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Success Freaks #153 – Change is the Only Constant

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“Change is the only constant in life.”  ~Heraclitus~

Just when you get used to something – a job, relationship, a certain age – things flip-flop around and you are forced to “Roll With the Changes.”  Embrace the fact that Change is a big and necessary part of your life.  It forces you to adapt/grow/evolve/get off the couch.  Once you learn this, those formally annoying changes become an exciting part of the adventure that will enrich your life.  Though not always easy, it doesn’t have to be a drag.  You might as well lean in and grow with it – for your changes are a-comin’.

This episode of Success Freaks brings Mordant & McFall to more changes of their own, including more tweaking of their format – the better to entertain & edify you with.  Included is a segment dedicated to answering the listener question: “How do you get rid of toxic people in your life when you are toxic to yourself sometimes?”  Check out the madcap energy as the Level Up Guys enjoy a rare moment of recording in the same space. [Read more…]

Success Freaks #152 – Transitions – Let It Go

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Life is change.  Things grow, age, evolve…Level Up!  At any given time you are transitioning from one area of your life into another.  Yet often, there are those nouns (people, places, and things) that strive to hold you back and keep you from moving forwards with your goals.  Look close enough at the problem and you might find that the biggest hinderance holding you back is the person you see in the mirror every morning.  Are there things you need to leave go of so you can move on to that illustrious next level?

This episode, Mordant & McFall discuss letting go of the good, the bad, and the ugly – those self-limiting, deadweight habits keeping you grounded when you were meant to soar with the stars.  Listen in as they share some of the things they are transitioning through.  Learn to take it all in stride as you “Let It Go” enough to launch your dreams onward & upward. [Read more…]

Success Freaks #151 – Life Happens

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Going from Knee Deep to Neck Deep

Have you ever found yourself sinking down in the quicksand that is your life.  You’ve been maintaining until now, you might have even seen that light at the end of the tunnel.  Suddenly, you drop down into the deep end of the tar pit – going from knee deep to neck deep in a flash of bad circumstances.  It’s as if God, the Universe, and Bad Luck are all conspiring to lay you low and kick you while you’re down there.  What did you do to deserve all this!?

Somewhere in the back of your head you know that you are responsible – but, that’s not something you want to hear.  Not now!  Reeling from the punches you’re receiving, all you want is a little compassion and some breathing room.  The reality is, whether it’s your fault or not, you are responsible for picking yourself up, dusting yourself off, and climbing out of whatever hole you’re currently in.  Then, once you’re up, out, and back on track, you have the added responsibility of helping other waylaid travelers.  No one is alone.  Not you.  Not them. [Read more…]

Success Freaks #150 – Why Coupon Clipping is Worth Your While” – Guest Starring Erin McFall.

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Are you looking to save some money in your weekly budget?  Wouldn’t you like to walk into the grocery store, walk out with over $150 worth of food, but only pay $50 or less for it?  How about have the store owe you money!?  It could happen.  In fact, it’s happening right this moment for those sly treasure hunters who know where to look for and find those rare deals of the decade – every week.  Don’t miss out.  This could be you!

Join Mordant & McFall as they speak with one of these sluthey wealth savers – Erin McFall.  This episode you will learn some of the ins and outs of the couponing world, why you should do it yourself, and how it can be sooo much fun.  Check our Success Freaks #150 and be amazed at how easy it is to save big money.  You’ll truly see why coupon clipping is worth your while.  [Read more…]

Success Freaks #149 – Budgeting Your Money

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Are you working on becoming financially free?  Do you have high aspirations for getting on top of your debt, investing for your future, or making sure you make the best out of your day-to-day expenses?  Of course you do.  Whether you’re dealing with any or all three of these, you need to create a budget – preferably a written one. [Read more…]

Success Freaks #148 – Baby Stepping To A “Total Money Makeover”

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Bills, bills, bills – you’ve got too much month and not enough money at the end of it.  You want to do something about it, but don’t really know how.  Or maybe you do, but it seems like too much effort.  Either way, you keep digging yourself deeper into the money pit that is credit card debt and your life.  This episode, we’re taking a close look at the credit-card-free, cash-only guru Dave Ramsey.

Join Mordant & McFall as they share some of their own triumphs & tribulations.  Learn the importance of creating a Written Budget, setting aside an Emergency Fund, and the “magic” of implementing the Debt Snowball.  We’ll show you how you, too, can get started on your way to living footloose and financially free.  All you have to do is “live like no one else.” [Read more…]

Success Freaks #147 – Worrisome Weed Whacking

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You’ve been busy working on Leveling Up Your Life and Growing a Garden any Farmers Market Maven would be proud to call their own.

Then one morning you notice weeds have crept in, sprouting up all over your hard work.  One problem after another blooms, getting in the way of the garden you’ve meticulously planned out.  In an effort to create some level of stability and effect some major damage control, you grab your handy-dandy Weed Whacker and commence to cutting down the riff raff.

Unfortunately, you also manage to chop quite a bit of the good stuff you were trying to protect – What’s Up With That!? [Read more…]

Success Freaks #146 – Dude, Where’s My Garden?

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Where’s Mine!?  Where’s Yours!?  Your Garden, your Dream, your Goals?  Where’s that Life you should be having about now?  Though you’ve planted and prayed over that Awesome Life you’ve been striving for, you don’t have much more than some teasing twig and a few stray weeds to show for it.  You’ve tried this method, that technique, and those processes, still nothing seems to do the trick.  What you need is a “Magic Pill,” right?  It frustrates enough to make you shout out loud, “Dude, Where’s My Garden!?” [Read more…]

Success Freaks #145 – Planting Hope in Other Gardens w/Special Guest Derrick Duplessy

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Often we run across those people who need a little help in their lives.  Whether they have merely stepped off the path to their dreams or gone the darker route of addiction, our first inclination is get in there and lend a helping hand.  Much to our surprise…and our chagrin – this often achieves the opposite effect of annoying them and pushing them even further off the path of hope.  How can we help those in need when what they need most is to want to help themselves?  Planting hope for them to grow later when they’re ready is the way to go, but difficult to master.

Derrick Duplessy and the Duplessy Foundation have accomplished just this thing and in this episode he talks with your Success-Freaky mentoring men about his personal path to helping those in Boston’s inner city and beyond.  Join Mordant & McFall as they chat with Derrick about the best way to lead people to their goals without pushing or forcing them to “drink your Kool-Aid.” [Read more…]

Success Freaks #144 – Did I Grow That!?

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We are always growing through life – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally, and often on autopilot.  Messages are planted – through experiences, teachings, victories and defeats.  These messages become what we believe to be true about the world around us and ourselves.  Some grow stronger while others fade away.  The only difference between what sticks and what slides slimily down the wall is what we have, water and prune.  Basically, what we focus on.  People often find themselves surprised at the very weeds they have been focusing on growing about their feet.  Is this you?  Which Messages do you believe most about yourself?  Are they messages of victory or defeat? [Read more…]