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In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Kanwal Sarai from Simply Investing. Kanwal has been an active dividend stock investor over the past 21 years and his strategy, or should I say his 12 rules, helped him to retire from his day job. The approach he takes is very sensible, there are no shortcuts or "investing secrets". Kanwal, who is very skilled at making things simple, will explain his 12 rules in a very comprehensive manner and will also help us understand some misconceptions on dividends in general. He really makes learning about a complex topic very enjoyable and simple.  This episode is for you if you are looking for a simple way to understand how to invest in the wonderful world dividend stocks (and at the same grow a passive income stream!). Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/03/04/Simplyinvesting If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Justine @justinekedi, whom I met through Twitter. Today Justine is happy financial services professional and educator but it was a long road before reaching that happy stage. Justine will share the difficulties she encountered when she moved to Turkey to become an English teacher. It was a tough situation but we will see as well how these challenges forced her to change her financial mindset and ultimately encouraged her to become a financial services professional. J Justine will also break down life insurance and make it easy for us to understand that specific component to personal finances (i.e. Protection, this part will be most useful for our American amigos) and will share her big WHY? and her big goal. This episode is for you if you feel stuck or you are facing a difficult situation right now. I hope that Justine's story and enthusiasm inspire you to take action towards your best life. This episode is also for you if you want to understand life insurance better. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/02/25/Justinekedi If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to Greg Rozdeba the co-founder of Dundas Life (a life insurance company). Before starting his company, Greg worked with financial advisors, wealth/insurance intermediary companies, and insurance companies for 5 years. In addition, he is very passionate about tech and this will show during the conversation. We will discuss his financial journey from when he started his career, the common money struggles his friends were facing and how he helped them get on the right path, and finally, we will divert to a more "market and industry talk" on his thoughts on the potential of Blockchain Technology. This episode is for you if you know you need to improve your money game but you are not sure about how and where to actually start. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/02/18/dundaslife/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!  

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Milan the co-founder of Finny. Finny is the gamified personal finance learning platform he co-founded with his wife and today we will learn about his path to financial freedom. We will talk about the errors he made when he started investing in the stock markets, how he managed his finances using the antibudget principle, and finally the importance of prioritizing your financial fitness. This episode is for you if you are having a hard time managing your money (and your budget) and want to hear another point of view that could be a better fit for your situation. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/02/11/Askfinny If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Sandy, from the Youtube Channel Mavutive Personal Finance & Lifestyle. Sandy is a fellow Belgian who is working on reaching Financial Independence and move to another country to live her dream life. She will share her plan and how she has adapted the American way of reaching FIRE (aka the "Simple Path to Wealth") to her personal situation in Belgium. This episode is for you if you are if you always hear about Financial Independence from US bloggers but wonder if you can reach it in your country. (And spoiler alert, "Yes, you can!") Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/02/04/mavutive/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend European DGI, DGI stands for Dividend Growth Investment. The dividend growth investment strategy is his chosen path to reach early retirement. We will cover some basics on dividend stock investing, how the DGI strategy can help you retire early, the difference with US dividend stock investing, the errors you need to avoid, and most importantly how you can get started as well. This episode is for you if you want to learn more about dividend stock investing the European way! Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/01/29/EuropeanDGI/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Chris, from Saturday Financial. On the contrary to other stories about leaving one's job, we will talk to Chris who will share how he is thriving in his current role and how managing his finances has been key during his career. Chris will share his career path with us going from a job he hated to the current role he is passionate about and he will also provide us with excellent advice on making the best out of our professional careers. This episode is for you if you are thinking about your next career move and/or if you wonder if the solution to a more fulfilling path is entrepreneurship. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/01/22/saturdayfinancial/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Julia Menez, from Geo Breeze Travel. Julia teaches people like you and me to travel for free or at least for a fraction of the cost. (Who doesn't like a free hotel upgrade or a free flight ticket to a place you've been wanting to go? and so on 😀) She will give us an introduction to travel hacking: What it is, how she got started, what the pitfalls are, and how you can do it too. While most of the tips will be more relevant for our American friends, Julia will provide great ones for us in Europe as well. This episode is for you if you want to travel for a fraction of the cost but do not know where to start (or are already wasting too much time online) Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/01/14/geobreezetravel/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Alex Mason, host of the Stock Stories Podcast. While he focuses mostly on S&P500 companies (i.e. largest publicly traded companies in the US), the great thing for us in Europe is that he also dives into European stocks like Total, Nestlé, or Louis Vuitton amongst others. We will talk about how he got into stocks, some of the myths surrounding the stock markets, the difference between a stock and a business, the different stock categories (or personalities), and finally Alex will share some great tips on where to start looking for information on individual stocks. This episode is for you if you are looking at getting into investing in individual stocks but are not sure yet where and how to start yet. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2021/01/07/stockstories/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

