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Black Mammoth CEO Shares Financial Planning Tips for Entrepreneurs Blackmammoth.com About the Guest(s): Stoy Hall is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and the CEO and founder of Black Mammoth. With over 13 years of experience in the financial industry, Stoy Hall is recognized for his innovative approach to wealth management and his dedication to promoting financial literacy. As the CEO of Black Mammoth, he has carved a niche in the financial industry by focusing on inclusivity, collaboration, and the holistic well-being of his clients. Episode Summary: Welcome to The Chris Foss Show, where Chris Voss interviews CEOs, authors, thought leaders, visionaries, and motivators. In this episode, Chris Voss sits down with Stoy Hall, the CEO and founder of Black Mammoth, to discuss his innovative approach to wealth management and his dedication to promoting financial literacy. Stoy Hall shares his journey in the financial industry and explains how he started Black Mammoth to create a modern family office that is accessible to everyday business owners. He emphasizes the importance of financial education and the need for a team of professionals to support business owners in managing their finances effectively. Stoy Hall also highlights the various services offered by Black Mammoth, including Mahalo service, personal CFO, and consulting, and provides valuable insights into investment strategies and insurance planning. Key Takeaways: Black Mammoth offers a range of services, including Mahalo service, personal CFO, and consulting, to help business owners organize their finances and achieve their financial goals. Stoy Hall emphasizes the importance of financial education and believes that everyone should have a team of professionals to support them in managing their finances effectively. Investments are just one aspect of a comprehensive financial plan, and Story encourages business owners to focus on building a team and organizing their finances before diving into investments. Insurance planning, including life insurance, disability insurance, and health insurance, is crucial for business owners to protect themselves and their families in case of unforeseen events. Stoy Hall’s no BS Wealth podcast provides a platform for open and honest conversations about wealth and financial planning, aiming to bring transparency and clarity to the financial industry. Notable Quotes: “Am I good and do I have your back? Financial planning in general comes down to those two things, and that’s what we’re here to do.” – Stoy Hall “Money is emotional. Our emotions are tied to money. They’re integrated. And if you don’t understand who you are and where that comes from, then you can’t really create a plan ’cause you won’t follow it.” – Stoy Hall “Investments make up a very small piece of your entire plan. Investments are not just stocks, bonds, mutual funds. Investments are real estate, foreign currency, and you as a person.” – Stoy Hall

29 Mars 202426min

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen https://amzn.to/3IXIp80 A fascinating examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy. The Declaration of Independence identified “the pursuit of happiness” as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders—Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton—to show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives. By reading the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers who inspired the Founders, Rosen shows us how they understood the pursuit of happiness as a quest for being good, not feeling good—the pursuit of lifelong virtue, not short-term pleasure. Among those virtues were the habits of industry, temperance, moderation, and sincerity, which the Founders viewed as part of a daily struggle for self-improvement, character development, and calm self-mastery. They believed that political self-government required personal self-government. For all six Founders, the pursuit of virtue was incompatible with enslavement of African Americans, although the Virginians betrayed their own principles. The Pursuit of Happiness is more than an elucidation of the Declaration’s famous phrase; it is a revelatory journey into the minds of the Founders, and a deep, rich, and fresh understanding of the foundation of our democracy.

28 Mars 202440min

Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner https://amzn.to/3JeZeLP “On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.” ―Stephen King Peter Blauner’s epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather’s passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson’s life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he’s run off to the Middle East to join a holy war instead. When he refuses to communicate with everyone else, his loving grandfather Ali emails him one last plea. If Alex will stay in touch, his grandfather will share with Alex – and only Alex – a manuscript containing the secret story of his own life that he’s kept hidden from his family, until now. It’s the tale of his romantic and heartbreaking past rooted in Hollywood and the post-revolutionary Egypt of the 1950s, when young Ali was a movie fanatic who attained a dream job working for the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the set of his epic film, The Ten Commandments. But Ali’s vision of a golden future as an American movie mogul gets upended when he is unwittingly caught up in a web of politics, espionage, and real-life events that change the course of history. It’s a narrative he’s told no one for more than a half-century. But now he’s forced to unearth the past to save a young man who’s about to make the same tragic mistakes he made so long ago. About the author Peter Blauner is the author of eight novels, including SLOW MOTION RIOT, winner of an Edgar Allan Poe award for best first novel from Mystery Writers of America, and THE INTRUDER, a New York Times bestseller. He began his career as a journalist for New York magazine in the 1980s – covering crime, politics, and other kinds of bad behavior – and segued into writing fiction in the 1990s. His short fiction has been anthologized in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES and on NPR’s SELECTED SHORTS FROM SYMPHONY SPACE. In recent years, he has also written for several television shows, including Law & Order: SVU and the CBS series, Blue Bloods. His newest novel is SUNRISE HIGHWAY, published in September 2018, by Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife, author Peg Tyre.

