Jim and Nick start this week's episode with a story of young Judo player who on the outside looks to be the underdog but turns his weakness into his super power. How does this translate into the world of personal finance and being your own banker? Listen in for their unique perspective. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Clean Version) by David Goggins – Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Website: https://create...
Feb 28, 2023•31 min
In this episode, Jim and Nick discuss the most powerful bank in the world and how you know if you have L.U.C.K. (Liquidity, Use, Control, Knowledge) when it comes to your finances. If you're interested in learning more about taking control of your finances, this is one of those foundational discussions you don't want to miss. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: It's Just Math - New Free Course Inside CreateTailwind Community – Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver W...
Feb 21, 2023•31 min•Ep. 230
In this episode, Jim speaks with entrepreneur and realtor, Mike Gandolfo about strategizing your potential by focusing on giving rather than getting and how to work in a framework of a 12 week year. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: The 12 Week Year The Go Giver Focus, Execute, Win Connect with Mike Gandolfo: LinkedIn: Mike Gandolfo Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Website: https://createtailwind.com/ YouTube: CreateTailwind LinkedIn: Jim Oliver Join the Comm...
Feb 14, 2023•27 min
Building wealth isn’t just about hustle and grind. Every day, huge deals are being made, businesses and properties are changing hands, and a small group of people are making quantum leaps forward – building wealth faster than most dream possible. To the rest of the world, it looks like they have the Midas Touch. What makes them different? They chose to break AWAY. To build a mindset of abundance. To spot opportunities others overlook. On this podcast, we’ll unlock the secrets to breaking out of ...
Jan 31, 2023•27 min•Ep. 228
2023 is off to a great start. Join Jim & Nick as they take some time to look back at 2022 as well as what 2023 has to come and tackle all things goal setting and productivity. They offer realistic and attainable solutions to help listeners make the most of their future goals. From illuminating how to use the 12 Week Year to set achievable targets to establishing an optimistic yet realistic outlook when faced with opposition, these podcast personalities share productive systems tailored speci...
Jan 17, 2023•34 min•Ep. 227
Jim and Nick Kosko are back this week to showcase Tailwind Community, a free learning hub devoted to helping budding investors understand the ins-and-outs of IBC. From taking out insurance on a budget all the way through exploring courses catered toward IBC principles - no matter your question or degree of knowledge, they can help you confidently start down the road towards international investment success! Jim shares how his experience and knowledge - specifically, understanding R. Nelson Nash...
Jan 10, 2023•24 min•Ep. 226
In this episode, you’ll discover the one resource you need to learn more about infinite banking and what you can do right now to start educating yourself on breaking away from the herd. Nelson Nash shares the one thing in his life that helped him break away from a herd mentality, and exactly what you need to do the same. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeRWmomiYR4 - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwin...
Dec 27, 2022•8 min•Ep. 225
In this episode, you’ll discover how so many of us are educated to stay exactly where we are in our lives, but why this is actually a huge problem. Logan Rankin shares an analogy he learned from Jim about taking risks, and Jim and Logan discuss the importance of being willing to take risks in your life. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLa84R-3_WQ - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver...
Dec 20, 2022•6 min•Ep. 224
In this episode, you’ll discover why you have to know what the goal is when planning your future and financial freedom, and why that goal should not be what the government and the banks suggest. Nick Kosko shares why failure is not an option when it comes to your financial future, and the problem with people not having the self-confidence to bet on themselves. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/fWcYbM0y9Cc - Connect with Jim Oliver...
Dec 13, 2022•6 min•Ep. 223
In this episode, you’ll discover why anybody can do real estate if they are interested, passionate, and learn the right way. Dr. Vikram Raya shares where he is currently buying real estate and why, and how he helps investors get a 30-40% return on their real estate investments. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqvJWJevops - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Website: https://createta...
