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Your Money Multiplier Series Recap | Series 2.9
Episode 910th May 2021 • Enjoy More 30s: Family Finance • Joseph P. Okaly
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A quick review of all 8 Your Money Multiplier Episodes to help you take positive action.

  • Plan what you want to do with bonuses ahead of time (01:38)
  • Segment your vacation specific money (02:36)
  • Umbrella policy: insuring against the catastrophic (03:47)
  • 36% ratio: a simple budgeting approach (04:31)
  • Uncertainty tends to drive volatility in the market (06:21)
  • Three legal docs for your family's protection (07:08)
  • Turn your variable income into a systematic paycheck (07:56)
  • Restricted stock units, stock options, stock purchase plans (09:20)

Quote for the episode: "If we take even positive action on one of these eight relevant episode topics, you're better than you were before. And you should feel proud if you do that."

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s: Family Finance

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podcast, the only podcast dedicated to making life more

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enjoyable for young families by hitting on the financial topics

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that tend to weigh on us, stress us out and distract our focus

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from simply enjoying life.

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s: Family Finance

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podcast. This is our series two, "Your Money Multiplier" series

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recap. We really covered a lot so far this season- from

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bonuses, to stock options, to standardizing a regular income,

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to even a five minute cash flow calculation. So there's really a

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lot of valuable, actionable information. But at the same

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time, it's kind of easy to be overwhelmed by it if we let it.

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If we take even positive action on one of these eight relevant

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episode topics, you're better than you were before. And you

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should feel proud if you do that. We also want to make sure

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we're remembering the goal; remove anxiety and financial

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worry so we can focus our energy on what matters most- enjoying

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more living with family and friends. Get your legal

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documents out of the way- less worry. Know you're saving what

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you should be every month- less worry. So be proud of these

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steps as you take them. You're making life more enjoyable than

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for you, and by a natural consequence, for your loved ones

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as well. It's not just for yourself- if you get to spend

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more time with your kids, that makes your kids happy too.

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Lastly, stay tuned to the end, as we're going to be releasing

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the focus of the next series to come which takes us in kind of a

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different direction. And I'm really excited to share that

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with you too.

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So without further ado, get together with your spouse, and

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let's start reviewing. Number one- bonuses aren't free money.

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So the first most important thing to take from this episode

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is that it kind of borrows the title "Bonuses Are Not Free

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Money", you need to plan for what you want to do with the

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funds ahead of time. The second thing to take from this episode

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is if you do treat it as free money and spend it, you're

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actually hurting yourself in two distinct ways. One is obvious-

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you have less saved. But two- you're also getting accustomed

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to living on more, which means now we also have to replace more

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long term. The third thing to take from this episode is you do

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not have to save all of it as part of your plan. Any portion

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benefits you in those same two ways that we just covered. Any

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portion that you save, obviously, you'll have bigger

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accounts down the road, and two, you're accustomed to living on

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less because of that, so there's less to replace long term.

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The second episode we covered was vacation accounts, it was

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called "Live It Up! Vacation Accounts." The first thing that

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you should be taking from this episode is segmenting your

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vacation specific money can give you a much higher likelihood of

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having and taking that vacation you otherwise would maybe not

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have taken. The second thing to take from this episode is you

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have different places you can save every month to accomplish

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this. The bank account option is very easy and straightforward.

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Just push money every month to a bank account, and that's your

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vacation specific bank account. The other option, though, is if

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you have a general investment account that is already built up

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to some degree, you can instead save this monthly vacation

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amount into that general investment account. And saving

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the funds here, the additional potential advantage is if you

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wind up having enough money on the side anyway to cover the

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vacation, now there's more in the investment account than

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there otherwise would be. And now this money can build up for

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a bigger vacation, a house, or just earlier retirement,

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whatever the goal might be. But you're putting yourself in a

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position to potentially have more saved for yourself long

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term.

