The world is more divided than ever: we, as humans, are no longer working together. We're so  passionate about being right or being the best that we lose track of our mission. What you want to achieve as a person, family, business, or even country. So, can dialing back our own innate competitiveness help instead of harm? How does this apply to leadership and team building?   Lee Elias is a two time award winning author, and has a long track record of success with the NHL, A&E, NBC, Madison Square Garden, and more. His skills in coaching extend to many different industries and we're so excited to have him share his insights on this episode!  Thanks for listening. SHARE this podcast if you enjoyed!  Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Get my Amazon best-selling book The Investors Guide to Growing Wealth in Self-Storage for FREE: https://selfstorageincome.com/ Want to take advantage of todays market conditions with us? Invest in our opportunistic Fund 2 Here: https://cedar.cc/invest 

Investing requires a well-rounded understanding of today's modern economy. Not only understanding the state of the world at hand, but also learning how we react to the overwhelming negativity spread on a daily basis.  As our quality of life increases, so do the negative, risky things. It's smart to consider the risks and what might impact you. But the drama that the news talks about or trends on Twitter is not necessarily always sized to scale.  In this episode, let's take into perspective the actual changes in our modern world and how it applies to the economy. What exaggerations do you believe? How does that affect your investments? Thanks for listening. SHARE this podcast if you enjoyed!  Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Get my Amazon best-selling book The Investors Guide to Growing Wealth in Self-Storage for FREE: https://selfstorageincome.com/ Want to take advantage of todays market conditions with us? Invest in our opportunistic Fund 2 Here: https://cedar.cc/invest 

Success can be found in all sorts of different ways, and its meaning is different for everyone. What does "being successful" TRULY mean?  To truly succeed in your life - whether personal or financial - requires you to take a hard look at yourself.  1. Family 2. Other people 3. Economic Out of these three things, only #3 can topple the others. You can have great success in your career and your investments, but if your family other people suffer because of it, does it really mean success? What drives people to achieve success? At what point do people feel self-righteous or superior to others? Send this podcast to someone who needs to hear this too!  Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Want to take advantage of todays market conditions with us? Invest in our opportunistic Fund 2 Here: https://cedar.cc/invest 

The Federal Reserve is continuing to raise interest rates, and in a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell discussed one of the desired effects of these rate hikes: unemployment.  In an effort to reduce inflation, the Fed needs to slow down the rapid growth of the economy, and unemployment is one of the key indicators of an economy's overall health. If they can increase unemployment - meaning put people out of work - the economy should show signs of slowing down.  But will this actually help Americans, or just cause more pain and anguish? What does this mean for you?  Send this podcast to someone who needs to hear this too!  Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

Last weekend, the Silicon Valley Bank based out of Santa Monica, CA, collapsed, leaving billions of dollars worth of assets and customers in limbo.  SVB is a bank mainly funding tech-related ventures and startups, with many of its clients having accounts over the $250,000 FDIC insurance cap. When they couldn't resolve their accounts with about $2 billion in money they couldn't raise from their investments. As a result, this caused its customers to pull about $42 billion out of their accounts, causing a run on the bank.  So why did this happen? and do you need to be worried?  Send this podcast to someone who needs to hear this too!  Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

Life is precious, so when something threatens it, one does everything to preserve that life. We all have a drive to succeed and live life to the fullest: to get the next raise, the next investment, the best follower milestone, but will that make you satisfied later on? It's impossible to predict the unpredictable. So how can you prepare? Financial freedom - TRUE financial freedom - will look different for everyone at each stage of life, especially when something unthinkable strikes.  Today, we have Rich Fettke back on the podcast. His experience with skin cancer and the shock in his family spurred them to take drastic action. Find out more in this episode, and check him out here, his story is incredible: https://realwealth.com/ Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review, it really helps us out! Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

If you are investing right now: great! You are probably well ahead of your peers in both your personal and financial progress. But just throwing money into an investment doesn't necessarily mean it'll be worth it in the long run. How do you maximize those investment returns? Does the research come before, during, or after the deal? And what are some of the factors to consider? Find out in this episode of the AJO podcast!  Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review, it really helps us out! Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

Motivation for me really doesn't work. I don't think it was a realistic way for me to produce an outcome. The "this is all up to you no matter what" mindset was a hard pill to swallow. I had to disassociate the fact that outcomes come from your ACTIONS not your BEING a certain way - especially if it's not in your natural inclinations. So I had to FORCE myself to be successful. As much as I'd like to think I'd never be lazy and never take a day off - that's not true! And it's really difficult when your outcomes are not associated with you like that naturally.  How do employers do it then? How do they get a bunch of tired, disgruntled people to come into work at all? And more importantly, how do you do that for your own business the right way?  Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review, it really helps us out! Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

Income is necessary for survival, but it's also necessary to build your investments and achieving your long-term goals.  How do you execute on opportunities that you might not realize exist? How do you balance surviving and investing?  It's not - guessing - gambling - sitting around It's about education and execution. Find out more in this episode!  Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review, it really helps us out! Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com

Wealth and income are two separate things: wealth is what you own that provides you income. Income is just the money on your paycheck or in your bank account.  The key: CASHFLOW. In this episode, we are returning to this podcast’s roots (when it was still called Cashflow2Freedom). What are some ways you can use a set amount of cash, say $100,000, and turn it into a recurring 6-Figure income? Can you take your existing cash sitting in savings and repurpose it to generate returns that will outpace far beyond your original cash amount?  Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review, it really helps us out! Get more free resources here: https://ajosborne.com/ Invest with me: https://cedarcreekwealth.com