For The Love Of Money Podcast | Business | Philanthropy | Entrepreneur | Lifestyle And Success With Chris Harder

Imagine fleeing to the U.S. from communist Armenia at the age of 6 only to live with your family of five in one bedroom of a two-bedroom apartment. Your family is broke, you don’t speak the language and you’ve been elected to go dumpster diving for expired food at the nearby grocery story. This was Bedros Keuilian’s life and just a couple of the many other adversities he faced as a young immigrant.   Having recently met Bedros at a mastermind event, I knew his story was one I needed to share. Not only does he provide a unique perspective, but he’s also able to speak to so many aspects of entrepreneurship and money. Tune in to hear how he went from being broke to becoming the mastermind behind many of the most successful brands, businesses, thought leaders and best-selling authors throughout multiple industries (including the company he founded, Fit Body Boot Camp). This epic conversation is definitely one you want share with your friends and family. Enjoy!   --   Question Highlights:   Did your upbringing fe

  These days we’ve been hearing a lot about having an abundance mindset. Many claim to have it, but they still don’t seem to be “winning.” My two cents? Many people don’t truly understand the meaning of the word. “If you truly understand abundance, the excitement, not the stress, would keep you up at night.” Many don’t get that if they truly understood what abundance meant, 90% of their problems would potentially go away. And this mindset doesn’t just apply to finances. It’s also about leaving a bad relationship because you know there’s a better one out there. It’s leaving your soul-sucking job because you know you can and will level up. You have a hard-wired belief that even if you lose everything, you know how to get it back (and often more). “There is no ceiling other than the one we put on ourselves.” Truly understanding abundance means that there’s enough to go around for everyone. It means the more you give, the more you get back – in all ways. So why don’t we understand? Did we miss Abundance 101? No!

Today’s episode is a modern-day Cinderella story…except there’s no fairy godmother or prince in it. Real-estate rock star, Tami Pardee, learned to work hard at a young age and she’s been working ever since. Having been raised poor and later brought into wealth, she was taught early on the value of money and the importance of hard work and getting things done.   This minivan-driving mom of four uses this same work ethic and drive to dominate L.A.’s residential real estate market today. Listen in to find out how she balances this massively successful business with a family and why she feels called to give back by helping others find or reignite their purpose.   --   Question Highlights:   Where did your drive for insane success come from? Did you always want this level of success?   What are some of your wall-kicking business moments/challenges? How did you work through those challenges?   How do you balance a busy family and a busy, successful career?   How do you want your children to define success?

  If you’ve been listening to my podcast, you know I want everyone to succeed. And what’s more, I love it when a person’s success is created by a no-excuses ability to succeed. Does that trait describe you?   It’s no coincidence that many of my podcast guests possess this same trait. Many have hit rock bottom only to become multi-millionaires later on. How were they able to do this? They turned the few assets they had into full-fledged resources. They were resourceful with what they had!   “It’s not how many resources you have, it’s your resourcefulness that determines your ability to succeed.”   While some people are just “given” resources because they have the money to put behind it, I find that sometimes these are the people who end up failing. The stakes aren’t as high and they’re not as personally invested in the business or project. They’re not concerned with the seemingly little things. My resourceful friends think a little differently – they see every seed (big or small) as something BIG.   “Resourcef

  For years, Dr. Jade Teta, co-founder of The Metabolic Effect, was considered a jock and class clown – and at the time he accepted that. However, upon his senior year in high school and after a couple pivotal conversations, he realized that he was meant to do more and knew that he needed to become and do something more that made a difference and made him happy. Fast forward to today and Jade did just that and is massively successful.   We covered so much ground in our conversation and we literally could have gone on for hours more. From his upbringing and personal story to his emphasis on helping others find and live in their purposes every day, I can’t wait for you to listen and hear how truly amazing and he truly is. Enjoy! --   Question Highlights:   At what age did you make the choice to be and do something different?   Why did your story of missing something make you go get it, whereas so many others would let it stop them in their tracks?   How do we get someone to attack their fears?   Having j