27 Mars 202428min

Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and America by George S. Takach https://amzn.to/49jxBMc A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation—especially AI—is shaping the tensions between democracy and autocracy during the new Cold War. So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two autocracies and the West to a “rivalry” or a “great-power competition.” Some might consider it alarmist to say we are in the midst of a second Cold War, but that may be the only responsible way to describe today’s state of affairs. What’s more, we have come a long way from Mao Zedong’s infamous observation that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Now we live in an age more aptly described by Vladimir Putin’s cryptic prophecy that “artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia, but of all mankind, and whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become ruler of the world.” George S. Takach’s incisive and meticulously researched new volume, Cold War 2.0, is the book we need to thoroughly understand these frightening and perilous times. In the geopolitical sphere, there are no more pressing issues than the appalling mechanizations of a surveillance state in China, Russia’s brazen attempt to assert its autocratic model in Ukraine, and China’s increasingly likely plans to do the same in Taiwan. But the key here, Takach argues, is that our new Cold War is not only ideological but technological: the side that prevails in Cold War 2.0 will be the one that bests the other in mastering the greatest innovations of our time. Artificial intelligence sits in our pockets every day—but what about AI that coordinates military operations and missile defense systems? Or the highly sophisticated semiconductor chips and quantum computers that power those missiles and a host of other weapons? And, where recently we have seen remarkable feats of bio-engineering to produce vaccines at record speed, shouldn’t we be concerned how catastrophic it would be if bio-engineering were co-opted for nefarious purposes? Takach thoroughly examines how each of these innovations will shape the tension between democracy and autocracy, and how each will play a central role in this second Cold War. Finally, he crafts a precise blueprint for how Western democracies should handle these innovations to respond to the looming threat of autocracy—and ultimately prevail over it.

26 Mars 202449min

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O’Brien https://amzn.to/3TzbziA A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New York Times bestselling author Keith O’Brien, a captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America’s most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century “Baseball biography at its best. With Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose finally gets the book he deserves, and baseball fans get the book we’ve been craving, a hard-hitting, beautifully-written tale that will stand for years to come as the definitive account of one of the most fascinating figures in American sports history.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of King: A Life Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago that still stands today. He was a working-class white guy from Cincinnati who made it; less talented than tough, and rough around the edges. He was everything that America wanted and needed him to be, the American dream personified, until he wasn’t. In the 1980s, Pete Rose came to be at the center of one of the biggest scandals in baseball history. He kept secrets, ran with bookies, took on massive gambling debts, and he was magnificently, publicly cast out for betting on baseball and lying about it. The revelations that followed ruined him, changed life in Cincinnati, and forever altered the game. Charlie Hustle tells the full story of one of America’s most epic tragedies—the rise and fall of Pete Rose. Drawing on firsthand interviews with Rose himself and with his associates, as well as on investigators’ reports, FBI and court records, archives, a mountain of press coverage, Keith O’Brien chronicles how Rose fell so far from being America’s “great white hope.” It is Pete Rose as we’ve never seen him before. This is no ordinary sport biography, but cultural history at its finest. What O’Brien shows is that while Pete Rose didn’t change, America and baseball did. This is the story of that change. About the author The New York Times Book Review has hailed Keith O’Brien for his “keen reportorial eye” and “lyrical” writing style. He has written two books, been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting, and contributed to National Public Radio for more than a decade. O’Brien’s radio stories have appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition, as well as Marketplace, Here & Now, Only a Game, and This American Life. He has also written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Politico, Slate, Esquire.com, and the Oxford American, among others. He is a former staff writer for both the Boston Globe and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. As a newspaper reporter, he won multiple awards, including the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. He was born in Cincinnati and graduated from Northwestern University.

