This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are interested in trading the financial markets -- short-term or long-term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community that provides great information and many free resources. We have many things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on the mailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money! "Trading and investing for the younger generation opens up a world of opportunity" - Will Maz You can see below some of the discussion points we covered in Part 1 of this 2-part interview where we flip the script a bit, and an aspiring young trader (my son) interviews me and asks all his burning questions about trading, finance, and investing. Is there an ideal market environment for your trading? 1:03 Futures or Options for commodity trading? 12:29 Explain ALGO trading. 14:56 How do you find trades, and what time frames do you use? 29:00 What charts or indicators do you look at first thing in the morning? 34:45 Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/rickmazur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube  

This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are interested in trading the financial markets -- short-term or long-term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community that provides great information and many free resources. We have many things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on the mailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money! "Trading and investing for the younger generation opens up a world of opportunity" - Will Maz You can see below some of the discussion points we covered in Part 1 of this 2-part interview where we flip the script a bit, and an aspiring young trader (my son) interviews me and asks all his burning questions about trading, finance, and investing. Welcome 1:42 Directional or volatility trades, which are better? 1:43 What are ETFs? 4:34 Do all traders follow the same guidelines and fundamentals? 7:02 Do you trade from the technical or fundamental side of the market? 15:15 What is your favorite asset class to trade? 21:40 How do you choose your stops with options and futures day trading? 26:12 Stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon! Follow our podcast to get all the latest updates. Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/rickmazur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube

This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are somebody who has any interest in trading the financial markets -- short term or long term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community and will provide great information and lots of free resources. We have tons of things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on them ailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money! "We help busy professionals like you create passive income from hassle-free real estate investments." - Brad Shepherd. You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: 1:29 Differences between passive and active investing? 6:55 Differences between stock market investing and real estate? 9:53 Tax differences between IRA and investing in real estate 12:46 Differences between a REIT fund and real estate syndications 15:10 Custodian companies that can help you invest in real estate through your self-directed IRA 19:24 What type of investor qualifies to invest in a real estate syndication deal? 23:04 How much of your portfolio should you consider investing in real estate deals 25:34 Liquidity of real estate syndication deals. 29:24 Tokenization with real estate deals 31:47 Different types of deals and how they may be constructed 35:34 Differences between Class A, B, C type properties 40:04 Cap rates in real estate explained 48:34 The syndication process - all your questions answered! I had a great chat with Brad Shepherd from SugarHouse Investments. Brad specializes in passive real estate syndication deals and has a lot of information on his website.                           LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Brad Shepherd Website Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube

This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are somebody who has any interest in trading the financial markets -- short term or long term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community and will provide great information and lots of free resources. We have tons of things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on them ailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money! "When you hire Virtual Assist USA, you have a US experienced team at your fingertips, ready to collaborate on your project, anytime, anywhere" - Danielle Cuomo You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: How does someone know when they need to hire a virtual assistant? 0:06 How to get over the "I can do it myself" hump? 2:02 What should someone look for when they hire a virtual assistant? 3:06 What are the different types of outsourcing? 5:25 What are some of the most common outsourced tasks? 7:52 Are there certain things you wouldn't want a virtual assistant to do? 11:41 Common mistakes people make when outsourcing and how you can avoid 12:39 How to keep a virtual assistant happy 14:38 Pros and cons of choosing an individual verse a team? 17:32 How to know when you fire your virtual assistant if things are working well 19:40 The Virtual Assist USA process, pricing, and who you should consider them vs. someone else 21:06 Can you trust your data using a Virtual Assistant? 24:05 LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Daniell Cuomo Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube

This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are somebody who has any interest in trading the financial markets -- short term or long term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community and will provide great information and lots of free resources. We have tons of things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on them ailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money! "Transparency, honesty, and our premium product line are what make us better. We are a company founded on the idea that helping people ought to be the only thing that matters, and that’s why everything we offer to you has already been tested and approved by experts!" - Jake Crossman. You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: Overview of CBD 0:15 Why most people take CBD 3:34 How can CBD help people? 5:48 CBD must be quality and taken properly to be effective 7:41 Is smoking CBD flower a better way to take CBD? 16:09 Current Legality of CBD in 2021 18:53 The different types of CBD 20:27 CBD Costs 23:21 Misconceptions about CBD 24:47 Meditation in holistic health 28:18 Yoga 38:04 Breathwork 39:23 Jake is the managing director of USA Medical and specializes in the science of holistic health. https://www.usamedicalshop.com  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Jake Crossman Website Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube

"Helping business owners create security in their lives on variable Income!" - Sarah Blanchfield You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: A Little Background about Sarah Blanchfield 0:50 What is a financial therapist 5:58 Money Myths and red flags 8:27 How does someone begin to break the "spend more than you make cycle"? 10:05 The financial and budgeting advice has to be tailored to each household 13:19 Behavioral economics and how it relates to finance 14:23 How to best use behavioral economics to help with your finances 20:38 Decision Paralysis 26:52 Couples and finance 28:17 mybulletproofbudget.com and how Sarah's company can assist 30:57 Sarah is a financial therapist and the founder of my Bulletproof budget. She helps online business owners create simple budgets to help them create security in their lives and a variable income and grow their businesses simultaneously. One of the main tools she uses to help is called behavioral economics. We're going to cover it in the interview for those of you who don't know what it is, but I can tell you it's used behind the scenes in many aspects of your life sometimes without you even knowing it. One example is banks that started using behavioral economics to shape how they offer products and services to you as a customer. But there are many more. So I hope you find this interview interesting, and we're going to learn a lot more as we go along.  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Sarah Blanchfield Website Facebook Pinterest Instagram Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube   This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are somebody who has any interest in trading the financial markets -- short term or long term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community and will provide great information and lots of free resources. We have tons of things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on them ailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money!

