game Time: Preparing for Student Loan Payments to Begin

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260 - A Bad Mow Is Better Than No Mow: Why Done Is Better Than Perfect

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259 - It's Like Riding a Bike: Why Repetition Matters Almost as Much as Skill

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258 - Making Sense of Pensions: Deciphering One of the Most Important Pieces of Your Financial Future

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257 - The Toxicity of Pay-It-Forward Streaks

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256 - The (Not So) Secrets of Pursuing Non-Traditional Work: How Some People Fight Through Our Culture's Expectations

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255 - Plight of the 1099ers: Why Contract Work Is So Underappreciated, but So Valuable

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254 - Decision Fatigue Is Slowly Killing Us: Finding Ways to Limit and Improve Our Financial Decisions

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253: 7 out of 10 Americans (Still) Dislike or Hate Their Jobs: Is There a Cure?

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252 - The Power of (Actually) Shared Experiences

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251 - One Bite at a Time: The Challenge and Beauty of Pursuing Goals That Are "Too Big"

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250 - Navigating the Cultural Gauntlet: The Tension Between Meaning and Money

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249 - Making Financial Progress While Inflation is Kicking Your Butt

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248 - The Value of a Good Day's Work

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247 - Generosity: Addition By Subtraction

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246 - Generosity Comes In Many Forms

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245 - Travel: All the Fun, None of the Guilt

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244 - Timing the Stock Market is a Fool's Game: Why It's Always a Good Time to Buy

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243 - Disaster or Triumph?: Looking Back on the First 23.5 Years of Stock Market Chaos in This Wild Century

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242 - On the Road: Memories Are Free

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241 - Congrats on NOT Getting the Job: Why Not All Promotions Are Good Promotions

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240 - Travis and Cole Reveal Their Budgets

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239 - Student Loan Payments Are Coming, You Have 3 Months to Prepare

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238 - Keeping Finances Afloat During Chaotic Seasons: 6 Steps to Keeping Your Head on Straight

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237 - Embracing Chaos: Why It's OK (Or Even Good) to Live a Crazy LIfe

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236 - The Auto Loan Walls Are Starting to Close In....Now What?

206

235 - The Art of Losing Together: Sharing In the Suck When One Spouse Screws Up

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234 - Stop Focusing On the HOW: Embracing the WHAT and WHY will direct our HOW

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233 - Done Is Better Than Perfect: Why Perfectionism is Killing Us

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232 - Sinking Fund Refresher: The Why, What, How, and Where

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231 - Cost vs Value: There’s a World of Difference

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230 - You Can Have Excuses or Impact, But Not Both

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229 - Debt Ceiling Debate, If it Were an American Family

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228 - Personal Spending: Saving One Marriage at a Time

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227 - Getting Back On Track After Messing Up

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226 - The Grass Always Seems Greener: How Half-Truth Comparisons Are Sabotaging Our Happiness

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225 - Demystifying the 1099 Economy: The Future of Work is Upon Us

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224 - Starting a Family AND Keeping Financial Momentum

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223 - You Can Always Go Back: Giving Yourself the Freedom to Try Scary Things

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222 - Moving On: How to Overcome the Sunk Cost Fallacy and Embrace Change

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221 - "I Just Got a Large Tax Refund....Now What?"

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220 - "I Can't Replicate That Feeling": Why Generosity Outweighs Everything

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219 - Don't Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else's Middle

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218 - Where Have All the Investing "Experts" Gone?

