Uncommon Wealth Podcast

Jordan Harbinger made his way out of the jungle with a jackknife. As a pioneer of personal branding, podcasting, and the networking talk show space, he found his niche as an entrepreneur before influencers were ever a thing. In this episode, Jordan joins us to explain how he forged his path to wealth by connecting the opportunities around him and figuring out how to monetize what he truly enjoyed....

Our mission with the Uncommon Life Project is to teach you how to invest in yourself so you can create the life you want to live. When it comes to the United States, Brian and I are very capable of helping business owners achieve financial freedom. Beyond our borders, however, we turn to other professionals for their wealth-building expertise. Our guest for this episode, Brian Glorioso, is here to...

Most financial advisors will hand you an eighty-five-page financial plan and send you an invoice. The reality is that most people don’t want to sort through a novel when they’re already preoccupied with their financial future. That is why we created The Uncommon Financial Dashboard. The Uncommon Financial Dashboard is the culmination of a decade in business coaching and financial advisory. It is a...

The insurance industry is pretty confusing for most of us. We send our money into what feels like a black box and things magically happen…or don’t. Our guest for this episode, Ray Caucci, is here to demystify the insurance business to paint a broader picture of its stability, the impact on the health of our economy, and why it matters to your finances. Ray has been in the insurance industry for hi...

Women entrepreneurs are faced with particular challenges. You are often raising families, and can sometimes feel a certain stigma for wanting something beyond that. But if you’ve got God-given talents and interests, why not use them? Our guest for this episode, Lauren Thomas, was just looking for something fulfilling to do as her kids grew up and she entered a new stage of life. She thought sellin...

Business is all about managing risk and finding opportunity. Finding that opportunity can mean that your business has excess cash on hand, more than is needed for daily operating expenses. It seems like a great problem to have: business is going well and you have built up solid cash reserves. The idea is to maintain liquidity, but also generate some yield on that money. It’s great that it is there...

We talk a lot about loving what you do—finding your passion and building a life around it. Our guest on this episode embodies that philosophy in so many ways. Jody Steinhauer is a business owner who has built charitable giving right into her business model, and is helping other companies do the same. This is a wide-ranging conversation about her business experience and how she has built a life she...

Logistics are important, but logistics can kill dreams. Focus on the dream and figure out the logistics as you go. One thing we have learned over the years, there is no one road map to leading an Uncommon Life. But if you stay on the sidelines, dreams will never come true. In this episode, we’re talking with someone who has figured this out and is living his dreams with a “do and learn” approach t...

We hate, (and we can’t stress this enough: hate!) college debt. We want to help you and your kids avoid it. But college is expensive. One avenue for college savings is through a 529. And while we don’t love an instrument that ties up your money so you can’t use it until sometime in the future, there are some secrets we’d like to share about how to leverage 529s as one part of your college planning...

Strategic planning and putting systems together isn’t the most exciting part of running a business for most of us. But these components are essential to building a thriving and profitable business. It’s got to be done, and when it’s done right, the rewards are huge, in time and emotional energy saved and in wealth built. What’s not exciting about that? Our guest, Josh Dunwoody is an amazing person...

What do you call a business that got up and running in four days and is still killing it after a year in business? Most people would call that an instant success! But it’s not as instant as it seems. In our latest podcast, we talk with an entrepreneur who has grown up finding creative ways to earn a living and shows no signs of stopping. We’re talking with Carisah Lee, who is originally from Calif...

Working for someone else, you might ask the question: Is my hard work paying off? The Uncommon Path often involves business ownership in one form or another. We see it over and over again that when you own a business, your hard work is rewarded. There will be ups and downs for sure, but the rewards outweigh the challenges. In this episode, we are exploring what it takes to buy and sell a business....

Getting through college without crushing debt may seem like an insurmountable task. But it does not have to be. What if you encouraged your child to spend their time applying for scholarships instead of mowing lawns, working at a fast-food joint, or babysitting? The payoff could be 10 fold or even more. But how would that work? That’s what our guest, Jocelyn Pearson, is going to tell you. It’s pre...

Entrepreneurship is about learning what works—and managing risk. If you can manage and mitigate the risk of failure and keep forging ahead, that can become a real recipe for success. The challenge is to learn and not give up too soon. When it comes to building an audience and making money on the internet, too often, people give up too soon. In episode #66, we talk with Adrian Brambila, who operate...

When you bring a new mindset to something you’ve commonly done, you get uncommon results. Encouraging people to follow their dreams is not new. But how do you put a plan into place to gain traction so you can follow your passion? That’s what we are exploring in this episode. There is a story about Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker that resonates with our approach to wealth management. We get into...

When you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. That’s one of our favorite phrases because it is so true. But how do you pay the bills? You provide something of value people are willing to pay for! In our latest podcast, we dig into that concept with our guest, Kari Minter. Kari has spent her life mentoring and helping women understand how to live life aware of God’s presence. For...

There is a lot that happens between following your dreams and living your dreams. It is rarely a straight path, and there will always be challenges along the way. That’s why we are so glad to share our conversation with Antoine L. Smith in this episode, who talks with us about overcoming adversity and finding the never-ever straight path to success in his field. We’ll ask some big questions, like:...

You’ve planned for retirement in a general way. You have some money stashed away in IRAs and other accounts. Now you can just coast into retirement and forget about money, right? Nope, that’s not how retirement works for most of us. But the important thing is that you do have options. In this episode, we want to help you explore your options. There are many different approaches to take as you head...

It is an ongoing theme in our work; we love what we do and we want to help others find what they love to do and create a sustainable life from doing just that. That’s why we were so glad to get a chance to interview our podcast guest Brie King. It wasn’t long ago that Brie was living through some challenging times as her marriage ended. But that was far from the end of her story. After realizing s...

Are you curious about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general? Want to understand more about it? Well, Bryan is the man you want to talk to! This episode is a duocast, but mainly it is Phillip interviewing Bryan about the promise and potential pitfalls of cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin. Some background is necessary to understand this episode better: Bitcoin is banking. Bitcoin can bank without...

For us, financial planning has three essential components: flexibility, the ability to customize for your specific needs, and the ability for you to control how your money grows. In our most recent episode, we unpack one of our favorite financial tools—whole life insurance—in a way that carries through on those values of flexibility, custom-fit, and control. We’re talking with guest Michael Rothma...

Why don’t more kids learn about financial literacy and entrepreneurship in school? Why are these not part of the core curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade? Some states (like Iowa!) and local school districts do have these requirements, but way too many do not. The result is adults who don’t know how to save and don’t understand basic financial principles. Stop the madness! In our most r...

Passive income sounds so nice. You make a pile of money while sitting on a beach somewhere. But does it really work like that? Not really. In fact, we don’t like the term ‘passive income’ and much prefer terms like ‘passionate income’ or even ‘active income.’ But why? This episode is all about the goal we all have, which is financial and time freedom. Even if that means sitting on a beach somewher...

Some people dream of a life that is a constant vacation on a beach. That is their travel dream. Others want to wander the globe trying to make connections and build understanding between themselves and the people they meet along the way. Our guest on the podcast in our most recent episode is all about the latter approach. She has become a life lesson in following the Uncommon Path. She understood...

We are all about following that Jumanji drumbeat—that passion you have that just won’t stay quiet—but that doesn’t mean throwing everything away to do it. So how do you turn your dreams into a source of income without upending your life and your current livelihood? Great question! That’s why, in our most recent episode, we are thrilled to be speaking with someone who has walked this very walk. Kee...