"Companies Going Out Out Of Business Because They Cannot Afford To Advertise? It’s Coming….." - Len Ward You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: How Len got his start and his first few ventures 0:00 From wall Street to entrepreneur 2:36 The early days of SEO 7:48 Digital marketing, ROI, and customer acquisition costs 11:10 Tips to get a more true ROI 14:39 Companies will start to go out of business because they can't afford to advertise 17:32 A good process to go through with your company to identify you are marketing needs 21:10 How should newer companies start the marketing process 25:30 What is content strategy? 27:25 What is a sales funnel? 28:19 The Connexis platform and what they offer 30:01 Len began his entrepreneurial journey in 2004 when he left behind a successful career in finance with Credit Suisse to take on a partnership role in an e-commerce startup. Through that experience, Len realized that he was more interested in marketing products than in selling them. He took this newfound passion for marketing and turned it into RankMeSEO, an online marketing agency. Today, Len has channeled his passion for investing and marketing into Commexis, a marketing consulting firm specializing in financial auditing, investment allocation, and reporting of digital marketing campaigns. Commexis has worked with brands like the University of Pennsylvania, Johnson & Johnson, American Water, ESF Camps, Exceptional Foods, Analysis Prime, and Thyroid Virtual Clinic. In short, Commexis solves your digital marketing ROI problems and will teach you how to optimize your investment to improve your ROI.                                                                                        LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Len Ward Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Recommended Books Liar's Poker Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube This episode is brought to you by ENLIGHTENED TRADING COMMUNITY. If you are somebody who has any interest in trading the financial markets -- short term or long term -- stocks, options, futures, forex, and more -, please click this link on my website and be sure to join our mailing list. We are currently in private beta with Enlightened. Enlightened is a trading community and will provide great information and lots of free resources. We have tons of things planned for expansion to give anyone interested in becoming better at finance and investing and trading your money some great opportunities. Get on them ailing list today, and let's get trading and better managing our money!

"Life is meant to be lived, not endured, and we can each make a profound difference in the world" - Mitche Graf You can see below some of the discussion points we covered: When starting a business if you love what you don't worry about failure just start 0:43 Work-Life balance and its importance 5:20 Automation in your business and where to start? 8:52 Sales for your start-up 16:19  Customer Service - Customer Service - Customer Service! 18:35 Why has customer service lacked so much in certain businesses? 24:22 Hiring employees and managing them post COVID-19 29:43 Identifying opportunities and having the passion for what you do 35:09 It cant be just about the money, you have to want it really bad 38:44 Best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, international speaker, nationally syndicated radio host, and former All-American Track & Field athlete Mitche Graf has been a passionate lifestyle entrepreneur for over 25 years, dangling his toes into the ponds of many intriguing industries along the way. From selling used bicycle parts out of his garage in the seventh grade to running 4 companies today, he has prided himself on knowing how to squeeze every drop of potential out of his endeavors. In 2019, he took time off from his own businesses and became the President of an affiliate for the San Francisco Giants baseball team for a season, and bolstered attendance by over 12%, which was the biggest increase in all professional baseball. Over the past three decades, Mitche has created many multi-million dollar companies.....two award-winning restaurants, a bustling catering & events company, a national spice manufacturing business with over 4000 accounts, a photography studio, a cribbage board company, an award-winning limousine business, a portable hot tub rental business, a drive-through espresso company, an educational products company, an athletic fitness testing corporation, and even a nightcrawler company. Having started, built, and successfully operated and sold numerous enterprises in many industries has taught him a simple truth: the same basic business principles apply, regardless of the arena you may play in..... (bio continued on Episode show notes page)                                                                                   LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Jimmy Song Facebook Twitter Power Marketing 101 Website Six Star  Recommended Books Customer Service Is DEAD: Delivering 6-Star Service In A 1-Star World Business Basics BootCamp: The Ultimate Crash Course For Entrepreneurs HIGH VOLTAGE BRANDING: Go From Ordinary To "Extra-Ordinary" Power Marketing, Selling, & Pricing by Graf, Mitche. (Amherst Media, Inc.,2009) [Paperback] Second (2nd) Edition Marketing Your Espresso Business: How to Separate Yourself from the Rest of the Pack Mentioned Fiverr Jim Beach - School for Startups Follow Rick Mazur: Website: https://www.rickmazur.life/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atraderslife Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickmaz1106 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickmazur1/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmazurlife/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atraderslifepodcast/ YouTube: https://www.rickmazur.life/youtube This episode is brought to you by SURFNET CORPORATION. This episode is brought to you by SurfNet Corporation. SurfNet Corp. has been servicing the IT needs of many businesses since 1996. SurfNet is a full-service provider offering IT consulting services including but not limited to internet strategy, development, custom programming, security, cloud computing, and much more. They also provide web hosting at one of their global data centers and merchant processing to take credit cards for your business and online application. Furthermore, they specialize in taking a project that your business may need, from just an idea that you’d like to implement to a completed project that can help your business grow. You know, I talk to business owners all the time that say, “Rick, I want to do x y or z for my business, but I don’t have the in-house staffing to get it done or…..I don’t know whom I can trust to complete the task and get it done. Fear no more. SurfNet can help and has been for decades. Visit them at www.surfnetcorp.com for more information – Clear Vision, Clear Future, Clear choice! Contact them today!