Lifebuilder with Stephen Courson

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...

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 Max Pashman is a Certified Financial Planner and has a large following on LinkedIN. He owns his own company Pashman Financial....

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 I discuss the 4 R's that my millionaire mentor taught me to help with big decisions. Too many times, we make mistakes whe...

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 Brett Diamond is the CAO of Deangelis Diamond, a $400M construction company but has had quite the unique path to get there. He...

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 Epsiode There isn't an unlimited amount of modes to make money. There's just 5.  When I learned this last year, it changed my unders...

Heroes! Big news around student loans just dropped. Biden forgave $10,000 and up to $20,000 of public student loan debt.  If you are wondering if you qualify, be sure to listen to this podcast and understand the criteria and how to apply for the loans. We will also discuss what to do if the loans are forgiven and the broader impact with taxes and inflation this will likely have.  Share this episod...

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 DJ, aka DJ Sneakerhead from the DNA Show on TikTok and YouTube grew up with a family who knew how to hustle. His upbringing im...

This podcast episode of the Stephen Courson Show goes into detail of 3 silent wealth killers running rampant through the world. You are losing money and you don't even know it. Did you know its possible for the amount of money in your bank account to stay the same but be worth less? Also, if I told you had to light $75 on fire every month, would you do it? Well, you're probably doing tha...

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 Marlon Martinez grew up in Cuba and dealt with the communist government and inability to rise above your station. After his pa...

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 For my first interview ever, I brought on my wife, Lindsay Courson. We discuss growing up in Wisconsin and the work ethic her...