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The third episode we covered was called "Just Get An Umbrella

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Policy Already". The first thing to recognize from this episode,

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excuse me, is that your standard coverage that you have from a

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liability perspective, so if people sue you resulting from an

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auto or home related lawsuit, may not be enough to cover what

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you need. The second point though is, thankfully, it's very

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easy and very cost effective to double or even triple this

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coverage to better protect you. So remember the general

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protection mindset. We want to make sure we're always insuring

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against the catastrophic, which could derail everything you have

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worked for. That's what we want to at least at a minimum make

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sure that we're protecting.

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The fourth episode we covered was "36%: The Golden Cash Flow

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Ratio". This is probably my favorite episode this season

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because it is so easy for anybody to incorporate and take

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some level of positive action off of. The first point that you

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want to remember here is to rethink the goal when it comes

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to scary words like budgeting. The goal is not to account for

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every single penny; it's to make sure you're saving a good amount

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towards yourself and keeping within your means. That's it-

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save toward yourself, keep within your means. That's a lot

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easier than accounting for where every single little penny goes

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month to month for an entire year, years on end- not a

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sustainable way of doing it. Second, use that 36% ratio that

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we provided to you to quickly get an idea of where you stand.

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Gross, or pre tax income, times 36%, minus those expenses that

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are specific to you, so things that you have but other people

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may not have. Again remember the 64% covers all the groceries,

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the taxes, all the stuff that you and everybody else in

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America has. And so when you get to that end, gross pre-tax

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income minus those expenses specific to you, minus any

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savings that you might be making, you're done and you have

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a starting point. You have an amount where you feel like okay,

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this is probably what most families should have as an

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excess, or what most families may be having a little bit of a

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deficit if my numbers aren't coming out, but you have

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something to go off of in about five minutes time. The last part

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of this is take action. Make a conscious choice to now do

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something with that extra savings, or to take actions to

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balance your cash flow. Saving at the expense of mounting

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credit card debt is kind of like swimming backwards. So we don't

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want to be doing that.

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Next episode, "Stocks Lead, Don't Follow". Anybody who has

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any kind of investment whatsoever could probably

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benefit from this episode here. We want to first understand that

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the stock market is a leading indicator. And that uncertainty

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is what often drives the vast majority of the volatile times.

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Less uncertainty usually means less volatility. Second, once

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you see the market went down or is going up, there's a good

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chance that it may be already too late to act. When there are

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a lot of waves again, we don't want to try jumping on a

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different boat. If you touch your investments and miss time

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when you take money out or go back in, you could very well

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wind up with significantly less than if you were patient and

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just did not touch it at all.

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Next episode, probably the least fun to go through, but the most

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important in many respects- "The Seven Year Task- Legal Docs".

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First thing that you want to remember from this episode here

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is if you don't have anything yet, forgive yourself, it's

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fine, you're definitely not alone. Second, there are three

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documents which are all provided together generally as part of

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the process- will, power of attorney, and living will with a

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medical directive. Third, take one small step of action to put

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yourself in motion towards this today. Remember the family

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member that would win an argument in getting custody of

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your children in a court, may likely not be the one you would

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actually consciously choose to raise your kids, if God forbid

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something happened to you.

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Next episode here, episode eight, "Make Irregular Income?

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Have Regular Pay". So for anybody out there that is an

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entrepreneur, or self employed, or gets a lot of variable

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income, this is really a great episode for you. First want to

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make sure that we acknowledge that irregular income is

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definitely more challenging. And it is a problem that needs to be

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handled a little bit differently than people that get regular pay

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month after month. How we handle this is we set up two buckets.

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One, you have your all income bucket- receives all the income

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from the various income accounts, commissions, bonuses,

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what that might be. So that's bucket one. And then this bucket

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pushes money every month to your spending bucket, or bucket two.

