In this episode, we ask:

• What made America special?
• Who was Arnold J. Toynbee, and what did he study and conclude?
• What were the British facing in the mid-18th century?
• What really bugged the Americans?
• What about adaptation and innovation?
• What about responding in creative ways?
• What about reimagining?
• What about self-governance?
• What about agency?
• What are some of the challenges we face today?
• What about responding with rigidity and control?
• What about responding with creativity, adaptability and innovation?
• What are the major risks?
• What about the class systems?
• What is the American experiment?
• What about the top 1%?
• What about collective responses to challenges?
• What about the national debt?
• What about clinging to outdated systems?
• What about technological disruption?
• What about rags to riches?
• What about the ability to move between economic classes in the U.S.?
• What could derail years of careful planning?
• What did Toynbee say about failing to respond to challenges?
• What are the chances to innovate?
• What about personal resilience and agency?
• How might one forge ahead and create real wealth?
• What is the resilient mindset?
• What are the tools?
• How is the Bank on Yourself® strategy and mindset a Declaration of Financial Independence?
• How does owning your own Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy free you from financial traps?
• How might you break free?
• What about Walt Disney and J.C. Penny?
• What about John D. Rockefeller? Did he own whole life insurance?
• Would you like to listen to Episode 66?
• What about IRS section 7702?
• Is Bank on Yourself® as American as fireworks, fried chicken and apple pie?
• What are the takeaways?