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Episode 414: The 10-Year Retirement Danger Window with Grant Thompson

August 8, 2025 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Would you like to read Mark’s new book, co-authored with David Barnett, The Business Fortress: How to Grow, Protect and Exit Your Business with Confidence?
  • What is this 10-year window?
  • Who is Grant Thompson?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 357?
  • How does the Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy actually work in retirement?
  • What are the passive income years?
  • What about the one trick ponies?
  • What about social security?
  • What could cause that to reduce in the future?
  • Where should one draw money from for income and/or a buffer?
  • What do you need to have in retirement?
  • What about multiple streams?
  • What is the foundation of the house?
  • What is the Swiss army knife?
  • What about peace?
  • What does it take to have a true plan?
  • What are some examples of how clients use the policies?
  • What about taking money with tax efficiency?
  • What about the five years before retirement?
  • What about the five years after retirement?
  • Am I going to run out of my income?
  • What about leaving a legacy for the family?
  • What about inflation?
  • What needs to be on the guaranteed level?
  • What happens for those who have everything in the market?
  • How can one reduce pressure in retirement?
  • What about purpose?
  • What is a buffer asset?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 194?
  • What about borrowing against the policy?
  • What about long term care?
  • Do you have to die to win?
  • What about the 1035 exchange?
  • What about moving money from a life insurance policy to an annuity?
  • What about costs increasing?
  • What do you want your money to do for you?
  • What if you don’t need more income?
  • What about setting up something for the kids?
  • What about pensions?
  • Can you give yourself social security benefits?
  • What about your estate?
  • Is there someone you love so much at the IRS that you want to send them a bunch of money?
  • Is there someone you love so much at the assisted living facility that you want to send them all of your money?
  • What will check off many of the boxes?
  • What assets will you have left upon death?
  • What are the takeaways and action items?

Grant Thompson works with families and their businesses nationwide. The Thompson & Thurman Agency works with families who share in their vision and want to become financially set for life without taking unnecessary risks. With so much misinformation in our financial world today, families really need guidance and direction to find the true path to financial freedom. Grant, Chris and their team of trusted advisers nationwide have are leading the way to meet that challenge. Grant is married to his wife Kathy and they have 2 sons Blair and Blane along with his wife Brittany. Grant enjoys spending his spare time with his family at reining and cow horse competitions plus trying to squeeze in a shooting competition every now and then with his sons. Reach out to Grant at grant@thompsonthurman.com or call Grant at (806) 352-3480. 

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Episode 357: Mastering Your Financial Future – Strategies for Wealth Building with Grant Thompson

July 5, 2024 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • What if…?
  • What if you could be the master of your financial domain?
  • Who is Grant Thompson?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 208?
  • When was Grant’s “aha” moment?
  • What really works with money?
  • What is the right thing?
  • What is the truth?
  • What should we be doing?
  • What do you want?
  • How about a story?
  • What will be your exit plan?
  • What did Nelson Nash say?
  • Is it true or false?
  • Can they prove it?
  • What about shame?
  • What about social media?
  • What was Nelson like?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 95?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 96?
  • What about the Austrian economists?
  • What about teaching the process of the banking function?
  • Have you read the Creature from Jekyll Island book?
  • What about getting to 10%?
  • What economic system works?
  • What systems don’t work?
  • What do you have to wait for?
  • Who can opt out of the banking system?
  • What would change?
  • How would credit card companies be impacted?
  • How would marriages be impacted?
  • How would student loan companies be impacted?
  • What about creating your own private financial system?
  • What about tax efficiency?
  • What about safety?
  • What about growth?
  • What are the other benefits?
  • What about taking care of your family?
  • What about taking care of charities?
  • What about the rate of return?
  • What is the amount of money going out the door?
  • Who is making a ton of money?
  • What are the four places money can go?
  • How much income is going to debt?
  • Can you cut your spending by 10%?
  • How much money are you hanging on to?
  • Who has the most money?
  • What about control?
  • What will stabilize everything?
  • What about passive income?
  • How do you want it?
  • What are we missing?
  • What about rethinking thinking?
  • What about Ted Benna, the father of the 401(k)?
  • What about key executives?
  • What about employee benefit plans?
  • Who else is doing this?
  • What is the truth? What is real?
  • How about success?
  • Are people happier with guaranteed lifetime income?
  • Who are you listening to?
  • What is the best thing to do?
  • What about greed and fear?
  • Who are the right people to help you do it right?
  • What about taking some time to investigate it?
  • What did Thomas Edison say?
  • What about truth being dressed in overalls and looking like work?
  • Is it easier to believe the lie?
  • Would you like to visit thompsonthurman.com?
  • Would you like to call Thompson & Thurman at 806-352-3480?
  • What are the takeaways and action items?