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The same exact amount comes every month to handle all those

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groceries, cell phone, mortgage, all those things that are

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essentially the same every month that you need to do. The last

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part of this is make sure you just take enough time to

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calculate how much you actually need to live on each month, so

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that you can obviously set the transfer up accordingly to be

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able to match what your monthly expenses might be. Last part of

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this process, make sure to look regularly, either quarterly or

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annually, for the amount that may be building up in your all

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income account to hopefully invest a sizeable portion

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towards yourself, but also on any other specific goals or

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expense items that you might have.

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This brings us to our last and definitely most confusing

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episode, or confusing topic overall, and that was "Stock

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Option Mayhem!". These things are confusing for everyone,

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definitely not just you. The two main elements that we want to

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remember whether you have RSUs, or stock options, or stock

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purchase plans, is that you need to make a decision when it comes

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to taxes and concentration. Taxes should be planned for.

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RSUs, restricted stock, will automatically be taxed upon

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vesting. Stock options and purchase plans, you have more

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control on when the tax is realized. The concentration

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element- RSUs are easier to emotionally diversify out of

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because they force you to realize the tax upon vesting.

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Selling isn't tax unfriendly after that, they're already

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fully taxable. So you might as well sell out of those, and

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reinvest into something that's a little bit more spread out and

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diversified. The other two can be more tempting to hold on to

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much longer, the stock options and the stock purchase plan. But

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always remember, you are paying tax on some of the gain whenever

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it may occur, you are still keeping most of it. Individual

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companies always pose a real risk tied to how that one

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company does or is perceived to do. Example that we use in the

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episode- if a CEO has a personal scandal, that company has its

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stock go down, despite really not being too different than it

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was yesterday than it is today. So always something to keep in

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mind.

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And there you have it, take some time to review all of these

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important areas. And if you can make one positive change, then

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you're one step farther along in having life be more enjoyable to

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you. If you can absorb and implement all these items,

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that's fantastic. I am so happy to be able to provide this to

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you. One more person that's able to provide more for themselves,

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add more enjoyment to their life, I'm perfectly good with

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that. It is overwhelming, though, if you have questions or

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you just want someone to help get all this stuff in order for

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you so you know exactly where you're going, what path you're

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on- head on over to our website at www . enjoy more 30s .com.

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That's enjoy more three zero s .com. And click the 'Ask Joe' to

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connect and we'd be happy to help in any way that we can.

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Overall, as always, thanks for tuning in going through the end

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of the series here with us. If you enjoyed this episode, please

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make sure to click follow and review us on Apple podcasts or

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wherever you listen. There are literally millions of young

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American families out there, I'm trying to reach and help just

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like you. Finally, as promised, I want to make sure I announced

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the topic for the next series, or the focus of the next series.

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The next series is going to be entitled, "Your Parent's Money

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Mindset". So this is something that is very well in line to

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affect you down the road, even though you may not even know it.

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We're going to help you bridge that gap when it comes to money

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and the conversations around it with your parents. How to make

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sure that they're taken care of, their health care and long term

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care concerns, how inheriting assets can affect you, the taxes

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and the responsibilities that come with it. There are a lot of

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really great topics in an area, if it's not properly under

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control, can cause huge issues for you and for them, which

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definitely makes life way less enjoyable. There's just so much

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out there that could impact them. And it's going to hit you

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one way or another if there is a problem, so you might as well be

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educated on it ahead of time. And if you can talk to them

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ahead of time, which we're going to cover and try to help you

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bring up better ways to have these conversations, then this

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is something that you can head off ahead of time for yourself,

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but also possibly improve the situation of your parents ahead

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of time as well. So really excited to go through that

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because it's something that is, again, not really discussed

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enough when it comes to the younger generation of what's

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coming their way, or just even how to handle it if they know

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it's coming. So as always, thanks so much for joining me

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today. I'm really, really looking forward to connecting

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with you again soon in this upcoming "Your Parent's Money

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Mindset" series to come.

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professional advice for your specific situation. You should

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