Micro Empires

By: Jennifer Grimson
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  • I felt like I was running out of time. I was a single mother in my 40s with no money, no assets, no retirement, no place to live and the sole support for my two children. This had happened TWICE. The 2nd time, I knew I had to create a foundation to protect me and my family. I began building small empires" for financial stability. In just 4 years, I had created $1.4m in income producing investments with just a W2 and some grit.Join me as I continue the pursuit of Financial Independence (FI), learn from the people who have done it and take away practical steps you can do today!This is my story...
    Micro Empires 2020
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Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Finance
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Episodes
  • Retirement Starts Today with Benjamin Brandt

    Retirement Starts Today with Benjamin Brandt
    Dec 7 2021
    Benjamin Brandt is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Founder/President of Capital City Wealth Management,  He is also the host of the popular podcast Retirement Starts Today Radio and the accompanying blog. Benjamin was recently named as one of the top 40 financial advisors under age 40 by Investment News. An Iraqi combat veteran, who served in the North Dakota Army National Guard for 8 years, including a 15 month deployment to Iraq in 2003. You may have seen Benjamin featured in The Huffington Post, CNBC.com, Forbes, Business Insider, ClarkHoward.com, and many others. In his free time, Benjamin and his wife Kristen can be found on the weekends at the hockey rink, or on the gymnastic and wrestling mats, chasing their SIX (count 'em!) energetic children.   In this episode, Benjamin shares with us the importance of viewing wealth. That it’s not just about buying things, but it's also about creating an environment of abundance so that you can live the life that you want to live. And he also shares with us his journey from being a financial advisor to being a podcaster, and how he was able to use this platform to eventually grow his brand and his business. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did and please let me know what you think.  [00:01 - 21:56] Opening Segment I welcome everyone to the show I introduce our guest, Benjamin Brandt Benjamin shares about his money culture  Money is scarce In order to have more, you “have to save more”  Learning to look at things at the lens of abundance  Deciding to be foster parents Looking at the situation as an opportunity to be a service to the community  Seeing the situation as an abundance of resources Processing the adoption of triplets Fortunate to have abundance  Shoutout to my podcast producers: Streamlined Podcasts GET A DISCOUNT on your first month with Streamlined Podcasts by using this ! [21:55 - 48:08] Financial Advisor Turned Podcaster  How Benjamin transitioned into the podcasting world  The goal was to grow the clientele Used podcasting as a wealth-building tool Retirement Tax Podcast New show to watch out for  Marrying your CFP (certified financial planner) and your CPA (certified public accountant) Starting the Retirement Starts Today Podcast Being visible online  Using this platform to nurture people Vetting financial advisors before hiring one Check their social media Do some research and find some key items  [38:09 - 40:32] Closing Segment Watch out for the new podcast on December  Connect with Benjamin through the links below  Final Words  Tweetable Quotes: “And so I looked at my situation through this lens of abundance and said I don't have to spend less. I've got this time, latitude or longitude, to pursue other business activities so that I have this blue ocean of possibilities.” - Benjamin Brandt   “That's why I put less focus on spending less and more focus on earning more.”  - Benjamin Brandt Take the money quiz at     Connect with Benjamin on , , and and listen to his podcast at . You can connect with me on , , , , and . I’m excited to hear more about you. I’m excited to know more about you. Also, feel free to shoot me an email at . You can call or text 213-973-7206 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click to listen to our previous episodes.   This podcast is about YOU.  We all have a story, whether your story is a lot like mine or totally different. Maybe you have a good job, but you know in your heart that you want more.  Let's Work Together   Are you ready to begin INVESTING in your future but you don't know where to start? Need more CONNECTIONS in the investing community? Sign up at for investing opportunities!   I have created a NEW eBook called "You Don’t Have to be Wealthy to Build Wealth" Click for a FREE copy!
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    41 mins
  • Your "Mental Wealth" with financial psychology expert, Dr Brad Klontz