Grant Thompson works with families and their businesses nationwide. The Thompson & Thurman Agency works with families who share in their vision and want to become financially set for life without taking unnecessary risks. With so much misinformation in our financial world today, families really need guidance and direction to find the true path to financial freedom. Grant, Chris and their team of trusted advisers nationwide have are leading the way to meet that challenge. Grant is married to his wife Kathy and they have 2 sons Blair and Blane along with his wife Brittany. Grant enjoys spending his spare time with his family at reining and cow horse competitions plus trying to squeeze in a shooting competition every now and then with his sons. thompsonthurman.com

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Episode 303: Expert Panel on Bank on Yourself® Client Stories

June 23, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • What is even better than a five star review?
  • Who needs to hear this?
  • What book does Stephen recommend?
  • What did Stephen’s clients learn?
  • What did Dan’s client do with his cash value?
  • What were Mark’s clients able do with their modest policies?
  • What did Grant’s business owner client do?
  • Who wants to have control of their money?
  • Why would a business owner choose to do a Bank on Yourself® account strategy for their employees?
  • What about emergencies?
  • What happens with 401(k)s when losing an employee?
  • What about taxable accounts?
  • What about tax free money?
  • What about giving the family something more valuable?
  • What are the benefits?
  • Do employees love it?
  • What happened with John’s business owner client?
  • What about the challenge to get the funding for business expenses?
  • What’s the update with this client’s retirement?
  • Who wants more policies?
  • What is so powerful to understand about WHOLE LIFE insurance?
  • What do you need today? tomorrow?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 86 and Episode 87?
  • What did Amanda do?
  • Who pays tax via policy loans?
  • What about self escrow?
  • How much did Amanda’s client save in fees while doing self escrow with policy loans?
  • What seeds did Sarry’s client plant for the future?
  • What about Mark’s client’s family example?
  • What about thinking outside of the box?
  • Where is it written that you have to put all of your chips on red or black to meet your financial goals?
  • What are the takeaways?
  • Would you like to connect on the FREE Not Your Average Financial Community at notyouraverage.mn.co?

This episode features a round table of
select Bank On Yourself® Professionals, including:
John Ensley (Puget Sound, WA),
Sarry Ibrahim (Chicago, IL),
Dan Morris (Daytona Beach, FL),
Amanda Neely (Cincinnati, OH),
Brandon Neely (Cincinnati, OH),
Stephen Step (Los Angeles, CA)
and Grant Thompson (Amarillo, TX).

 

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Episode 288: Why Did You Become a Bank on Yourself Professional®?

March 10, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Why do you do what you do?
  • What gets you out of bed in the morning?
  • Why do they practice Bank on Yourself®?
  • How did Marvin Bulas get involved?
  • What happened with Marvin’s grandparents?
  • Is long term care the number one cause of bankruptcy?
  • How did Brandon and Amanda Neely get involved?
  • Would you like to purchase and watch the Banking with Life documentary?
  • How did Steven Step get started?
  • What was Grant Thompson trying to prove false?
  • Why does it matter?
  • Why not be a “regular investment dude”?
  • What is the truth?
  • Are you better off, now that you’ve met me?
  • How might you help people?
  • How does money really work?
  • What does retirement mean for you?
  • How might you live those “mini retirements” along the way?
  • What is just a tool?
  • What will Brandon’s son receive?
  • How is Brandon able to grow his wealth?
  • Who is thinking like a banker?
  • Who is thinking like a business person?
  • What about guidance?
  • What happens at a 6-month review?
  • Who is the mind chasing business?
  • Who said “most people would rather die than think?”
  • What about inviting people to dream?
  • If you were king or queen of money for a day, what would you change?
  • How might you create differently?
  • How might forge your own path forward?
  • What about imagination?
  • How do we grow out of the mess?
  • Why does it matter?
  • How are Bank on Yourself Professionals® different from your typical life insurance agent?
  • Where are you saving?
  • Is Bank on Yourself® the best place to save?
  • What about the mindset of saving perpetually?
  • Who has the money?
  • What are you thinking about?
  • When did the last opportunity come along?
  • When will the next opportunity come along?
  • Are you ready?
  • What are the benefits and keys to becoming a Bank on Yourself® professional? 
  • With whom are you connected?

 

 

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