Quick announcement: Today is this (crazy) year’s last podcast episode, the show will be back on in January. Enjoy this episode (Erika brought fantastic insights!) and feel free to stay in touch through social media or email jon@joneytalks.com 😀. In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Erika Kullberg who runs her own Youtube channel, Erika Kullberg. Erika has worked for a number of years as a corporate attorney working for a large law firm. She was living a pretty glamourous life: She was handling high-value contracts, she was going on fancy dinners, she was making good money,... but she was also working 100-hours weeks and after some time she realized this path was not fulfilling anymore. This is when she decided to leave her corporate job to start her own legal start-up and as well launch her (successful!) personal finance Youtube channel. We will discuss why she did not pursue this "dream career" you only see in movies and we will go quite into details on how you can start a Youtube channel and grow it as she did! This episode is for you if you are currently in a safe job but are looking at getting more fulfillment out of your career and/or if you have been wondering about starting a Youtube channel to talk about and monetize your passion! Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/12/17/erikakullberg/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Rocky Lalvani, he helps business owners to be profitable and also runs two podcasts in parallel: Richer Soul and Profit Answer Man. Rocky came to the US at a very young age with his immigrant Indian parents with only 25 bucks in their pocket and yet despite this rather difficult start, both Rocky and his family managed to climb their way up to a successful life. Rocky will share his story with us and we will explore how he managed to achieve success starting from an unprivileged place and how you can take steps to get to where you want in your life (spoiler alert: it does not happen overnight). This episode is for you if you are working towards living a richer life (how broad that may sound) and want to hear from someone who has worked his way up the Maslow hierarchy of needs. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/12/10/richersoul/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my good friend Lee Huffman from the We Travel There podcast. Next to his podcast, Lee is a freelance writer about all topics personal finance and of course traveling (credit cards, points and miles, travel hacks and so on).  What I did not know was that Lee recently left a very well-paid job and moved cities within the US to live a more balanced lifestyle, pursue his passions, and to spend more time with his kids. And this is what we will talk about today, how and why Lee made drastic changes to his lifestyle and how you can too even with a regular income. This episode is for you if you are looking at making intentional changes to your lifestyle, improve your work-life balance, and still progress on your financial goals. Enjoy and share with a friend if you liked it 😀🙏! Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/12/04/wetravelthere/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!  

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Anissa from the podcast Outrospection. Outrospection is a self-development podcast where Anissa offers various perspectives through solo shows, interviews, and inspiring stories in order for us to grow, improve ourselves, and/or to take action! Anissa will share her money story of how she changed her money script from a scarcity mindset to an abundant mindset and provide useful tips on how you can change your own money script as well. This episode is for you if even the word money stresses you, if you feel uncomfortable about the topic and if you are ready to make a change for yourself. Enjoy!  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/11/26/outrospection/ Watch the interview: Youtube If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!  