My Two Cents – Ep. 45 – There Will Always Be Pain. Choose the One That Pays.   My Two Cents today is all about pain and choosing the better type of pain in all areas of your life.   Isn’t “better pain” an oxymoron? Well, it can be, but let me explain. There are two different types of pain in life – the kind that keeps us stuck or the kind that propels us forward. This episode is all about choosing the latter.   “There’s always going to be some type of pain, so choose the one that pays better.”   Take working out for example. Sure, working out can cause pain. You’re literally tearing your muscle fibers so your muscle grows. All that sweat and soreness is the pain. Lori and I work out regularly, so we’re choosing the type of pain that helps us grow. If we didn’t work out, we would trade that pain for the opposite – disease, weight gain, low energy etc. Either way equals pain, but one offers a reward.   The same goes for your financial wealth and abundance. Many are unknowingly choosing to struggle financially b

Candy Nelson – Episode 44 – How Wealth Allows This Powerhouse Woman to Be a "Volunteer CEO"   At the age of 15 years old, Candy Nelson had already gotten the entrepreneur bug. And it was all spurred by a 3 a.m. infomercial for some tapes (which she purchased) by Tony Robbins. Upon listening to the tapes, the longing in her soul was answered and she vowed to set goals and complete them.   As the child of teenage parents, Candy’s excitement wasn’t readily reciprocated, but she persisted nonetheless. With the help of her father and a small business loan, by the age of 19, she started her first business. And while it took a few years to see the rewards of it, it is now a raging success. So much so that she was able to hand over the operations and focus on the creation and operation of the nonprofit organization Animal Friends Sanctuary.   Through this organization, Candy is able to donate her time as the CEO and focus on causes that are near and dear to her heart – animal and at-risk kids. Her story (there is so

So you’ve probably heard that you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with, but I also believe that you’re also the average of the environment you hang out around most as well. That being said, I’m here to offer you some hacks to help you change that environment to change your outcome.  While a lot of these will be no-brainers, I think you’ll also find them challenging, but stick with me.  “At first a lot of these things will feel quite uncomfortable – that’s normal. But the goal is to do them often enough so they feel comfortable so that they can become your new environment.” Here are a few hacks: Travel. If you don’t travel, START! If you do travel, travel BETTER. Get a better hotel room. See what it feels like to walk into a better hotel. How are you greeted? How comfortable is the bed? Up-level your hotel experience. Same goes for flying… First Class!   “That extra few hundred dollars could change your level of expectations forever.” Clothes. If you can’t afford them just try them

Christine Hassler – Episode 42 – How Expectation Hangovers Are Costing You Wealth   Today’s guest, Christine Hassler, is one of the wisest people I’ve had on my show to date and I know you’re going to learn a lot from her stories and experiences, too.   As a child, Christine always felt as though she didn’t belong. Growing up with some health problems, she was always seen as different and wasn’t well liked. As difficult as this was to cope with, Christine compensated for it all by focusing on being smart (an overachiever if you will) so she could be super successful. While this tactic worked for a long time, it still never eliminated the feeling that she had something to prove. So after graduating college (double major and a minor in 3.5 years), she went where a lot of people go to do just that – Hollywood. Christine didn’t want to be an actor, but she did end up being an agent.   Christine’s life, from the outside, was amazing – a six-figure career, a successful boyfriend, parties with celebrities etc. – but

  What’s your abundance story? Are you happy with where you’re at? Or do you operate from a place of lack? If you’re the latter, it’s time to change things up.   As you learned from my previous mini episode, we’re ALL entitled to abundance, but we’re not guaranteed it. That means, when it comes to your own abundance story, it’s up to YOU to make the decisions.   So first off, you’re the one who sets the finish line. Realize that it’s a subjective decision as to what your abundance story us. You are radically abundant right now. You just may be choosing to see your current level of abundance as a lack of abundance because of how you’re choosing to define it.   “Abundance is nothing more than an opinion or feeling. You determine what it is to you.”   For example, let’s say you make $50K a year, and you’re not feeling abundant because you feel like you’re not making a lot of money until you hit $100K. That lack of abundance you feel is on you. You’re the one who created that definition of abundance and you’re un

