Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

Think different about your money, your economy and your future. Be curious. Be stable. Be sane.

Episode 100: A Not Your Average SPECIAL SHOW!

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In this episode, we ask:

  • How might we say thank you?
  • Do you know how highly we recommend our producer, Larry Fleming?
  • What were the origins of Lake Growth Financial Services?
  • How did the podcast come about?
  • What makes this podcast so much better than an email full of answers?
  • What’s your favorite episode?
  • What do you love about the podcast?
  • How might you really learn something?
  • What have you found surprising?
  • What about the evidence from studies that doesn’t hit the mainstream news?
  • What are the big “aha” moments?
  • What have you changed since listening to the podcast?
  • How is your stress reduced from learning these concepts?
  • What about topics that are related to your whole life?
  • What do listeners have to say?
  • Have you heard the Grandma’s Wealth Wisdom podcast?
  • What would you like to see next?

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Episode 26: Paying for College? What are my options?

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In this episode, we ask:

  • If college aid is so complicated, why are we expected to do this on our own?
  • Can an accountant help with college planning?
  • How do I find a college funding specialist?
  • How is paying for college like flying on an airplane?
  • What’s Holly’s story with flying?
  • What key questions should you ask a potential college specialist?
    • What exactly are you going to do for me?
    • Can you make this problem go away?
    • Are you going to help me with my income and asset allocation?
    • Will you help me pick a school?
    • Will you help me fill out forms correctly?
    • Will you help me negotiate?
    • Will you make sure that I get a fair offer?
    • Can you eliminate the administrative errors?
    • Will you integrate sound financial strategies?
    • Do you offer any guarantees?
    • Do you offer a refund if we’re not happy?
    • Will you coach my student?
  • How do the test results matter?
  • How old do my kids need to be to start considering college planning?
  • What years in high school do the financial aid offices look at potential students?
  • How can we get the lowest EFC (expected family contribution) possible?
  • How can we know the chances of a student getting into a certain school?
  • Does your student need an objective third party to talk to (other than parents) about college planning?
  • How can we get more merit-based aid?
  • What’s the difference between a full-ride and having to pay for college?
  • Do you have a negotiator in your corner?
  • Are you interested in knowing what your financial aid package is before you even apply to a certain school?
  • What questions do you have?
  • Would you like to meet with Holly to talk about your college planning needs?
  • How much does the average family receive in financial aid?
  • What is the quote from T. Boone Pickens? “A fool with a plan is better than a genius with none.”
  • Is there life after college?
  • How do you get the best college aid plan possible?

Episode 12: Our Stories with Money

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In this episode, we ask:

  • What did we get wrong? What did we get right?
  • What is Holly’s story with money?
  • What promise did Holly make to herself?
  • What book influences Holly profoundly?
  • What are Holly and her husband doing with their finances now?
  • What breakthrough did Holly experience?
  • What is Holly thankful for?
  • What is Mark & Katrina’s story with money?
  • When did Mark & Katrina start paying attention to the flow of cash?
  • What did Mark & Katrina find wrong with Excel sheet budgeting?
  • What did Mark & Katrina do with all of the average financial advice?
  • How did student loans affect Mark & Katrina?
  • How did Mark & Katrina’s influential professor, Kent Smith, affect the course of their story?
  • Where did Mark & Katrina get stuck?
  • What was Mark & Katrina’s breakthrough?
  • What did Mark’s mom say about Mark before she died?
  • What is your story with money?
  • How do you talk about money?
  • What do you believe about how much you earn?
  • Who taught you to think about money the way you think about it?
  • Why are you (financially) where you are today?
  • What would it take to think different about money?
  • …More!