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When you share your story, your true authentic story, you have the power to inspire others. In this episode, Charlie Epstein is joined by Ted McGrath as they discuss what storytelling can do. Ted shares his story and what happened in his life to make him want to share his true authentic story, and how he uses it to empower others to do what he did. Ted discusses: * The epiphany that inspired him to follow his true passions * How he felt called to do create his one man show * What it takes to follow through on your passions * How he uses his personal experiences to inspire others * And more Resources: * Good Enough [https://tedmcgrathbrands.com/good-enough] * Got Dreams [https://m2m.tedmcgrathbrands.com/pod-got-dreams-1] * Message to Millions [https://tedmcgrathbrands.com/message-to-millions] Connect With Ted McGrath: * support@tedmcgrathbrands.com [support@tedmcgrathbrands.com] * 323- 577-4712 * TedMcGrathBrands.com [https://tedmcgrathbrands.com/] * LinkedIn: Ted McGrath [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedmcgrath/] Connect With Charlie Epstein: * Email: Charlie Epstein [cdepstein@the401kcoach.com] * (413)224-3606 * Epstein Financial [https://www.epsteinfinancial.com/] * LinkedIn: Charlie Epstein [https://www.linkedin.com/in/the401kcoach/] * LinkedIn: 401(k) Coach [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the401kcoach/] * Facebook: Epstein Financial Service [https://www.facebook.com/The401kCoach]

When you find yourself in a scenario where you feel stuck, sometimes it just takes being a little selfish to get you back to where you need to be. In this episode, Charlie Epstein sits down with Mike Malatesta, author of Owner Shift, as they discuss Mike’s story of entrepreneurship and how he realized he needed to be a little selfish. Mike shares the journey he took to reframing his mind and how it has helped him become a successful entrepreneur. Mike discusses: * The story which led him to reframing his mindset * The valley of uncertainty * What he noticed that made him find ways to get unstuck * How the seed of entrepreneurship was planted in him at a very young age * And more Resources: * How’d It Happen Podcast [https://mikemalatesta.com/category/podcast/] * YoutTube: How’d It Happen Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1nMJV0LaxvRmJkGp20raUg] Connect With Mike Malatesta: * mike@mikemalatesta.com [mike@mikemalatesta.com] * LinkedIn: Mike Malatesta [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemalatesta/] * Facebook: Mike Malatesta [https://www.facebook.com/mike.malatesta.92] * Instagram: Mike Malatesta [https://www.instagram.com/malatesta.mike/] * Twitter: Mike Malatesta [https://twitter.com/MikeMalatesta] Connect With Charlie Epstein: * Email: Charlie Epstein [cdepstein@the401kcoach.com] * (413)224-3606 * Epstein Financial [https://www.epsteinfinancial.com/] * LinkedIn: Charlie Epstein [https://www.linkedin.com/in/the401kcoach/] * LinkedIn: 401(k) Coach [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the401kcoach/] * Facebook: Epstein Financial Services [https://www.facebook.com/The401kCoach] * Instagram: The Desirement Coach About Our Guest: Mike is an entrepreneur who has helped start, grow, and sell two amazingly successful waste management companies. One sold for mid-8 figures and the other sold for low-9 figures. Mike knows how hard it is to be an entrepreneur and what a long shot it can be to achieve the success and freedom that are the entrepreneurial goal. Mike also knows what it takes to get there.  Mike is a servant [and selfish] leader with a proven talent for developing  exciting vision and mission initiatives, building the teamwork talent and  systems necessary to realize those initiatives, and executing with a team to deliver the desired results.

