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Careers and Cash Flow

A groovy personal finance podcast that helps professionals connect their career moves to their wealth goals. We teach you the skills needed to build a meaningful career that leads to more time, money and freedom.
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Now displaying: July, 2019
Jul 29, 2019
Cleaning up your clutch word vocabulary is a fast way to improve your communication skills and sound like a leader. 
 
Today we discuss whether removing uhh, umm, and other fillers can make you sound more articulate and convincing. Clearly, this is good for your career. Or, does it even matter?
 
Question of the day: Are crutch words natural and acceptable, or should we work on removing them ASAP?  
 
Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals. 
 
Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com
 
Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv
 
Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire    
 
Help us create more great content: patreon.com/dalanv
Jul 22, 2019

What does is take to win? As in win in a sustainable way that lasts beyond the short term. Not surprisingly, the best things in life are seldom free. Let’s take a look at the things you will need in abundance along the journey. Today we examine the three most valuable currencies you need to succeed in a career.

 

3 Currencies 
  • Attention
  • Character
  • Commitment 
Question of the day: Which currency do you need to build the most right now?  (Comment below or on twitter)
 
Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals. 
 
Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com
 
Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv
 
Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire    
Jul 15, 2019

Social media is our biggest opportunity and biggest distraction from grasping opportunities. Today we take a careful gaze at these apps and platforms that have captured so much of our time and attention. Are they good or bad? More importantly, how can we leverage what they offer to build our personal brand and career.

 

Question of the day: What’s your favourite social media platform and why?  (Comment below or on twitter)
 
Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals. 
 
Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com
 
Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv
 
Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire    
 
Help us create more great content: patreon.com/dalanv
Jul 8, 2019
What if you could live forever? What if you could be immortal, or at least have your work live forever? These are things I seriously think about very often. Your purpose in life is strongly connected to what keeps you up at night. It may be a direct cue to your career choice, or something your career will finance indirectly. 
 
Here’s a reflective look at what keeps me up at night. I invite you to share yours.
 
 
Question of the day: What keeps you up at night?  (Comment below or on twitter)
 
Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals. 
 
Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com
 
Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv
 
Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire    
 
Help us create more great content: patreon.com/dalanv
Jul 1, 2019
If you found this podcast I’m willing to guess that you interact with technology regularly. Each day we at least hear about Google, Facebook, Uber, Twitter and other big tech companies. Have you wondered how people actually land one of the seemingly illusive jobs? 
 
Today we sit down with Kevin Wu to get the inside scoop on how you can make this happen.  Kevin is the co-founder and CEO of Pathrise, a startup that acts as a career accelerator for students and young professionals breaking into the tech industry. Before starting Pathrise, Kevin worked at industry-leading tech companies, most notably as a product manager at Yelp and software engineer at Salesforce.
 
Question of the day: If you had the chance to work for one company for a few years, which would you choose? (Comment below or on twitter)
 
Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals. 
 
Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com
 
Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv
 
Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire    
 
Help us create more great content: patreon.com/dalanv
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