Episode 249: Whole Life Takes How Long to Break Even? with Dan and Rebecca Proskauer

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In this episode, we ask:

What happened in the middle of the tech bubble?
Why is it OK for policies to take years to break even?
How is this not a deal breaker?
Who are the Proskauers?
Would you like to hear Episode 118?
What is Dan and Rebecca’s story with money?
How did they pay for the wedding?
How did they pay for the down payment on the house?
What about being in control of money (as opposed to having money be in control)?
What happened after college?
What about savings?
…How much did you make?
…Did you sell anything?
What happened in the financial crisis?
Where are we in the market cycle?
What did Dan and Rebecca change?
Is Bank on Yourself® too good to be true?
What happened when Dan and Rebecca started their Bank on Yourself® journey?
What about the whole family?
What about time?
What about up-front costs?
What about the post on the Not Your Average Financial Community?
What about breaking even?
What about taking on a challenge, to prove that the Bank on Yourself® concept doesn’t work?
What about looking at illustrations?
What about tax realities?
What about high interest rate savings account?
What about tax in a tax-deferred account?
What about treasury bonds?
What about the death benefit?
What about the numbers equalizing over time?
What about Day 1?
What about the cash value?
What about a stop loss?
What about comfort?
What about allowing to money to compound?
What about having access to money?
What about “break even” points?
…Compared to what?
What about start up costs with everything?
Who cares about the first 10 years?
What is far, far greater than what you put in?
What about value?
What about the long term benefits?
What about the generations?
What about Dan’s mother?
What about the family property?
What about an endowment?
What about the spectacular benefits of thinking long range?
What about up front expenses and costs?
What about taking the leap?
What about talking to people who have already taken the leap?
What about reliability?
What about flexibility?
What about the rolling average of gains?
Would you like to join the conversation and tag Dan on Not Your Average Financial Community?
What happens on Day 1?
Would you like to meet with Mark?

Dan Proskauer is Vice President of Engineering United Health Group’s Optum unit and has spent nearly 30 years as a professional in the Semiconductor and Health Care industries.

He is an engineer by personality and by training and has always been fascinated by details and numbers. Dan has been a Bank on Yourself practitioner since mid-2009 and has started new policies as recently as last year.