The world of finance is something that not a lot of people fully understand, but there is far more to the industry than just hiring someone to tell you what to do with your money. In this episode, Charlie Epstein is joined by Bill Bloom, financial planner and principal at Bloom Financial, as they speak about the ins and outs of the financial world. Charlie and Bill discuss how working in finance is so much more than telling people what to do with their money, but also about helping people understand how they think and building trustful relationships. Bill discusses: * The relationship people have with money, and how that relationship is formed * Building trust with clients * Finding the people who you are going to work with and be a hero to * Collaboration as a tool within a business * And more Resources: * Kolbe Test [https://www.kolbe.com/] * Retire As You Desire Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retire-as-you-desire/id1574392835] Connect With Bill Bloom: * bill@bloomfinancial.us [bill@bloomfinancial.us] * Book a meeting with Bloom Financial [https://go.oncehub.com/BillBloom] * (773) 326-8472 * Bloom Financial [http://www.retireasyoudesire.com/] * LinkedIn: Bill Bloom [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomfinancial/] Connect With Charlie Epstein: * Email: Charlie Epstein [cdepstein@the401kcoach.com] * (413)224-3606 * Epstein Financial [https://www.epsteinfinancial.com/] * LinkedIn: Charlie Epstein [https://www.linkedin.com/in/the401kcoach/] * LinkedIn: 401(k) Coach [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the401kcoach/] * Facebook: Epstein Financial Services [https://www.facebook.com/The401kCoach] About Our Guest: Bill wants to identify the Dangers that keep you up at night. He brings your opportunities that you have to light so you can have greater Strengths for a bigger and better financial future. Bill’s Retire As You Desire process is all about you, the client.

What is stopping you from taking the first step toward reaching your passions and goals? Are you willing to give up the things that might be holding you back? In this episode, Charlie Epstein is joined by Helen Gomez-Andrews and Chris Andrews to speak about their story of leaving their life in Brooklyn to chase after their goals. Charlie, Helen and Chirs speak about the event that happened in Helen and Chris’s life that made them challenge their norm, and pursue their passion to build a cannabis business. Helen & Chris discuss: * The life event that caused them to change their life perspective and go after their passion * What made them interested in cannabis, specifically edibles * How they traded their Brooklyn home for a cannabis warehouse * Where they see their success in three years * And more Connect With Helen & Chris: * LinkedIn: The High End [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-high-end/] * LinkedIn: Helen Gomez-Andrews [https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-gomez-andrews-3b3b74/] Connect With Charlie Epstein: * Email: Charlie Epstein [cdepstein@the401kcoach.com] * (413)224-3606 * Epstein Financial [https://www.epsteinfinancial.com/] * LinkedIn: Charlie Epstein [https://www.linkedin.com/in/the401kcoach/] * LinkedIn: 401(k) Coach [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the401kcoach/] * Facebook: Epstein Financial Services [https://www.facebook.com/The401kCoach] * Instagram: The Desirement Coach [https://www.instagram.com/thedesirementcoach/?hl=en]

When you can mix your passions with entrepreneurship, great things can happen. In this episode, Charlie Epstein is joined by jazz musician Emmet Cohen, as they talk about how Emmet’s passions and entrepreneurial spirit collided. Emmet shares his story of finding success as a mission, and how he was able to channel his passions and create a community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emmet discusses: * How he originally found his passion for music and when he discovered he could turn it into a career * The importance of having a mentor, and the impacts his mentor had on him * How the pandemic impacted his career * What led him to create an online community through Emmet’s Place * And more Connect With Emmet Cohen: * Contact Emmet [https://emmetcohen.com/contact] * EmmetCohen.com [https://emmetcohen.com/] * LinkedIn: Emmet Cohen [https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmet-cohen-854644111/] * Facebook: Emmet Cohen [https://www.facebook.com/heyemmet/?fref=ts] * Instagram: Emmet Cohen [https://www.instagram.com/heyemmet/] * Spotify: Emmet Cohen [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3kyGmsyTEpjopA521SSlLT?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open] * YouTube: Emmet Cohen [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKBb--0F0qT_deSpMLsFRA] Connect With Charlie Epstein: * Email: Charlie Epstein [cdepstein@the401kcoach.com] * (413)224-3606 * Epstein Financial [https://www.epsteinfinancial.com/] * LinkedIn: Charlie Epstein [https://www.linkedin.com/in/the401kcoach/] * LinkedIn: 401(k) Coach [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the401kcoach/] * Facebook: Epstein Financial Services [https://www.facebook.com/The401kCoach] * Instagram:The Desirement Coach [https://www.instagram.com/thedesirementcoach/] About Our Guest: Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is in the vanguard of his generation’s advancement of music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept.