Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

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Episodes

Episode 410: The Devastating Thrift Savings Plan Pitfall with Amanda Neely

July 11, 2025 • 18 mins
In this episode, we ask: Who will you become? Do you or your loved ones have a TSP or Thrift Savings Plan? Who is Amanda Neely? Would you like to hear Episode 113 or Episode 362? What has Amanda learned as an author? What about joy and peace? What did Amanda discover? Do I need...
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Episode 409: Choosing Bank on Yourself® is a Declaration of Financial Independence

July 4, 2025 • 14 mins
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?...
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Episode 408: Is Gold Just Nature’s Bitcoin? with Dana Samuelson

June 27, 2025 • 23 mins
In this episode, we ask: Do you remember the neon-colored push pop? What executive order did FDR sign regarding gold? Why did he prohibit gold? What were the consequences for noncompliance with the order? What happened in the early 1970s? What’s happening with Bitcoin today? What is gold’s status this year? What are the risks?...
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Episode 407: Dependable Dividends

June 20, 2025 • 17 mins
In this episode, we ask: What can be intimidating? What about big, life-long decisions? How do dividends work? How can you regain certainty, control and safety in the midst of a very uncertain world? What did Mark learn in school from his math teacher? Who does Mark have great respect for? What takes courage? How...
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Episode 406: Avoid the Pitfalls of Infinite Banking Knockoffs with Brandon Neely

June 13, 2025 • 18 mins
In this episode, we ask: Is it a knockoff? Can you imagine this? Does it provide security or chaos? Who is Brandon Neely? What did Brandon learn at the I.B.C. Think Tank? What changes have happened in the last few years? What impact does Nelson Nash’s work, Becoming Your Own Banker still have? What are...
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Episode 405: [Mailbag] Your Questions, Our Answers

June 6, 2025 • 14 mins
In this episode, we ask: What questions do you have? Would you like to join our FREE! Not Your Financial Community? Can someone use an annuity to roll money out of a qualified plan like a 401(k) or an IRA? Is this for people over 59.5 or younger than age 59.5? Can you get money...
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Episode 404: Escape the Grind! Jason Duncan’s Exiter Club

May 30, 2025 • 18 mins
In this episode, we ask: Are you in the daily grind? Do you need a better strategy? Who is Jason Duncan? Would you like to listen to Episode 289? Who needs their time back? Who needs their business on track for maximum valuation? What’s Jason’s story? What about focus: following one course until successful? What epiphany...
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Episode 403: Backtesting IULs and Stocks. When Past Performance Doesn’t Even Predict Past Performance!

May 23, 2025 • 14 mins
In this episode, we ask: What was born 129 years ago today? What has Mark learned? Have you ever seen the phrase, past performance is no guarantee of future results? What about marketing? What about backtesting? What is an index? How is the Dow Jones constructed? How are the stocks in the S&P weighted? What...
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Episode 402: Fee Comparisons of Bank On Yourself® Whole Life vs. Investments with Evan Greathouse

May 16, 2025 • 18 mins
In this episode, we ask: How might you finance your future without the fees? How might you grow and accumulate wealth? How about the transformative reality of whole life insurance? Who is Evan Greathouse? How about comparing the costs? How about a case study? Would you like to hear Episode 143? What about irregular or...
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Episode 401: More Proof Direct Recognition Loans are Terrible for Bank On Yourself®

May 9, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode, we ask: Is the policy correctly structured? How about a case study? Does the policy with the most cash value always win? What is the difference between a direct recognition and a non-direct recognition whole life insurance policy loan? What did the footnotes say? What are some possible outcomes? What happened to...
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Episode 400: How to Never Run Out of Money – Even if You Live to 120!

May 2, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join us live for the Bank on Yourself® Rescue Your Retirement Bootcamp on May 6th, 2025, 1PM-5PM ET? Will you run out of money if you live to 120? What are we going to do make sure your money doesn’t run out before you do? What...
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Episode 399: How to Pay for Everything in Life

April 25, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to join us live for the Bank on Yourself® Rescue Your Retirement Bootcamp on May 6th, 2025, 1PM-5PM ET? What deals are you making? What does it take to start a bank? Where do banks keep their capital? What is Tier 1 capital? Who needs a liquid,...
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Episode 398: The Golden Parachute

April 18, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode, we ask: Are you interested in 3 ways to leverage cash value life insurance for a secure business exit? Who has an exit plan? What are the benefits of a golden parachute? What happened in the ’80s? What lowers the risks of takeovers? What are some example scenarios? Do you have a...
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Episode 397: Can You Bank On Yourself® with over 200 Rental Properties? with Bryan Powers and Ben Berry

April 11, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode, we ask: What about getting started? Who is Bryan Powers? Who is Ben Berry? What is Bryan’s story? What do they love about Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policies? How have they used their policies so far? What are some problems with borrowing money from the SBA? Is it compounding?...
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Episode 396: Double Bonus Strategy: Enhancing Employee Benefits With 162(a) Plans

April 4, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to meet with Mark? What are the challenges for small businesses? What’s wrong with a small business’s 401(k) offering? What is the problem with fees? What is the problem with liquidity? What are the penalties? What about the severe loss of control? What about forced participation? Why,...
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Episode 395: Buy-Sell Agreements: Your Exit Strategy Blueprint

March 28, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode, we ask: Have you subscribed on YouTube and/or your favorite audio platform? Could your business survive without you? Why do most small businesses fail to survive after a generation? Are you thinking long range with your business? When was Hoshi Ryokan in Japan founded? What is a buy-sell agreement? What are the...
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Episode 394: What Counts as Financially Successful Today?

March 21, 2025 • 21 mins
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to unlock the magic and Request a Meeting? Where did Mark travel as a kid? Do we live in the future? What about the stagecraft? What does financial success look like for Americans? Would you like to view the Houston Chronicle article? How much would it take to feel financially...
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Episode 393: [Client Spotlight] Financial Independence in the W-2 with Jon Thiele

March 14, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode, we ask: Should you quit your day job? What does it take to truly be a leader? How do you unhook yourself from “default” mode? Who is Jon Thiele? What’s Jon’s daily morning ritual? What’s extremely important? How did Jon’s career evolve? How did Jon find Mark? What happens when “the math...
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Episode 392: Dave Ramsey is Not Your Doctor – The Poison Pill of Buy Term and Invest the Rest

March 7, 2025 • 26 mins
In this episode, we ask: How’s that working out for you? Who is A.L. Williams? Would you better off investing with some term on the side? Would you better off with a Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy? What about a twin study? What happens after 29 years? What are the takeaways? Would...
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Episode 391: Bank On Yourself® In Action: Real Life Business Case Studies

February 28, 2025 • 30 mins
In this episode, we ask: Would you like to listen to Episode 388? What are the challenges faced by most entrepreneurs? How is this playing itself out in the real world? How about guarantees? How about liquidity? How about more success? What challenges would this solve? How can business owners level up their cash flow?...
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