Dec 06, 2022•5 min•Ep. 222
In This Episode: Are taxes going up or down? Are those dollars in your pocket worth more today or the future? Would you rather pay tax on the seed or the harvest? These are the three questions that Jim asks people all the time, and the answers come so easily. Taxes are going up, of course, our dollars will be worth less in the future, and you would rather pay tax on the seed. Yet a traditional 401(k) or IRA violates all of these answers, and people are still putting their money there. Why? Becau...
Nov 28, 2022•38 min•Ep. 221
Nelson Nash used to say the majority has never been right about anything, and that if you do common things you will get common results. We already know that infinite banking isn’t for everybody, as some people don’t want to break away from the herd. They’re happy with the status quo and doing what they’ve been told without question. But infinite banking is different from the mainstream, so people who do it have a different mindset. We ask questions like, why do we have to put money in stocks? Wh...
Nov 22, 2022•46 min•Ep. 220
In this episode, you’ll discover how soon after originating a whole life policy you can start doing IBC, and why a whole life policy is more efficient the more you burn off it. Jim and Nick Kosko share why there are always opportunities in real estate regardless of what the market is doing, and how they are practicing what they preach when it comes to insurance policies. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/FEEGqKyoTM0 - Connect with...
Nov 08, 2022•8 min•Ep. 218
In This Episode: If our life on earth is measured in time, how much is it worth to have more time with your family? Most people go to work every day, they work long hours and they do things they don’t really want to do. They stay stuck behind a desk with their boss telling them over and over what they need to do, and they exchange their time for money. But would you rather sit at a desk all day and have people controlling you, or would you rather invest in real estate, own businesses, spend more...
Nov 01, 2022•28 min•Ep. 217
In this episode, you’ll discover what cost segregation means, why you might do it, and exactly how an engineered cost segregation study works. Boomer Philbrick shares why the 100% bonus depreciation introduced by Donald Trump is so beneficial, and how to fully depreciate your assets through this scheme. If you want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXRZ1sOXmM – Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Ol...
Oct 25, 2022•7 min•Ep. 216
In this episode, you’ll discover some great tools and resources if you are interested in learning more about infinite banking. Nick Kosko and Jim share their favorite books, why they find them so useful, and the biggest messages they take from these resources. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWcYbM0y9Cc&t - Resources Mentioned in this Episode: The Case for IBC by R. Nelson Nash, L. Carlos Lara, Robert P. Murph...
Oct 18, 2022•45 min•Ep. 215
Life happens, and people are facing adversity all day every day. It just so happens that the host of Breakaway Wealth faced adversity recently in an event that everybody knows about. A little over a week ago, Hurricane Ian made landfall just a couple of miles from Jim’s house and nobody heard from him for 48 hours or so. They were fighting through over 150mph winds and storm surges, and Jim was left with no power or water. Experiencing the hurricane first-hand, there are a few things he would ha...
Oct 11, 2022•39 min•Ep. 214
There is a lot going on in the world right now, and it is easy to blame a lack of progress on external factors. The timing isn’t right, or interest rates are too high or there are no opportunities. But there are always opportunities, you just need to change your perception and stop making excuses. If you can’t visualize your future, you can’t have it. But creating a vision and pursuing it instead of giving up on it can have immeasurable gains. This week, Jim and Nick are talking about the unbeli...
Oct 04, 2022•24 min•Ep. 213
In this episode, you’ll discover why working with the government will never be to your advantage, and why you don’t want to do business with them. Joe Nicolosi shares why so many people are focusing on the wrong thing when they think about loan rates and the problems with taking an SBA loan. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE2ddC4Qvuk - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Website: ht...
Sep 27, 2022•5 min•Ep. 212
In this episode, you’ll discover what made Seth Andrews break away from his circumstances and what he gained from leaving the environment he had always known. Seth shares the difference between those who get out of situations they’ve always known and those who stay, and the importance of taking risks and not being afraid of failing. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiKY0msKcMs - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: C...