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217 - Tales of a Broken Arm: Thoughts on Medical Emergencies and the U.S. Healthcare System

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216 - Deep, Dark, Heavy, Ugly Money Secrets #1

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215 - Pursuing Work That Matters: Why All Work Isn't Created Equal....For You

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214 - Perception Vs. Reality: How Our Eyes Deceive Us When It Comes to Success

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213 - Sticking to the Plan: Why Shortcuts Are Never Our Friend

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212 - What is Success? Redefining What it Means to Win

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211 - Deep Questions From the Omaha YP Summit

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210 - Stop Feeling Guilt: The Value of Intentional and Joyful Spending

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209 - The Tale of Two Couples: Why It's Not Always About the Income

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208 - The (Negative) Correlation Between Spending and Mental Health

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207 - Preparing for the Unknown Knowns: How to Save When You Don't know Exactly What You're Saving For

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206 - Money Doesn't Equal Fun, Fun Equals Fun

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205 - Living for Memories: Why Financial Decisions Should Sometimes Take a Back Seat

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204 - Making the Most of Your Retirement Savings: What to Do With Old Accounts

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203 - The Debit Card Traveler: How to See the World without Credit Cards

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202 - The Value of Books

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201 - Working Travel into Our Financial Life....Because It's Important

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200 - How to Handle Financial Windfalls

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199 - Fun vs. Fulfillment: The Importance of Meaningful Work

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198 - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure

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197 - Make Today the Good Old Days

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196 - The Joneses Don't Know They Are Joneses

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195 - How to Save When There is Little Margin

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194 - Avoiding Self-Inflicted Wounds on Your Financial Journey

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193 - From Altima to Ferrari: The Importance of Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent

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192 - Q&A Session #5

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191 - Is Now a Good Time to Invest?

251

190 - The New Student Loan (Forgiveness) Crisis

252

189 - We Don't Know What We Don't Know

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188 - Too Much of a Good Thing

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187 - Done Is Better Than Perfect

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Behind the Meaning: Episode 3

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186 - Year-End Review - Top 10 Episodes and Top 5 Trolls

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185 - What if You Won the Lottery?

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184 - Create Daily

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183 - Why Do We Celebrate Selfish Hoarding?

260

182 - Why We Don't Support Our Own: Jealousy in Small Business

261

181 - Focus On The Journey, Not The Destination

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180 - When (Not If) We Mess Up Our Finances

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179 - 10 Things We Wish We Knew When We Were 21

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178 - Are Your Plans Firm or Flexible?

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177 - The Blurry Line Between Needs And Wants

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176 - Financially Preparing for Christmas

267

175 - How to (Not) Stop Falling for Social Media Ads

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174 - High-Yield Savings Accounts Aren't Your Savior

269

173 - Your Perspective of Vacation is a Tell

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172 - 10 Ways to Financially Prepare for Next Year

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171 - Doing the Right Thing For the Right Reasons

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170 - Mistakes vs. Haunting Mistakes

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169 - "I Hate My Job, But Don't Know What to Do"

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Behind the Meaning: Episode 2

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168 - Investing: Is $1 Million Enough to Retire?

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167 - Investing: One Critical Investing Mistake You Need to Avoid

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166 - Three Facts That Will Change Your Perspective of the Stock Market

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165 - Catching Up On Investing Without Hoarding

279

164 - Tell Us Again How Credit Cards Are Your Friend

280

163 - Private Possession vs. Private Ownership

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162 - Investing, FIRE, and Creating Impact (with Jeremy Schneider from Personal Finance Club)

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161 - You Can't Be Truly Generous Without Accepting Generosity From Others

283

160 - We Don't Live In a Vaccuum

284

159 - Using Venmo Without Losing Control

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158 - When Your Lifestyle Puts Too Much Pressure On Your Business

286

157 - Is Buying a House a Good Financial Decision?

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156 - How Automated Is Too Automated?

288

155 - What Happens After You've Lived Your Dream?

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154 - "What If I Meet Someone Who Has Debt?"

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153 - Young Adults, Congrats On Your First Stock Market Crash!

291

Behind the Meaning: Episode 1

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152 - When $1M Cash Isn't Enough

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151 - When Humans Behave Like Crabs

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150 - Student Loans: To Those Who Still Have Student Loans

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149 - Student Loans: To Those Who Have Already Paid Off Their Loans

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148 - Meaning vs. Money: Private School Edition

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147 - Assessing Risk (Without Fear)

298

146 - Reframing Health Insurance

299

145 - "Should I Stop Contributing to My 401(k) While Paying Off Debt?"