In today’s episode, we will speak to my new friend Isabel from the website Bel Around The World. Isabel is a digital nomad and a full-time travel blogger from Singapore who managed to convert her blogging hobby into her full-time activity. Isabel will explain to us how she monetizes her passion (photography and travel), collaborates with big brand names in the travel industry (a crowded space), and also share some challenges she faced during her travels. This episode is for you if you are looking at ways to monetize your passion and as well why not in combination with full-time traveling. Enjoy!  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/11/19/belaroundtheworld/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my new friend Mr. Nomad Numbers from the website Nomad Numbers. Mr. Nomad Numbers (French) and his wife Mrs. Nomad Numbers (US) are world travelers who left their corporate jobs in 2018 to pursue their new lifestyle of slow traveling. Mr. Nomad Numbers will share their story with us: How they left their safe and well-paid corporate jobs to pursue the lifestyle they are passionate about: Traveling the world full time, live their best life, and all without breaking the bank. (And no it is not only about sipping Piña Coladas on the beach) This episode is for you if a nomadic lifestyle (when it will be possible again 😅) is something you dream about but do not know where to start or if you are curious to hear about how regular people live alternative lifestyles pursuing their passions. Enjoy!  Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/11/12/nomadnumbers/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Ben from FI after 40. We connected through Twitter and I thought he had a compelling story to tell. Ben discovered the FI (Financial Independence) movement at a later stage of his life (after 40) and managed to turn his finances but most of all his mindset around to work towards his goals.  Ben will share his story with us: How he went from living paycheck to paycheck, even going through a divorce to turn his life around after the age of 40. This episode is for you if you are interested in all things related to Financial Independence but think you are too late to start (hint: you're not) Enjoy!  Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/11/05/FIafter40/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Sébastien Aguilar, he is the community builder behind simplyFI.org, Impactivated, and FIREBelgium. Sébastien is our first Belgian guest and he is coming with quite the story: He went from being broke even borrowing money from his younger brother to become financially independent at age 33 using a very simple and effective method: Investing in low-cost index funds. Sébastien will share his journey with us, he will give us an introduction to index funds and we will see how it is possible for us in Europe (and Belgium) to reach Financial Independence. This episode is for you if you want to learn more about building your way to Financial Independence in a very simple and effective manner regardless of where you live.   Enjoy!  Jonathan   Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/10/29/sebastienaguilar/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Brian Thorp from Wealthtender. After an extensive career working with global asset management, Brian founded his company Wealthtender with the aim of connecting people with the best fitting financial resource, educator, or advisor. We will discuss the evolution of digital investing tools throughout his career and why human advice (through a financial advisor, podcasts, blogs, coaches,...) still has a place in today's world. We will also tackle the misconception that one needs to be wealthy in the first place to hire a financial professional. This episode is for you if you have been looking for financial advice around but have not yet found the best financial resource that fits your needs or the best financial professional that you can connect with. Enjoy!  Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/10/22/wealthtender/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to Sarry Ibrahim from Finasset Protection. Sarry is a financial professional and a member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He is specialized in insurance and in particular whole life insurance. He will give us an introduction to whole life insurance: What it is, how it can benefit you, how you can leverage it with the cash value part, what the risks are, and the differences with term life insurance. This episode is for you if, like me, you are curious about whole life insurance, what it is, etc, and wonder if it can be something to consider for yourself or not. Enjoy!  Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/10/15/sarryibrahim/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!

In today’s episode, we will speak to my friend Andrew Kerr from The House Hacking Podcast. Andrew started his career in a corporate job, then moved on to a non-profit organization where he enjoyed his job much more but missed the financial security. This is when he started his real estate investing journey in order to build that financial security. Andrew will share his story with us and give us an introduction to House Hacking: What House hacking means, how it can help you achieve your financial goals, how you can start today regardless of your location and the underlying principles. This episode is for you if you are looking at ways to reduce your housing costs and are willing to make alternative choices. Enjoy!  Jonathan  Show notes: https://joneytalks.com/2020/10/08/househacking/ If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and do follow us on social media as well for more great content, check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and join our e-mail list. I would love to connect with you!