    Your "Mental Wealth" with financial psychology expert, Dr Brad Klontz
    Nov 30 2021
    Dr. Bradley T. Klontz, Psy.D., CFP® is an expert in financial psychology, financial planning, and applied behavioral finance.  He’s an Associate Professor of Practice at Creighton University Heider College of Business, Co-Founder of the Financial Psychology Institute, and Managing Principal of Your Mental Wealth Advisors.  In this episode, Dr. Brad shares the money culture he grew up in and how this has motivated him to be rich and eventually study how rich people live. He also talks about how our money issues are generational and how this affects our money scripts. Lastly, we also dove deep into the gender disparity in money and the impact of raising boys and girls differently around money. This was a really fun and interesting discussion, so I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!  [00:01 - 08:51] Opening Segment I welcome everyone to the show I introduce our guest, Dr. Brad Klontz Dr. Brad shares about his money culture  Grew up in a low income household  Being conscious and aware of not having enough money Teaching The psychology of money  Helping people with money mental blocks  [08:52 - 35:58] Learning About Your Money Scripts  Developing a treatment program for people with money issues Money issues being generational Being aware of your money scripts  Shoutout to my podcast producers: Streamlined Podcasts GET A DISCOUNT on your first month with Streamlined Podcasts by using this ! Using social media as a platform to educate about money  Researching the psychology of wealthy people  Learning that rich people are savers  Having a mindset of always buying things won’t make you wealthy  Learning the psychology of being a multimillionaire  The gender disparity in money  We must stop raising boy and girls differently around money  Financial health and empowerment of women is a family issue  Women who make more money than their male partners, they report lower relationship satisfaction Money tied to gender as it comes to masculinity is so different   [35:58 - 31:51] Closing Segment Start looking at your financial reality  Connect with Dr. Brad through the links below  Final Words  Tweetable Quote:  “The craziest money behavior makes perfect sense when you can identify the money scripts and where they came from.”  - Dr. Brad Klontz  Take the money quiz at     Connect with Dr. Brad on , , , and . You can also check out your videos on ! You can connect with me on , , , , and . I’m excited to hear more about you. I’m excited to know more about you. Also, feel free to shoot me an email at . You can call or text 213-973-7206 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click to listen to our previous episodes.   This podcast is about YOU.  We all have a story, whether your story is a lot like mine or totally different. Maybe you have a good job, but you know in your heart that you want more.  Let's Work Together   Are you ready to begin INVESTING in your future but you don't know where to start? Need more CONNECTIONS in the investing community? Sign up at for investing opportunities!   I have created a NEW eBook called "You Don’t Have to be Wealthy to Build Wealth" Click for a FREE copy!
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    39 mins
  • Understanding What You Are Made of with Mike 'C-Roc' Cirrocco

    Understanding What You Are Made of with Mike 'C-Roc' Cirrocco
    Nov 9 2021
    Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco is the Co-Founder of Blooprinted, best-selling Author of ROCKET FUEL Convert Setbacks. Become Unstoppable and the powerhouse behind the "What Are You Made Of?" podcast. He is a performance coach, author, dynamic public speaker, visionary and thought leader. He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people. He is driven to Inspire others and he measures his success on how he is able to help others achieve greatness. C-Roc had a fire lit in him at an early age. That fire has ignited him with a fierce desire to compel people to see the greatness inside themselves using past life events to fuel their fire.   In this episode, Mike tells us about his story as a young kid and how his childhood experiences influenced how he invests his money today. He shares with us how he has made the choice to take the things that most of us would see as setbacks, and use them as fuel instead of baggage. Instead of putting it in his trunk, he instead put it in his fuel tank which eventually evolved into rocket fuel. I had a really fun conversation with Mike so I hope you enjoy this as well, and let me know what you think!    [00:01 - 08:16] Opening Segment I welcome everyone to the show Join the Micro Empires Facebook community See links below  I introduce our guest, Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco Mike’s money culture Hoarder vs. Investors Taught to save, not to invest Living paycheck to paycheck  Learned how to invest eventually    [08:17 - 26:08] Pursuing a “Higher Octane Fuel” Mike talks about his financial journey  Getting into sales Got into a mortgage business Found his place in the tech industry Shoutout to my podcast producers: Streamlined Podcasts GET A DISCOUNT on your first month with Streamlined Podcasts by using this ! Having a Noah’s Arc kind of gut feeling about his business Dealing with ridicule  Using it as fuel to move forward  Mike gets real about “overnight success”  Writing a bestselling book Having a solid marketing strategy for the book Sharing stories that can impact people  Focusing on giving instead of getting    [26:09 - 31:51] Closing Segment The importance of being coachable Checkout Mike’s new Connect with Mike through the links below  Final Words  Tweetable Quotes:  “I am inexorable, which means unable to be stopped, and yielding when I get on to something. And I just use all that as fuel.”  - Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco Connect with Mike on , , , and . You can also check out your videos on ! You can connect with me on , , , , and . I’m excited to hear more about you. I’m excited to know more about you. Also, feel free to shoot me an email at . You can call or text 213-973-7206 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click to listen to our previous episodes.   This podcast is about YOU.  We all have a story, whether your story is a lot like mine or totally different. Maybe you have a good job, but you know in your heart that you want more.  Let's Work Together   Are you ready to begin INVESTING in your future but you don't know where to start? Need more CONNECTIONS in the investing community? Sign up at for investing opportunities!   I have created a NEW eBook called "You Don’t Have to be Wealthy to Build Wealth" Click for a FREE copy!
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    32 mins
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