Episode 313: How to Avoid the Money Monsters of Taxes, Fees and More! with John Ensley

In this episode, we ask:

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• What do you do, after you hit rock bottom, to make sure you don’t stay there?
• What about resilience?
• Who is John Ensley?
• What happened when John exited the military?
• What happened in the late 90’s?
• What did John learn in the early 00’s with real estate?
• What happened in 2008?
• What happened when John hit rock bottom?
• What did John learn about resilience?
• What happened when John read 100s of books?
• What about the banking function?
• What’s John’s journey with the Bank on Yourself® concept?
• What does John wish everyone knew?
• How would having a Bank on Yourself® policy have changed John’s trajectory?
• What are the counter productive forces in a portfolio?
• What are five the key money monsters?
  • Taxes
  • Management fees
  • Crises or crashes
  • Inflation
  • Debt interest
• How can we neutralize or put the monsters back in the cage?
• What about tax?
• What’s your lifetime exposure?
• Have you read the book, the Power of Zero by David McKnight?
• What about fees?
• What about cumulative fees?
• What about reversing that?
• What about crashes?
• Is the market going to have “another 2008”?
• Who can account for inflation?
• What about interest?
• What are some words to live by?
• Is what we know probably wrong?
• Do we take ourselves too seriously?
• Would you like to talk with John Ensley?
• What are the key takeaways?

John Ensley is president of JEnsley Financial, a fiduciary, financial planning company and Registered Investment Advisor. John holds a Chartered Financial Consultant® designation from the American College of Financial Services and is one of an elite group of highly trained Bank On Yourself® Professionals. jumponwithjohn.com