The Ascent Podcast with Joe Burgess

Joel Malick - Financial Advisor, Co-Author of After Work.

Joel Malick is a financial advisor and co-author of the book Afterwork.   In Joel's professional experience, he found many retirees were ill-prepared to experience a meaningful and satisfying retirement.   In our interview, Joel breaks down what he calls the "retirement lie".   From there, he addresses the paradigm shifts and disciplines involved in making retirement the most rewarding stage of a person's life.

Tim Niver - Restaurant Owner and Entrepreneur

Tim is the owner of Mucci's Italian and Saint Dinette restaurants, located in St. Paul, MN.    In addition, started a frozen food business about five years ago.    We talk about Tim's roots, growing up in Jamestown, NY.   We learn about his amazing experiences around food while traveling Europe, and the process and passion it takes to run restaurants in a post pandemic era.

Kristin Printon - Co-Founder & Vice President, Moxie Wealth Management

Kristin is an industry leader in financial services.   In her relatively short 12 year career, she has won numerous awards and is regularly asked to give presentations to a national audience.   She also happens to be Joe's business partner at Moxie Wealth Management.  Kristin shares what it was like growing up with modest means.   She also explains how she found a way to finance her own college and developed a passion for helping others learn about money.   We talk about a trip to Europe that she found inspiring, the interesing way she figured out where she wanted to live after college, and what its like to be a strong woman in a male dominated profession.

Jaime Taets - Chief Vision Officer and Founder of Keystone Group International

Jaime shares how her career path led her from a large fortune 500 company to shift mid-career to build her own firm, Keystone Group International, a business and leadership consulting company.  In this episode, we discuss how leaders can help or hinder the growth of an organization. We also hear about her transformative perspective change as a result of a recent trip to Tanzania.

Courtney Godfrey - TV Reporter, Growing Through Tragedy

Courtney Godfrey is a TV reporter for Minneapolis Fox affiliate KMSP. In 2017, while water skiing with her family, she was involved in a tragic accident resulting in having to amputate part of her leg. We learn how she and her family mentally deal with the loss and how the accident has sparked a better version of herself. We also learn more about Courtney's approach toward chasing success.