After studying corporate business and graduating from college, small-town Wisconsin girl, Jenna Kutcher, landed her dream job (or at least she thought) in a large Midwest-based corporation. Unfortunately, her dreams of wearing heels and a business suit morphed into wearing khaki and red – and was far from glamorous. She knew there had to be something more in store for her.   Enter in the $300 Craig’s List camera. Jenna started taking pictures, enjoying the learning process and sharing her captures online. People started to notice her talent and asked if she would take pictures for them. And so it began, she booked 25 weddings without ever shooting one. A year later, she was doing so well that she was able to leave her corporate job and began photographing weddings full time.   Her photography soon developed into a focus and love for branding. She connected so deeply with her brides and wanted to make their personal visions come to life. This love, and let’s be honest, branding genius, quickly turned into a si

Do you know why you haven’t chased down that radical wealth and abundance that you KNOW you’re entitled to and capable of earning? Get ready, it’s time for a deep-dive into your mind!   I can tell you from personal experience, that it’s one of the worst feelings to know that you can do something, but you’re not doing it! But the good news is that you can begin to eliminate these feelings by asking ONE question that can help unlock the answers as to why you haven’t followed through on your pursuit of this abundance wealth.   “Who/what is it serving by you holding back on your quest for wealth and abundance?”   Are your wheels turning? We’ve all been stuck before (yes, me too) because we’re serving someone or something instead of rising to the occasion, going out and getting that abundance. Stop playing SMALL! For instance, you’re not serving your business when you don’t make those sales calls that take your business to another level – you’re serving fear.   Same goes for people… You don’t DARE make more money

Everyone, meet Amber Lilyestrom, a fellow entrepreneur and passionate soul who left a successful career to make a bigger impact and fulfill her soul’s higher calling, which has since allowed her to pour more of her time and soul into her family. She now enjoys pushing herself beyond her human limits and mindset roadblocks that inevitably pop up along the way – all to be the BEST version of who she was born to be.  What I love the most about this mompreneur’s mission and story is that she’s done all of this to help others create businesses that align more with who they are. Amber wants everyone to lead the happiest and most fulfilling life through “coming home to their truth.” And she loves to facilitate that process. “I’ve always wanted to empower people to embrace and accept themselves because I never did.”  Of course, the above is rarely a straight path, and that’s why Amber is so transparent about the challenges she’s faced and continues to face (mostly her own limiting beliefs that made her question her p

  First off, pardon my French, but I really felt the need for an emphasis, a real punch-in-the-gut phrase to drive this episode’s message home. One of my recent pet peeves (that completely blows my mind) is when people say they don’t know how to do something or how to get started. I politely call BS! “We live in the easiest time to start a business and thrive that there has ever been.”  Information is abundant and it’s at our fingertips – you just have to effing Google it! If you want to learn how to launch an eCourse – Google it! You will no doubt find tons of information – videos, step-by-step tutorials – you name it.  “There’s not a single thing you can’t learn on Google.” Now I’m not saying all of the things you find are going to be your best answer (perhaps leave surgery for a REAL surgeon?), however it is so FREEING! You no longer have to let this notion stop you in your tracks. And let’s be honest, in this day and age, if you’re not making progress in your business because you don’t know how, you’re ju

Even though my guest today, Ryan Blair, is known for being one of the most successful entrepreneurs out there, you wouldn’t know it by his humble, surprised attitude with that title. Ryan’s success story alone will have you believing that you too can do anything if your mind is wired right. Oh, and you’ll likely discover that you’re already a mathematician – you just don’t know it yet.  Early on in his life, the cards were stacked against Ryan. Coming from a broken home with an abusive father, he never finished high school, and at the age of 14 he was witness to the tragic murder of the girl who gave him his first kiss. Soon after, he was forced into a gang. And while this could have been the move that led to his demise, it instead taught him the essential survival skills needed to succeed as an entrepreneur on the streets. Some years later with a successful street career in motion, Ryan realized that he now had a choice – he could be successful either on the streets – or off. He chose to apply his entreprene