Sep 20, 2022•7 min•Ep. 211
In this episode, you’ll discover how Jim learned infinite banking and his recommendations for anybody looking to dive deeper into it. Logan Rankin shares why he believes that you should constantly surround yourself with people who have different strengths to you, and the benefits of doing so. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ8Icjtyih0&t - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Webs...
Sep 13, 2022•8 min•Ep. 210
Michelle Kimbro is a nursing executive turned investment entrepreneur here to teach us how to reduce your taxable income by investing in carbon capture and storage technology using accelerated depreciation. Michelle literally drills down into cash-on-cash ways of doing this, using innovative new offshore drilling and carbon capture technology that incentivizes tax breaks through accelerated depreciation. Michelle’s patented mobile carbon capture technology contracts with Exxon and their technolo...
Sep 06, 2022•30 min•Ep. 209
In this episode, you’ll discover how changing your thinking will change your actions and why so many doctors are still financial slaves. Dr. Vikram Raya shares how he broke the time for money equation and how the whole world opened up to him as a result. If want to learn more, the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqvJWJevops&t - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Website: https://createtailwind.com/ YouTub...
Aug 30, 2022•6 min•Ep. 208
In This Episode: Building and housing are not going to cause the looming recession, they are going to help get us out of it. Knowledge is power, and understanding how the system works means you can maximize it. As real estate investors, one way to do this is through cost segregation. Whenever you buy a property, every single component inside it will be depreciated. Cost segregation is simply the process that accelerates this depreciation. It works on new and existing properties, you can do it an...
Aug 23, 2022•25 min•Ep. 207
In this episode, you’ll discover how the banks create velocity of money and what they do with the money you pay them every month. Jullien Gordon shares what a personal eternal rate of return is, and the difference between the physical money supply and the value that is out in the world. If want to learn more then the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3nDdpwTdA&t - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind & Jim Oliver Websit...
Aug 16, 2022•7 min
In This Episode: Here is something you already know: money has to flow or it dies. It needs to be constantly working for you and to do so, it needs to be constantly moving. Why let your money die when it could be making a return for you? This is exactly what this week’s guest helps people do. We are switching things up a little on the podcast this week, as Harper Jones is replacing Jim as host, and he’s catching up with Will Coleman from Urban Gate Capital. Urban Gate Capital raises capital from...
Aug 09, 2022•34 min•Ep. 205
In this episode, you’ll discover why being wealthy is not about money, and what it is really about. Maurice Philogene shares how he stopped exchanging his time for money, how he reached the point where he was generating more salary from passive income than from his job and the key to creating this financial freedom for yourself. If want to learn more then the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/hV7CzytWtQs - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTailwind &...
Aug 02, 2022•6 min•Ep. 204
In This Episode: You asked and they listened! Jim and Nick Kosko are back this week with an after-hours Q&A to answer all of your burning questions. And remember, in these Q&As, you can ask anything you want. This week, they’re answering questions about IBC for people starting out on a low budget, taking out insurance purely for the purpose of IBC, and talking more about the Becoming Your Own Banker course inside the community. If you’re still unclear on the principles of IBC, what it en...
Jul 26, 2022•50 min•Ep. 203
In this episode, you’ll discover a sector that is growing at an explosive rate, and why this is happening. Jim Pakulis shares where his interest in emerging markets came from, the one change companies like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Starbucks are all making, and how this massive group of people is moving the needle. If you want to learn more then the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJFk6L_sXGA - Connect with Jim Oliver: Facebook: CreateTa...
Jul 19, 2022•7 min•Ep. 202
In this episode, you’ll discover the difference between a life insurance policy and using a Roth, and why it never works out when the government makes the rules with your money. Discover how to know if infinite banking and financial freedom is for you, and why every government plan has wound up doing the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. If want to learn more then the best thing to do is to listen to the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWcYbM0y9Cc - Connect with Ji...
Jul 12, 2022•9 min•Ep. 201
