Growin’ Samoan

In this episode we talk about tips to save money on holiday shopping and also discuss the measles outbreak happening in Samoa. Once again prayers to all the families in Samoa who have been affected with the measles outbreak. Happy Holidays and God Bless you all! Keep Growin' everyone!!!

We break down our own 16 beginner tips in this episode and how it helped us out and can hopefully help you out in your own journey. "Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole" lol. Keep Growin' my friends!  1. Educate yourself.  2. Pay yourself first. 3. Sort out your bills. 4. Attack your debt. 5. Educate yourself about credit.  6. Start using credit cards for rewards. 7. Eat in & save money. 8. Cu...

Back in action with Paulo and special guest Miki. In this episode Miki breaks down her "5 cycles of growth" and also gives tips on life and overcoming life's obstacles. Filmed at the family house in Long Beach CA after all the funeral services for Tala's father were finished. Rest in peace. We love you Grandpa,Dad.  Ioane Uipa Atonio Chief (matai) name: Taumanupepe 04/06/1943 - 10/20/2019&nbs...

Part 2 of 2 talking about life's ups and downs, marriage, divorce, children family hitting rock bottom and being able to find a way back. Amazing story that many of us can relate to. Had to split this into 2 podcasts because the conversation was so amazing fun and needed to be told. Law and Soci contact info: Facebook @UceSkywalker Book: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne How to speak Samoan YouTube link...

Part 1 of 2 talking about life's ups and downs, marriage, divorce, children family hitting rock bottom and being able to find a way back. Amazing story that many of us can relate to. Had to split this into 2 podcasts because the conversation was so amazing fun and needed to be told.  Law contact info: Facebook @UceSkywalker 

A real deep episode where I discuss of how my knowledge about finances, financial education and money has helped us deal with a loved one who was ill and just passed the morning I recorded this episode. Thank you to all who follow our journey. I hope this can relate and help those who listen to or watch our podcast. Keep Growin' ya'll we love you! And I love you Tala my beautiful wife! 

In this episode I discuss how I was able to save money while being broke. So here is the correct quote that I butchered in the episode.  "There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary and poor is eternal".  I love this quote! It's all about mindset! Thanks and enjoy! Keep Growin' !!

Special outdoors episode. Hope you guys take away something! Keep Growin! Jim Rohn youtube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyAIqyc75xM Journey to launch podcast - https://www.journeytolaunch.com/podcastlanding/

In this episode we talk about how we made a decision for Tala to leave her 9 to 5 corporate job and stay home to focus on our family while making an income watching her sisters children and getting paid for it through state/government funding. We also talk about the benefits of having one parent home and other side hustles to make more income from home.  Here's a link for those in Washington Sate...

Back to school time! In this episode we talk with special guest Ana to tell us all about " Year Up". A program that helps students who graduated high school and are looking for further education.  Don't go into debt with the traditional route. Listen to this podcast and get more info to see if you or your child qualifies for this program. Click the link to go to the website for all the info:  http...

Our 6 pillars of Good Credit.  Eventually we''ll add on to it if we feel the need. But these are 6 good pillars to start off with. 1. Pay your payments on time. This is 35% of your credit score. The most percentage of your score. 2. Keep your utilization or "usage" of credit below 30% of total credit allowed per month. This is 30% of your credit score. 3. Use your credit cards ONLY for stuff you a...

The all too famous question. What is credit is answered by yours truly and dug into by my co host's Tala, Paulo and introducing Lia!!! We break down what credit is in our own growin' Samoan fasion.  We answer questions and talk about: What is credit? Why is it important? And, What it is. Here's a breakdown of what we talk about in the episode.  The Big 3 - 1) Credit Report. 2) Credit Score. 3) Cre...

In this episode we talk about life in Hawai'i, motivation and tips how to help start your day.  " Win the morning, Win the day" 1. Free advice is the kind that costs you nothing unless you act upon it. 2.Most things that we think are impossible in life, is because we have never tried them. So go for every dream and opportunity before making a judgement. 3. A foolish man tells a woman to stop talki...

In this episode Me and Tala talk about our beginning path. What led us here and how we started our financial education journey. This episode is for you. Yes you! The beginner! We all start at 0. Or negative whatever! lol But just like our journey we had to begin somewhere. Baby steps my friends. our brief breakdown of our humble beginnings: 1. I finally listened to an audiobook that many people al...

Talofa and thanks for listening to our first episode!  Please Comment, Rate and Subscribe on iTunes or any other podcast platform to help our awareness grow for our peeps!  If you want to watch the video podcast we'll have a youtube page up soon under the name Growin Samoan. Here are a list of the books we talked about in the podcast that can help you out on your financial education jour...