Archive for February, 2017

238: Repurpose Your Career: Find a Career or Business That Fulfills You At Any Age or Skill Level with Marc Miller

February 2, 2017

Marc Miller from CareerPivot.com is a professional career changer for his clients. He's here to help you discover not only who you are, who you work best with (environment). For example, some people are "structured anarchists" and "stealth competitors."

Listen in and discover the difference between talents (things you do innately) and skills (things you learned). Speak authentically, develop your brand, find out how people see you, what's different about you, and where you fit best.

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“The key piece here is understanding who you are and where you are going to fit.” – Marc Miller

“For most of us, it's more important who we work with in the environment than what we actually do.” – Marc Miller

“If you have skills that are not essentially attached to your innate talents, and you overuse them, that's when you get burnout.” – Marc Miller

Takeaways:

02:06 Career changes are normal and necessary in today's fast-changing job market, with professionals potentially switching careers 3-5 times in their lifetime.

08:35 Understanding your innate talents and skills is crucial to finding a fulfilling career that matches your true personality.

22:28 Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, with only about 10% of people naturally suited to starting their own business.

30:44 Learning problem-solving skills is more important than mastering specific technical tools that may become outdated quickly.

44:06 The future of work involves continuous learning and periodic reinvention across different stages of life.

Resources

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237: Money Answers: Setup Your Business Structure, Get Financing, Put Your Money to Work for You, Refinance Student Loans and Optimize Your Mortgage with Jordan Goodman

February 1, 2017

Jordan Goodman from MoneyAnswers.com has a number of financial solutions to not only setup your business structure correctly, but obtain business financing, optimize your mortgage, and more.

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“One word that is the key to success in life and business is leverage. And by leverage, I mean leveraging other people's expertise, finances, and contacts.” – Jordan Goodman

“The two greatest forces of personal finance and business finance are inertia and apathy. People don't do that, and they don't care.” – Jordan Goodman

“I wish people learned more of this stuff in school, but they don't. You can go through the finest university, and they don't give you anything about how to start a business.” – Jordan Goodman

Takeaways:

05:00 Choose the right business structure from the start to protect personal assets and make future selling easier.

16:06 Banks are tough on small business loans, so explore alternative financing options like peer-to-peer lending and specialized lending platforms.

21:21 Don't let money sit idle in low-interest bank accounts; seek out investment opportunities like commercial real estate income funds that offer better returns.

29:19 Student loan refinancing can dramatically reduce interest rates and help borrowers pay off debt faster.

30:54 Mortgage optimization techniques can help homeowners pay off their mortgage in 5-7 years instead of 30 years.

Resources

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