Lifebuilder with Stephen Courson

Every journey starts with a reason or it will soon be abandoned. These 10 questions came from Simon Sinek's book Start With Why and helped me define my WHY statement. This became a guiding principle for my life and caused me to do some soul searching that ultimately led to me quitting my job and starting my own company. It's been really fascinating to see how this has caused me to focus...

Most people want to start investing but don't have a lot of money to begin. I'll show you 3 ways that you can take $100 and get a massive return from it. I've done this multiple different times throughout my life and I continue to do so and it keeps proving true. The 3 things breakdown to investing in different elements of yourself: 1. Skills 2. Knowledge 3. Network Most people don&...

The fundamentals are what make great athletes great. The same goes for investing. How to invest $1000 is one of my most requested topics because a lot of people are looking to get started. But the answer isn't as straight forward as people want because everyone is in a different place in their financial journey. Focus on these 4 investing fundamentals to build a framework that will lead you t...

Download the Work From Home Bible - https://www.stephencourson.me/ Working from home has a lot of benefits, but people have been reporting problems about feeling burnt out and stressed. This is one of the main benefits of working from home, so if you are feeling this way, then you are doing something wrong.  One of those things is that you are probably not using compartmentalization to boost your...

Do you work from home or remotely? I talk about the 4 S's of a home office and important principles you'll need to follow or no amount of gear will matter. I've been working from home for over a decade now and I've worked everywhere from my newborn baby's room to the big dedicated room I have now. The gear and desk are obviously important, but there are other elements that...

VisionBoard Walkthrough Demo - https://youtu.be/8A6gXbjptuI Work From Home Bible eBook - https://www.stephencourson.me/ Everyone talks about goals but many people are doing them wrong. They could be missing elements of a true goal or they are making too easy or too hard. This video will walkthrough how to make sure that you are setting goals that will move you towards success. Do you set goals oft...

We are wasting our time and we know it too! So what do we do about it to get more done in less time? First, we need to understand what Parkinson's Law is and why it impacts us every day, especially at work. Parkinson's Law basically says that if we set aside 30 minutes to do something, it will take 30 minutes to do, even if we could have done it in 15 minutes. A lot of times, we notice t...

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means your ‘reason for being.’ ‘Iki’ in Japanese means ‘life,’ and ‘gai’ describes value or worth. It’s what brings you joy and inspires you to get out of bed every day. Knowing your ikigai can help you: Design your ideal work lifestyle Live longer/healthier Create a healthy work-life balance  Pursue your career dreams  Enjoy your work  Answer these questions to f...

Interviewing can be nerve-wrecking and difficult. It can also be problematic for people who haven't done it very much. Jen Penn is a Vice President that has done thousands of interviews in her career and made hundreds of hiring decisions. I picked her brain about the top things that recruiters and hiring managers are looking at when you are going into an interview and how to be prepared. She...

The focus of this podcast is to help people go from zero to 100K net worth and beyond. One of the best ways to increase your income is through reskilling and upskilling. The modern skill stack is a combination of four things that all tend to overlap: 1. Evergreen Skills  2. Personal Interests 3. Digital Leverage  4. Direct Experience Here is what we cover in this episode: 1. The importance of resk...

Are you working a 9-5 and dreaming about starting your own company? That was Shelby Clement's reality two years ago and she made one important, very low risk decision that changed her entire life. Two years later, she's running a growing and profitable business. Even better, she's already bringing in a higher income than what she had before. The lessons we discuss around her experie...

Every year can teach us something and 2022 was a particularly hard year as our family was impacted by the recession and cancer. But diamonds can't be made without pressure so I'm not complaining. This year, I learned things about being a better husband, father and friend. There were also lessons about investing and managing money during a downturn that are incredibly important. It's...

I made eight predictions about money, investing and random things I thought would happen last year...so was I right about them? I made predictions around: 1) The prices of bitcoin and ethereum 2) Inflation  3) College trends and applications 4) The NFL and Super Bowl Champions 5) Stock market returns  And a few others. So this year, I made predictions again on some big trends that I see coming lik...

People try and fix problems that aren't actually the root cause of their pain. This mainly happens because there isn't a strong understanding of what the root cause of the problem is so we end up just fixing secondary problems that will just sprout up again. If you want to really fix what's going on instead of putting a bandaid on it, you need to use the 5 Why Method to get a strong...

Heroes! If you want to join my wealth-building and productivity focused newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read every week, then go to my website https://stephencourson.me   On This Episode Will Glass is on a mission to fix financial education with high schoolers and college students. After working in tech consulting and sales, he started a business called Ostrich that works with colleges to enrol...

Big announcements in this podcast! Go to www.stephencourson.me and sign up for the newsletter if you want more details along with weekly wealth building tips (only takes 5 minutes to read). I just did episode #100 of The Stephen Courson Show, the podcast about money and chasing modern freedom. Thank you to everyone for your support. What podcasting for 2 years has done for me… Increased my network...

For this Thanksgiving episode, I take some time to open up and give thanks during what has been a very challenging year. Cancer. Moving. New jobs. Young kids. All of it. It's really made our lives difficult and put us in a constant state of change. It definitely hasn't made us "happy" all of the time. And that's totally fine because we don't focus on being happy. Our...

Heroes! If you want to join my wealth-building and productivity focused newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read every week, then go to my website https://stephencourson.me  Sarah Carruthers is works in tech sales for her day job and is a 24/7 mother, wife and real estate portfolio builder. She discusses the strategy she uses to invest with a little-known mortgage option called a first-lien heloc....

It's Election Day and the mid-terms are here. Both parties always make big claims about what they will do for the economy. So who is correct? Which political party is better for stocks? I also give an update on the crazy hit that growth stocks have taken since the pandemic pump. There are some real buying opportunities! Love This? Leave a Review Help more pros find us and just take 10 seconds...

Heroes! If you want to join my wealth-building and productivity focused newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read every week, then go to my website https://stephencourson.me   On This Episode Will Watkins has made his way through the tech consulting and tech sales world since being drafted by the Yankees in the MLB.  When injuries ended his career early, he used a lot of the discipline and community...

The government is denying we are already in a recession.  The media is mostly complicit in this false narrative which is driving poor behaviors in people who don't see how serious our predicament is. The ones ignorant will be the ones hurt the most by it. We ARE in a recession and its going to get worse. So here are 3 things to prepare for that. Love This? Leave a Review Help more pros find u...

Lucas Leblanc has had a busy decade. He went from working with rockstars like me in corporate to selling everything he has and backpacking the world. His focus to chase a dream even when he wasn't sure what he was looking for is an incredible story that resulted in finding his true love and starting a real estate portfolio. He shares lessons and wisdom that he learned along the way that'...

How do people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or the millionaire next door that's only 35 years old become rich faster than everyone else? They change one crucial thing about their income. They get paid off of the results they produce instead of the time they put in. In this video, I'll compare how an administrative assistant can do the same job in the same amount of time but double her inc...

Heroes! Add my newsletter to your financial resources to get you to your first $100k net worth and then launch you to your next $1M. You can read previous issues on my website . For exclusive videos that aren’t on the podcast, check out my YouTube channel .  On This Episode JQ talks about taking advantage of resources your city may provide and the importance of taking action!  From a random semina...

Society and our poorly run education system teaches you to think in amounts. But people building wealth and millionaires think about money in percentages. Society: A $4 item that goes to $5 is a $1 difference. No big deal. Millionaires: A $4 item that goes to $5 is a 25% difference. That's a big deal. If nothing is different about the item, is it still worth it or can I find something similar...