LifeBlood

LifeBlood LIFESTYLE: We talked about how to love more, how everyone is drawn to fun and how it’s imperative to incorporate that into our lives.  How the pandemic has changed relationships for better and for worse.  The advantages of working on yourself as a single person and the opportunities of doing this important work with a significant other.  How to bring this topic up to a loved one in an ef...

LifeBlood: We talked about Ambrose’s experiences growing up all over the world, what it’s like to have an English accent while living in Australia, the knowledge gained over a 20 year career in sales, and the value of confidence.   The two primary reasons sales people fail to reach their potential and how to address and overcome them.  Why focusing on the customer and the value you’re delivering i...

LifeBlood BE WELL: We talked about health for life, weight loss and sustainable eating.   We discussed the realities of obesity in America, how we’ve all tried dieting numerous times over the course of our lives, how very few of us successfully keep the weight off and the majority end up gaining back more.   We talked about how dieting creates a tunnel vision effect where we focus on short periods...

LifeBlood: We talked about Daniel’s experiences of getting into mining, become a mining engineer, working all over the world in places like Africa, Russia and North America.  His fascination with Africa and the different cultures, challenges and opportunities that such a large land mass presents.  How the nuclear power industry has changed and evolved, how it’s positioned to grow exponentially ove...

LifeBlood CREATE: We talked about the life cycle of a career of a software engineer, what to do when you “age out” of the field, the difficulty of pivoting to a new opportunity and why it’s sometimes necessary to do so.   Why having a background in technology and management can make you an excellent candidate for running a business, how to be proactive about entrepreneurship and skill building, an...

LifeBlood REI: We talked about Stephanie’s professional path, the evolution of real estate investing, the current landscape, how institutional money is impacting the space and what the future could hold.  The traditional ways in which investors would finance projects and how that’s being changed through technology and greater interest in the space, and how innovation has driven down costs and bene...

LifeBlood ENGAGE:  We talked about how to trust your instincts, experiencing extreme hardship and emerging on the other side, finding work that you’re called to do, recognizing your innate talents and abilities, and having the courage to pursue them.   How we all get nudges and have instincts we should be following, but it’s been conditioned into us to not do so, how business problems are often re...

LifeBlood: We talked about how to become an investor, Preston’s career path, his passion for the financial industry, how he was taught money concepts by his parents, how he’s done many roles in the financial industry and how that prepared him for his current role.  We talked about his experience starting a Financial Planning program at a University, the interest level of students in the field, and...

LifeBlood BE WELL: We talked about coming to the recognition of just how important sleep is to our overall health and wellbeing, how it’s often ignored and deserves to have a lot more attention placed on it, the current state of American’s sleep quality. How to train our body and minds to turn off at the end of the day, how sleeping well makes everything better, what it means to be a good sleeper,...

LifeBlood: We talked about how the experience of hurricane Katrina changed so many lives and brought us together as a country.  How dropping everything and moving to New Orleans to help with the relief effort motivated a career change.  How the relief effort led to many positive structural changes for the community and created a new network of support and how an experience with a widow motivated h...

LifeBlood MAXIMIZE: We talked about bringing employees back to physical offices as we slowly come out of the pandemic, how it’s wise to ignore the prevailing media messages of “don’t screw this up” and instead to be excited about the opportunity to unlock people’s potential, how to think empower them to be creative in how they’d like to work moving forward. How our perspective on technology has dr...

On this edition of the Book Club, Grant Sabatier talks about his book  Financial Freedom: A proven path to all the money you will ever need. You can learn more about Grant at MillennialMoney.com , GrantSabatier.com , Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn . Listen to hear about Grant’s personal lived experiences that helped to form his beliefs and philosophies about money and led him to the success he’s...

In this episode, George reflects on the first 20 years of his career, how to become successful and shares some exciting news about upcoming changes to the show! Click here to find the blog post.  You can learn more about us at MoneyAlignmentAcademy.com , Twitter , LinkedIn , Instagram , Pinterest , YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact George at Contact@GeorgeGromba...

