Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

Not Your Average Financial Podcast™


Episode 336: [Periodic Table of Abundance] No.7 Financial Independence and the Magic of Collateralization

February 09, 2024

In this episode, we ask:


  • Would you like to get the special report on the Periodic Table of Abundance? Would you like to Request a Meeting?
  • Have you listened to the previous episodes in this series?
    • Would you like to hear Episode 330: No.1 Scaling Up and Overcoming Adversity?
    • Would you like to hear Episode 331: No.2 Money Team, Family Finance and Estate Planning?
    • Would you like to hear Episode 332: No.3 Liquidity and Cash Flow?
    • Would you like to hear Episode 333: No.4 Secrets of Leverage with Insurance and Banking?
    • Would you like to hear Episode 334: No.5 Achieve Your Ultimate Potential with Investing and Real Estate
    • Would you like to hear Episode 335: No.6 Building a Better World Through Business Ownership, Tax Strategy and Giving

  • What is financial independence?
  • Would you like to learn about financial independence?
  • Would you like to learn about the power of financial collateralization?
  • Do you have enough passive income to cover your expenses?
  • Do you have to depend on your active income?
  • Do you have streams of income to replace your day job?
  • What are your expenses?
  • What are the stages?
  • Do you have an emergency?
  • Why did we choose one year for an emergency?
  • What about placing your emergency fund in a Bank On Yourself® type whole life insurance policy?
  • What about passive income exceeding earned income?
  • Would you like to run the financial independence calculator with Mark or a colleague?
  • What would it take to cover a luxury item?
  • What about changing the world through philanthropy?
  • What about the journey?
  • What about Odysseus?
  • What about freedom?
  • What did Nietzsche say?
  • What about Frodo?
  • What about Iron Man?
  • What about Luke?
  • What are most financial advisors up to?
  • What do you want?
  • What are the five mile posts?
  • What is basecamp?
  • What about reducing your expenses or increasing your income?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 19?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 63?
  • What does Parkinson’s law of finance say?
  • What about being honest with money?
  • What about investing in yourself?
  • What about your education?
  • What about your health?
  • Are you a better version of yourself?
  • Do you have an idea of what you will be doing?
  • How do you expect to be in a different place a year from now?
    • What is the greatest challenge you’re facing right now?
    • What have you tried in the past?
    • What are you going to do next?
    • …By when?

  • What about liquidity?
  • What will you do in an emergency?
  • Do you budget?
  • Do you save in liquid form?
  • Who has a financially unstable pyramid?
  • Who is putting all of their money at risk?
  • Is your money liquid?
  • Is your money available to you?
  • Who does this benefit?
  • Could you cover an emergency expense of $400?
  • Do you need to sell your stuff?
  • Why not build a stable financial structure?
  • What did Tim Austin say about the 10/10/10 rule?
  • Who is saving 30% of income each month?
  • Now that I’m saving, where do I save it?
  • Is your money stashed in the right place?
  • What about CDs?
  • What is taxable?
  • What are you really earning after taxes?
  • What about interest rates on (multi-year guaranteed annuities) MYGAs?
  • What about Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policies?
  • What about the power of collateralization?
  • What about cash value?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 32?
  • What about investing in things you understand and control?
  • What do you need to quit?
  • Do you need a rental property?
  • Do you need to borrow against your life insurance policy?
  • What can you control?
  • What are you into?
  • Where can you put your money to work?
  • How might you create multiple streams of passive income?
  • How might you buy multiple streams of passive income?
  • What could you do to add one more stream?
  • Can you outspend any income?
  • What about mentoring?
  • Are you the guide?
  • What do you have to share with the world?
  • How are you writing your story?
  • How many pages do you have left?
  • Would you like to like to meet with Mark?