Recent Posts
March 24, 2023
⛰️ Overcoming Fear, Processing Failure, and Why Having a Plan B Holds You Back
When I started the podcast two years ago, I had a dream that it would be my full-time job, but it wasn’t until recently that I committed to it. If you have an ambitious idea but are hesitant to commit, this post is for you. I recently intervie…
March 17, 2023
🤑 Japan Flights/Hotels with Points
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In last week’s post I talked about How to Travel to Japan like a Pro and today, I wanted to share a bunch of tips about using your points and miles for flights and hotels for Japan. I’ll also add a few other ways t…
March 10, 2023
🇯🇵 How to Travel to Japan Like a Pro (Even if it’s Your First Time)
I’m back to writing and today we’re talking about one of my favorite travel places: Japan. I’ve been there four times already, and I am eager for my fifth. And last month, I did a podcast episode with Brandon Presser (🎧Ep 101), who…
Jan. 27, 2023
🏡 Owning a Home: Build Wealth + Tactics to Save More
On average, Americans spend 25.8% of their earnings on housing costs, but there are plenty of creative ways to reduce that through house hacking. Now, don’t let that conjure up images of roommates or bunk beds, you don't necessarily have to sa…
Dec. 29, 2022
🎉 Top Learnings and Credit Cards of 2022
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I have an incredibly packed post to share with you, so I’ll keep the intro short. I’m going to run through…
My 10 biggest takeaways from the pas…
Dec. 29, 2022
✅ My 2022 Year End Checklist for Taxes, Money, Points and Miles
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There are a few days left in 2022, so you still have time to do some year-end tax and financial planning. My approach is to avoid, minimize or postpone my taxes as much…
Dec. 16, 2022
🎁 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
As the holidays get closer, I thought I’d put together a list of my favorite products, gifts, past purchases and more. Hopefully some of them might make good ideas for gifts this holiday season. If you have any suggestions for things I should …
Dec. 1, 2022
🏝️ The Best Deals for Vacation Rentals and Homes.
I know many of you enjoy traveling (maybe even as much as I do), but sometimes, you want a place to stay that isn’t just a hotel. Finding the right option can take time because there are so many choices. A few weeks ago, I released a solo epis…
Nov. 18, 2022
🏥 Beating Healthcare: Saving Money and Pushing Back
Today is one one of those newsletters you bookmark because I’m sure you want to reference it later. Take it from me… before 2021 I had an infrequent relationship with the healthcare system. Since then, I've experienced shingles, a broke…
Oct. 3, 2022
🍸 Hosting Memorable Cocktail Parties
A few weeks ago I had an incredible conversation with Nick Gray (🎧 Ep68) on how to host a successful cocktail party. He literally wrote the book on building big relationships through small gatherings. I’m so used to hosting/attending dinner pa…
Sept. 22, 2022
🔒 Protecting Yourself from Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves
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The combo of increasingly sophisticated scammers and so much of our personal data living online is a scary and frustrating thing to think about. I’d been curious about the topic of cybersecurity and identity since someon…
Sept. 8, 2022
🚀 My Top Apps/Products for a Productive and Optimized Life
Last week I wrote about productivity, including strategies and tactics to combat procrastination, fight distractions, and engage in deep work. If you missed it, you can read it here. This week I wanted to follow that up by sharing all my favorite ap…
Sept. 1, 2022
🚀 Productivity Tactics to Optimize Work and Life
Hi all, Chris here! I love finding ways to become more productive. There is so much to cover on the topic, but today I want to focus on providing you the strategies and tactics to combat procrastination, fight distractions, and engage in deep work.&…
Aug. 18, 2022
📣 Pitching & Effective Communication
Today we’re talking about a few aspects of effective communication. I’ve been fortunate to host some of the world’s best communicators on the podcast and have had my fair share of experience as a former founder and venture capitali…
Aug. 5, 2022
🚗 Saving Money on Rental Cars
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Last month I had a great conversation for the podcast with Jonathan Weinberg (🎧 Ep66) where we talked about all the deals, tricks and tips for rental cars. So with Labo…
July 21, 2022
📈 All About Investing Part 2
It’s hard to beat the market, especially if you aren’t doing it full-time. Good investing should be boring. However, there are techniques, tips, and tools that professionals use in order to improve their odds of success. Let’s go t…
July 7, 2022
📈 All About Investing Part 1
The markets are down, inflation is up, and the thought of a recession is looming. It's heavy stuff. And it puts strain on our emotions and brokerage accounts. It takes some mental fortitude even to consider long-term investing in tough times, but hi…
June 3, 2022
😃 Finding Real Happiness and Leveraging Kindness
Is seeking happiness a worthwhile goal? Is it something we can actually achieve? Or just an elusive pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Perhaps it’s more of a journey with no final destination. While we all may have different takes on the way…
May 19, 2022
💳 Hidden Credit Card Benefits
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For the post, I want to dig into all the credit card benefits I think so many of us (myself included) forget we have (or didn’t even know about in the first place…
April 21, 2022
🍎 Optimizing Your Health
With the world opening up and summer on the horizon, I wanted to go back through all the health tips I've learned since working on this show and put them in one place.
However, just because there’s so much here absolutely does not mean you ha…
March 24, 2022
🏝 Optimizing a Babymoon with Miles & Points
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🌎 Where do …
March 10, 2022
🏡 When Renting is Smarter Than Buying
Earlier this week I had a conversation with someone who was sick of “throwing away money on rent” and felt like it was time to buy a home. It’s a common invisible script that you need to own a home – after all, isn’t it…
Feb. 24, 2022
🛫 Travel, Points and Miles in 2022
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In a few short weeks, winter will officially be over and if you’re like me, you’re looking forward to the hope of things getting closer to normal again and …
Feb. 10, 2022
💸 Optimizing Insurance Part 2 (Life, Disability and Travel)
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In Optimizing nsurance Part 1 I wrote about a few main types of insurance: homeowners/renters, auto, liability/umbrella and pet. While those made up most of the policies I had since going to college, there are a few other type…
Jan. 27, 2022
💸 Optimizing Insurance Part 1 (Home/Auto/Liability/Pet)
Last year, weather-related disasters cost the US $145 billion dollars1 and in 2020 the total cost of motor-vehicle deaths, injuries, and property damage in the US was $474 billion2. Now despite that insurance companies are still making lots of money…