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144 - Gain Awareness, Gain Control, Gain Traction

301

143 - The Cost of Pursuing Meaning

302

142 - You Can Have Regrets Without Wishing It Away

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141 - Why Separating Business and Personal Finances is Critical

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140 - PSA: Shopping Isn't Evil

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139 - Just Because You Can, It Doesn't Mean You Should

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138 - This Couple Knew the Secret

307

137 - I "Need" a New Car

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136 - Investing: Employ the Do Nothing Strategy

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135 - Is There a Good Way to Use a Credit Card?

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134 - What REALLY Adds Value to Your Life? Part 2

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133 - The Three Hardest Months to Budget...So Give Yourself Grace

312

132 - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Progress

313

131 - Don't Throw Away Your Influence

314

130 - When the 4 Walls of Tension Are Closing In

315

129 - Unblurring the Line Between Travel and Life

316

128 - It's What We Do. It's Who We Are

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127 - The Pursuit of Failure

318

126 - The Why's, How's, and Awesomeness of Giving Anonymously

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125 - The Beauty of the Clean Slate

320

124 - Don't Let the Selfishness of Others Steal Your Generous Spirit

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123 - What REALLY Adds Value To Your Life?

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122 - The Misperception of Being Controlled vs. Having Control

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121 - Investing: The Power of Time

324

120 - Gaining Control of Your Variable Income

325

119 - Investing: Taking the Bad With the Good

326

118 - To Combine or Not to Combine

327

117 - Living Below Your Structure

328

116 - Preparing for Financial Windfalls

329

115 - The Chicken and Egg of Financial Privilege

330

114 - Bending the Culture of Student Loans (with Kristina Ellis)

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113 - Financially Preparing for Kids

332

112 - Give What You Have, Not What You Don't Have

333

111 - "Help, I Have a Spending Problem!"

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110 - The Loss of a Friend: A Reflection on Legacy

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109 - Giving Yourself a Break on the Journey

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108 - Investing: The Choice Between Taxes and Freedom

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107 - Success Isn't Linear: Embrace the Hockey Stick

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106 - St. Peters Basketball and the Pursuit of Legacy

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105 - Bad Financial Behavior is Learned

340

104 - Life is a Series of Levers, So Know Which Ones to Pull

341

103 - Why Your Credit Card Points Are Actually Losing You Money

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102 - 42% of Americans Making $100K+ Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck

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101 - How to Budget for Travel

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100 - Why Would You Pursue Meaning Over Money?

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099 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #3 (Listener Edition)

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098 - When it Comes to Debt, Interest Isn't Your Problem

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097 - OK is the Most Dangerous Place to Be

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096 - There's No Such Thing as Passive Income

349

095 - "How Much Do I Need in My Emergency Fund?"

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094 - Q&A Session #4

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093 - Give Yourself a Contract (Well, Kinda)

352

092 - Adjusting For Inflation

353

091 - Sometimes We Fail

354

090 - Putting the Recent Stock Market Tumble into Context

355

089 - "I Got Out of Debt....Again. How Do I Stay Out?"

356

088 - How to Handle Money When Life Gets Intense

357

087 - Personal Spending: Saving One Marriage at a Time

358

086 - When Your Job is Literally Killing You

359

085 - When Paying Off Debt Becomes an Idol

360

084 - Investing: Fees, the Secret Thief

361

083 - Investing: When "Good" is Bad and "Bad" is Good

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082 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #2

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081 - The Power of Not Having Excuses

364

080 - Year-End Lookback and Review (with Cole Netten)

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079 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #1

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078 - What You Need to Start a Business: Almost Nothing!

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077 - "Beautiful On the Outside, Rusting On the Inside"

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076 - Navigating Major Life Changes as a Young Adult (with Kate Netten)

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075 - Parents, Your Kids Deserve Better (On Sending Kids to College Without Student Loan Debt)

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074 - Life Gets More Complicated AFTER the Debt is Gone

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073 - 'Tis the Season to Exercise Your Giving Muscle

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072 - Do the Hard Thing!

