Culture Drives your Team's Success
Gary's Gulch
If you run a team, a company or another organization, Culture above all else Drives your Success. And you have to Truly KNOW your people to build and sustain a winning culture. Highlights Empower your subordinates (employees; teammates) so they take the action you’d take, not ask ‘what should I do?’ Breed Readiness and Competency; the process I used and share here is: Study – Discuss – Role Play – Simulate – Perform – Learn from it Checking the organization's Temperature often; have TWO independent ways to know what your people are thinking and what’s going...
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Baby Boomers in a Trance, a Risk to Freedom in the USA
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Baby Boomers will retain the largest voting block through the 2026 midterms and while they are moving conservative, it is not happening quickly enough because of the hold that legacy media continues to hold on this cohort. I need agency-minded followers out there to adopt a boomer, have conversations with them, take them to lunch, expose them to what alternative media has been reporting for 5+ years - President Trump is creating huge wins every day but that message is not getting to the Baby Boomers via CNN or even Fox. Pitch in, get vocal with these seniors and let's MAGA! ...
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Want to Continuously Improve? Keep Score!
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Good teams get it right about half the time. Great teams work hard, build skill, and get it right most of the time. Exceptional teams excel because they critically review even their best performances to see what wasn't perfect that they could learn from and do better on the next time. It is a process that some call Plan-Do-Review and it was essential to high performance in the nuclear submarine force and for every team I've been on since. Highlights Networking with clients in person. Aspire for More Mastermind Group. Introduction to captive insurance. Switch to exclusively using Delta...
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Busting Financial Myths
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In this episode I tackle some common 'partial truths' that I hear from financial pundits and as concerns from clients who have encountered them and been sucked into their surface level statement. Context is huge, and understanding if these financial myths have any truth or apply at all to your situation is key to long term success. Please provide feedback if this episode was valuable or if you disagree - Highlights Lies vs. myths in finance. Misleading financial taglines. Whole life insurance expense debate. Liquidity during crises. Universal life insurance misconceptions....
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Finding Purpose and Growing your Ideal Tribe
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In this episode I replay a conversation I had for an upcoming Purpose and Cause book I'm writing with other graduate members of Tammi Brannan's Blueprint Process community. We discuss my unique purpose to help business owners, real estate investors and legacy-minded families grow their agency and freedoms. We also discuss a bit of my journey with God and how it has helped me gain focus and specificity on what I do, with whom I do it, and why. Highlights Never finish, always grow Importance of purpose Transformation through self-awareness Freedom through spiritual connection Letting...
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Life Lessons - Part 1
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I've been asked for years to do a podcast on Lessons from my unusual life's journey - Farmer, US Naval Academy, Nuclear Submarine Command, Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, Real Estate and Financial Services. I'm also collecting materials over time to do a book, and this is the result - multi-part Life Lessons presentation across many podcast episodes with a current events flavor. Today we go over working hard at a young age and listening to divine guidance. Let me know what you think! Highlights Efficient Social Media Management. Launching a Pool Service Business. Teaching Sons Business...
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10 Commandments of Investing - Feedback from Jason Hartman's Empowered Investor Live event
Gary's Gulch
I provide quick takeaways from a fantastic real estate investing event I've attended for many years - Jason Hartman's Empowered Investor Live, and replay a classic training he did for the event many years ago, the 10 Commandments of investing that are as relevant today as they were 12 years ago. Highlights Powerful client relationships and building lasting connections. Revisiting insightful Meet the Masters event of 2012. Ten Commandments of Real Estate Investing. Cultivating and maintaining financial guidance leadership. Be your own best advisor in real estate. Importance of direct...
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Life Phases Part 3 - Legacy
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In this last part of our 3-part series on financial life we talk Legacy. I explain how legacy differs from generational financial wealth and how to sustain it long after you are gone. Some of it is about legal structures, but most is about setting the mindset and environment to perpetuate that mindset. Come listen in! Highlights Confidence in U.S. military leadership. Criticism of war profiteering. Establishing a lasting legacy. Rockefeller Trust and its purpose. Structure and adaptability of trusts. Importance of leaving a positive impact. Shared personal experiences for legacy. Hosting...
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Life Stages Part 2 - Income
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I provide a brief sneak preview of my trip report from visiting MidSouth home buyers in Memphis, TN, and Little Rock, AR. Then I discuss part 2 in our current 3-part focus series, the financial stages of life = Income. Highlights Arkansas: Landlord-friendly laws. Memphis rehabs and new construction. Income phase discussion. Transition to income phase. Trading assets for cash flow. Annuities and financial planning. Reverse mortgage benefits. Turning assets into cash flow. Importance of integrity in investments. Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Gary Pinkerton ...
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Finances Phase One - Growth of the Assets
Gary's Gulch
In this first of the three-part series on financial phases of life in the 21st century, we focus on growing the assets - How, When and in What order. I also give a trip report from Miami and Vegas and a prelude to the many events I have coming across the US this year. I'd love to connect with you in person for masterminding, drinks or dinner and fellowship. Highlights Phases of adult financial life: growth, income, legacy. Longevity of growth phase compared to animal behavior. Concept of legacy beyond wealth. Importance of remaining in growth phase for mental health. Mindset of abundance and...
info_outlineI describe two ways to look at using your current resources or advantages you have to pivot your personal life, your business, or both. First is reflection on Darren Hardy's recent Darren Daily episode on Time-Money-Wealth and using 2 of the 3 to obtain the other one. The second is similar and forms the backbone of our strategy at Paradigm Life: Cash Flow-Protection-Wealth. These three must all be in place in the end to ensure success, but you can use two of the three to achieve the desired result. However, history shows in most cases you cannot successfully use just one to get all three.
- Highlights
- Balancing life’s spinning plates.
- Periodic focus on different life priorities.
- Acknowledging the need for focus in business.
- Announcement of future in-person events.
- Key resources in life: time, money, skills.
- Darren Hardy’s point on resource management.
- Leveraging money and skills to save time.
- Personal anecdote: Being too business-focused.
- Example of hiring help to manage time.
- Transitioning topics to business strategy.
- Three financial keys: cash flow, protection, wealth.
- Time vs financial considerations in business.
- Importance of cash flow as the heartbeat of life.
- Cash flow’s role in avoiding poverty.
- Protection: Insurance and its critical role.
- Real-life examples of importance of protection.
- Leveraging insurance for financial stability.
- Strategic planning and asset management.
- Comprehensive financial statements for planning.
- Using Paradigm Life’s client portal for strategy.
Links and Resources from this Episode
- Connect with Gary Pinkerton
- https://www.paradigmlife.net/
- [email protected]
- https://garypinkerton.com/
- https://clientportal.paradigmlife.net/WealthView360
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