25 Mars 202435min

Disproven: My Unbiased Search for Voter Fraud for the Trump Campaign, the Data that Shows Why He Lost, and How We Can Improve Our Elections by Ken Block https://amzn.to/4aqniqn Many searched for evidence of voter fraud in 2020, only a few were unbiased professionals . . . and only one has written a book about his experience. If you value the integrity of our elections—or want a behind-the-scenes look at an attempt at overturning one—Disproven by Ken Block takes you out of the voting booth and into the chaos that was the attempt to challenge the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In November 2020, data specialist Ken Block received a phone call from the Trump Campaign. They wanted to hire him to find evidence of election fraud. What followed were late night and early morning requests to assess fraud claims at a blistering pace and ultimately find definitive evidence about the role voter fraud played in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Multiple subpoenas later, Block reveals the truth about being one of the few professionals hired to prove the Trump Campaign’s allegation that voter fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 presidential election. He explains what the voter data tells us and exposes the sobering truth that our federal elections are operating on hundreds, if not thousands, of disparate voting systems prone to error—a threat to national election integrity. Disproven is an insider’s look at the results of an inflammatory claim, a flawed system, and the changes drastically needed before the results of another election are threatened or contested.

24 Mars 202451min

Dr. Rolf Haag, SPXGODFATHER, Shares His Stock Market Trading Secrets Spxgodfather.com About the Guest(s): Dr. Rolf Haag, also known as the SPXGodfather, is a highly experienced trader and educator in the field of options trading. He was born and raised in Germany and completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees in Frankfurt. In 1997, he moved to the USA and became a US citizen in 2008 while maintaining his German citizenship. Dr. Hogg has had a successful career as the president, CEO, and board member of three large automotive supplier companies. However, his passion lies in trading and mentoring others to become successful traders. He founded SPXGodfather, LLC, where he provides education and mentorship to traders, focusing on trading the S\&P 500 index options. Dr. Hogg’s goal is to help traders become more successful by providing them with a process and strategy to follow. Episode Summary: In this episode of The Chris Voss Show, host Chris Vos interviews Dr. Rolf Haag, also known as the SPXGodfather. Dr. Rolf Haag shares his journey from being a successful CEO in the automotive industry to becoming a full-time trader and educator. He explains his passion for trading the S&P 500 index options and how he aims to be the best in this specific area. Dr. Rolf Haag emphasizes the importance of simplicity in trading and shares his strategy of using simple puts and calls to make profitable trades. He also discusses the significance of understanding leading indicators such as futures, the US dollar, and premiums in making informed trading decisions. Throughout the conversation, Dr. Rolf Haag highlights the importance of managing losses and shares his approach to minimizing losses and maximizing profits in trading. Key Takeaways: Dr. Rolf Haag, also known as the SPXGodfather, is a highly experienced trader and educator who focuses on trading the S&P 500 index options. His trading strategy involves using simple puts and calls to make profitable trades, with a focus on understanding leading indicators such as futures, the US dollar, and premiums. Dr. Rolf Haag emphasizes the importance of managing losses and keeping them to a minimum in order to be successful in trading. He offers a personal and educational service to his subscribers, providing live trading sessions and guidance to help them become more successful traders. Dr. Rolf Haag provides a free day pass to his trading room, allowing interested individuals to experience his trading approach firsthand. Notable Quotes: “In this business, it’s not about how much money you make, it’s how much money you don’t lose in the next trade.” “I see myself as a specialty NBA coach. I take an NBA player that is already at a good level and make him better in one particular area.” “The best trades are between two and seven minutes. You make every trade, you make a thousand dollars, you make this a couple of times per day, and that is a pretty good gig for 2, 3, 4 hours in front of your laptop.” “I want you to make money. I know every member of my team by name. I’m very keen on the educational part. I really put a lot of effort into helping everybody.”

23 Mars 202425min

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina,Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina https://amzn.to/3VxCRbB A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on—just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her—things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend’s apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. But the facts about Roddy’s death just don’t add up, and Noemi isn’t the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands. After over a decade away, Uncle Louie has returned to the reservation, bringing with him a past full of secrets, horror, and what might be the key to determining Roddy’s true cause of death. Together, Noemi and Louie set out to find answers…but as they get closer to the truth, Noemi begins to wonder whether it might be best for some secrets to remain buried.

22 Mars 202417min