We talked about what avoidance behavior is, how getting into fitness helped gain confidence and grow stronger, how a push from his mom helped him get started and how mentors and outside influences can make all the difference when doing hard things.   How decisions get harder to make when there’s money involved and how people need support and guidance through that process.  How to recognize your se...

LifeBlood MAXIMIZE: We talked about how this could be a great opportunity to question how organizations work through the dynamic of work/life integration.  The value and benefits of a results-only culture, how to get back to the passion that owners had when they started their businesses,  and how to overcome the fears that naturally come up when thinking about making big changes.  The importance o...

LifeBlood COMPLETE: We talked about what it was like growing up in a hard working environment, having the desire for something more and different, pursuing acting and film, and eventually moving to Hollywood.  The challenges presented by the movie business, the hustle it takes to make one’s way there, and coming to the understanding of loving the artistry but not the industry.   The excitement of...

LifeBlood ENGAGE:  We talked about how to tell your story, the pandemic may have been the first time in history that we’re all going through the same experience.  How as humans, we’re not just one story, we’re a combination of many different stories.  How our story is informed from our ancestors, our parents, as well as our lived experiences.  How conflict arises when our stories are challenged by...

LifeBlood BRAND: We talked about how our work can be an outpouring of our souls, having a caring heart, how to figure out the problems we’re solving for our customers and building our brand around that.  Figuring out how people want to engage with our brand and building it to make that happen.  Making sure that you’re self-aware and cognizant of the success or shortcomings of your messaging.  How...

LifeBlood ENGAGE:  We talked about getting to the root cause to fix the problem, the all too common trap of pursuing a life we thought we wanted, getting it and then realizing it doesn’t bring us the happiness we were expecting.  Hitting rock bottom and what to do should you find yourself there.  The value of being able to take in a lot of complex information and distill it down into digestible bi...

LifeBlood DEFI: We talked about the future of cryptocurrency, what makes Bitcoin unique, what gives it value, how governments are likely to treat it, how it’s taxed, and how to position yourself for success with it with Brian T. Bradley, Asset Protection Attorney.  Listen to learn if Bitcoin has what it takes to be here for the long term! For the Difference Making Tip, scan ahead to 19:21. You can...

LifeBlood DEFI: We talked about the future of cryptocurrency, the current state of crypto, Bitcoin’s energy consumption, social media and meme culture, the value of not having all your assets tied to a single country, and how to become better informed with Zak Killermann, Associate Publisher at Finder.com .  Listen to learn how to think about and evaluate if crypto is a good investment option for...

LifeBlood: We talked about early childhood experiences staying with us and the impact they can have.  The danger of making a bad financial decision and circumstances when the stakes can be high like selecting pension payouts.  How access to financial professionals has exploded, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to more people using them effectively.  The value of perspective in making financi...

LifeBlood REI: We talked about real estate syndication, the importance of having an internal drive to create value, how to do your due diligence on potential deals, and how to get started with Steven Pesavento, entrepreneur, real estate investor, mindset coach and podcast host.  Listen to learn a process you can follow to set yourself up for success as an investor!   You can learn more about Steve...

LifeBlood: We talked about reducing bottlenecks and creating efficiencies, what companies can do to make the vendor negotiation process less time consuming, and why it’s important to begin with the end in mind when solving problems with Edmund Zagorin, Founder and CEO of Bid Ops.  Listen to learn about a technology that is helping companies streamline and automate the bid process! For the Differen...

LifeBlood BE WELL: We talked about how to get healthy and stay healthy, the mineral deficiencies that so many Americans suffer from, how self-medicating with alcohol and coffee makes matters worse, why multivitamins come up short, how it becomes difficult to be optimistic when we’re not optimized, how our nutrition become our personality for better or for worse, how mineral deficiencies are often...