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071 - We Just Hit Record High Debt - You Deserve Better Than Normal

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070 - 5 Signs You Should Get a Different Job

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069 - "Is it ok to NOT Find Meaning in My Work?"

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068 - Just Because Advice "Works", It Doesn't Mean It's Good Advice

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067 - Investing, Even When Things Get Weird

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066 - We ALL Need a Team: We Aren't Meant To Do This Alone

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065 - Shedding the Lies of the Hustle Culture

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064 - Don't Let Health Insurance Steal Your Dreams

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063 - Investing In Memories: Twenty One Pilots Edition

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062 - Get Back on the Bike (Even When You're Bleeding)

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061 - Giving Different, Giving Better

384

060 - You Are the Author of Your Story

385

059 - Accepting and Appreciating the Role of Luck

386

058 - Guilt, Guilt, Guilt, Screw It

387

057 - Travis Reacts to TikTok Comments on Dave Ramsey Car Payment Rant

388

056 - Planting Seeds

389

055 - Stripping Away the Layers

390

054 - The Journey is the Destination

391

053 - Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Part 2

392

052 - Dive In Head-First

393

051 - True Generosity is a Two-Way Street

394

050 - Life, In Seasons

395

049 - Pile of Cash Test

396

048 - Memories Over Things

397

047 - Don't Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else's Middle

398

046 - When You Stop Caring About Money

399

045 - Forget The World, Spend YOUR Values

400

044 - Embarrassing Happens

401

043 - Garbage In, Garbage Out

402

042 - The Teacher Myth

403

041 - Men vs. Women: The Fall-Out and Follow-Up

404

040 - Your Tone is the Tell

405

039 - The Curse of Comparison

406

038 - How to Get Your Spouse Involved With Budgeting, and Why It's More Important Than You Think

407

037 - Staying At Home With Kids is Always a Choice

408

036 - More Income Won't Cure Your Financial Stress (Here's What Will!)

409

035 - Hate Fridays, Love Mondays

410

034 - Don't Sweat the Small Things: Starbucks and Netflix Aren't What's Hurting You

411

033 - Don't Judge Decisions Based On Outcomes

412

032 - The Beauty (and Implications) of Not Having a Credit Score

413

031 - Why Pursuing Meaning is Better Than Pursuing Money

414

030 - 12 Months for the Rest of Your Life

415

029 - Q&A Session #3: Financial Coaching Edition

416

028 - You're Going to Make Mistakes....And That's OK!

417

027 - Be Careful Who You Follow

418

026 - The Secret Powers of Sinking Funds (As Always, It's Not About the Money!)

419

025 - Sorry Men, Women Are Better With Money

420

024 - Q&A Session #2

421

023 - EVERYONE Needs a Budget (Especially High-Income Earners)

422

022 - Prioritizing Financial (and Life) Goals

423

021 - Why You Shouldn't Do Your Own Taxes

424

020 - Go, Do Weird Things!

425

019 - Robinhood and the Gamification of Investing

426

018 - Getting Your Spouse On The Same Page

427

017 - ALL Income Is Created Equal

428

016 - The Toxic Notion Everyone Should Aspire to be Their Own Boss

429

015 - Dealing With Criticism On Your Journey (Especially From the Ones You Love the Most)

430

014 - How Do We Define “Living a Life of Meaning”?

431

013 - The Myth of Stock Picking “Experts”: Our Little Experiment May Surprise You!!

432

012 - The Real Cost of Debt: It's So Much Bigger Than Money

433

011 - Money & Happiness: It's Not What You Think

434

010 - What About Crypto?

435

009 - How Risky Is the Stock Market?

436

008 - Q&A Session #1

437

007 - MYTH: Spending is Irresponsible

438

006 - Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

439

005 - Planned Impulsiveness

440

004 - "Why Young Adults?"

441

003 - The Non-Financial Case Against the FIRE Movement

442

002 - Travis's Debt and Career Story.....$236,000 of Debt!

443

001 - Introduction to Meaning Over Money