  For the last handful of years or so, I’ve had a phrase/mantra that I’ve repeated to myself over and over:  “Ego is our greatest overhead.” I attribute a large part of my wife and I’s financial abundance to this very phrase (it will be my next tattoo – hold me to it). There was a time not that long ago that my ego drove a lot of my decisions, in turn costing me…I don’t even want to know how much money and potential partnerships. There were so many missed opportunities because my ego sensed fear. Yep, when we feel any type of fear – judgment, failure, not being accepted or success – ego slams on the brakes and “saves the day” before we do something really stupid and embarrass ourselves. But here’s the thing…  “Your ego isn’t programmed to choose the types of risks and decisions that are needed to achieve massive financial abundance.”   Speaking of finances, your ego will also encourage you to make bad decisions so you look successful instead of being successful. And who will want to help you if you already lo

Marshall Morris – Episode 34 – Getting Past FEAR: From Broke in the Desert to a $30 Million Business I must say that this interview is one of my favorite interviews to date because internet marketing ninja, Marshall Morris, kept surprising me with his down to earth, get-it-done attitude, generosity and life and business insights. Did I mention that when he started out, the only internet skill he knew was checking his email? More on that later… First let’s talk about how his career began. As the son of a hard-working, humble pastor, Marshall was taught early on the value of a hard day’s work. In fact, at a young age, his father would “loan” him out for the weekend to different farmers he did business with to help out (for very little pay). This weekend help wasn’t about making money, however, his father really just wanted to instill in him the value of working hard. And it’s with this same mentality that his dad encouraged Marshall to attend college, but also informed him that it would be his responsibility to

  The title kind of makes you think, doesn’t it? Maybe you think I’ve completely lost it, but it makes perfect sense. Often times our desire to stay comfortable is why we haven’t reached goals or the abundance we long for. So many of us are addicted to that feeling that place of being comfortable and it keeps us treading water in the same spot.  “That comfort drives every single decision we make…or don’t make.” Think about that… The comfort that you think is so great is keeping you at a certain level. As the famous saying goes from Jim Collins goes, “Good is the enemy of great.” How often do we just do things to “get by?” Or if we are taking massive action, it’s usually to avoid pain. But how often does that drive to do more last once that threat of that pain is gone? (Hint: not long!) Take your workouts… How often are you pushing yourself when you’ve already put in a “good enough” workout? How about your pay? Are you making enough to just pay the bills, but not so much to create an abundance? You’ve likely h

  It’s not often that you hear of successful entrepreneurs who never actually planned to be an entrepreneur. And that’s just one of the reasons why I’m so excited to share with you my conversation with YouTube star and “accidental entrepreneur,” Amanda Bucci. It all began as Amanda was finishing up her nursing degree in college. With an ongoing interest and passion for fitness, she decided to track her fitness progress by creating an Instagram account. Without any expectations of a following, out of nowhere she had 15,000 followers. So how did she attract these people? Through GIVING! As many of you know, when you post progress pictures, your workout routine, your thoughts etc., you’re going to get questions about how you were able to achieve your results. And with her spirit of generosity, Amanda felt called to respond back (paragraphs at a time) because she genuinely wanted to help. There was no money being made at this point, but that soon changed. Building a reputation as a coach, Amanda soon started taki

My Two Cents – Ep. 31 – Abundance Hack – Are You Confusing the Universe? Have you ever wanted something, thought about it incessantly, only to proclaim at a later time that you don’t? What if I told you that that action alone could be preventing you from multiple things – from a car to a successful business? “Everything you do, say and think is manifesting something physical. It’s creating a result.” Any hands up in agreement? I’m guessing I have a few skeptics. So before you think I’m getting all “woo-woo” on you, let me frame it from two different perspectives. No. 1 – If you’re a believer in the Law of Attraction, you understand and likely support this theory. Your energy attracts other like energy. No. 2 – You either don’t believe in this theory or you’re just unsure of it – and that’s OK! What I have to say will still resonate because what you think and say directly affects your subconscious and what you do (and how it affects your financial results). When your thoughts and statements are contradicting o