Create My Independence - Financial Independence & Entrepreneurship
By Kraig Mathias
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Description
Inspiring commentary and interviews on how to create personal freedom in our lives by living on less and building our own business. Weekly podcast! Join the CMI community at CreateMyIndependence.com as we discuss what it takes to create real independence and escape our reliance on others, keeping us unsatisfied, overworked and without options.
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CMI 48 – Where I’m At Now… My 5 Year Plan… & What’s Next for CMI | Welcome to the forty-eighth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-seventh episode, I discussed my upcoming marriage and what I expected would change (along with what I expected wouldn’t). If you missed it, | 3/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 47 – I’m Getting Married Soon! What Will Change (And What Won’t) | Welcome to the forty-seventh episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-sixth episode, I discussed hitting the $1,000 per month passive income milestone and also did quite a bit of reflecting on where I’m at and how I got here. | 7/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 46 – Crossing The $1,000 Per Month Mark in Passive Income | Welcome to the forty-sixth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-fifth episode, we did a case study on Jesse. Jesse is a listener of the show and someone who emailed me a few weeks back asking for advice. | 5/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 45 – Case Study: Should Jesse Keep or Sell the Car? My Thoughts | Welcome to the forty-fifth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-fourth episode, I had a good friend of mine (and the person I look to for investing wisdom), Jim Collins of JLCollinsNH.com back on the show. In that episode, | 5/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 44 – Jim Collins on F-You Money, Stepping Away, Fear and Investing | Welcome to the forty-fourth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-third episode, I had a good friend of mine (and inspiration), Jason Fieber of Dividend Mantra, back on the show. Jason just launched a book, | 5/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 43 – Reaching Financial Independence The Dividend Mantra Way | Welcome to the forty-third episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-second episode, I shared my medium and long term business and personal income goals (more than I’ve shared in the past). If you missed it, | 4/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 42 – My Medium/Long Term Business and Personal Income Goals | Welcome to the forty-second episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the forty-first episode, I covered how to create a business and get your first client by Friday. If you missed it, head back and check it out. In this week’s episode, | 4/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 41 – How to Create a Business and Get Your First Client by Friday | Welcome to the forty-first episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the fortieth episode, I covered what the point was of spending several years of my twenties saving every dollar I could. If you missed it, head back and check it out. | 4/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 40 – What’s the Point of Saving All That Money Without Living? | Welcome to the fortieth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-ninth episode, I covered the 15 Things You Can Do TODAY to Stop Relying on a Job You Hate. If you missed it, head back and check it out. In this week’s episode, | 4/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 38 – Just How Hard Is It Exactly To Create Passive Income? | Welcome to the thirty-eighth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-seventh episode, I help you determine if owning your own business is right for you. If you missed it, head back and check it out. In this week’s episode, | 3/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 37 – How to Tell If Owning Your Own Business Is Right For You | Welcome to the thirty-seventh episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-sixth episode, I gave you a peak under the tent of what it’s REALLY like to live without having a paycheck coming in If you missed it, | 3/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 36 – What It’s REALLY Like to Not Have a Paycheck Coming In | Welcome to the thirty-sixth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-fifth episode, I reviewed a bit on last year (2014). I ended the year with 7 (yes, seven) independent sources of income. Whoah, what a year! If you missed it, | 2/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 35 – How I Created Each of My 7 Independent Sources of Income | Welcome to the thirty-fifth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-fourth episode, I’m answering several questions from a long term reader of the blog. If you missed it, head back and check it out. In today’s episode, | 1/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 34 – How Do People Get Into the Position To Do Work They Love? | Welcome to the thirty-fourth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-third episode, I shared with you my tips for growing your net worth from zero to $100,000 in 3.5 Years. If you missed it, head back and check it out. | 12/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 33 – Pulling Back the Curtain on The Tools I Use to Run My Business | Welcome to the thirty-third episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. talking with a friend of mine, Jeff. We met at this year’s FinCon and connected based on our way of thinking. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all of that, | 12/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 32 – Do You Have to Save 25 Years/Expenses Before You Can Quit? | Welcome to the thirty-second episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirty-first episode, I answered several questions from a valued listener of the show, Max on the topic of index investing versus starting a business. | 11/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 31 – Should You Just Invest in Index Funds or Start a Business? | Welcome to the thirty-first episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirtieth episode, I commented on two articles on “Millennials and Entrepreneurship” that I found online. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all of that, | 11/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 30 – Can Millennials Really Succeed as Entrepreneurs? | Welcome to the thirtieth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-ninth episode, I gave my opinion on what skills are needed to succeed at starting a business. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all of that, | 11/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 29 – What Skills Are Needed to Start a Business? | Welcome to the twenty-nineth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-eighth episode, I gave away some of my secret sauce. That was the secret sauce to finding work you love, so you don’t have to do work you hate anymore just to pay. | 10/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 28 – The Super Secret Recipe for Finding Work You Love | Welcome to the twenty-eighth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-seventh episode, we focused one this big question: Does your success in your business depend on your website traffic. | 9/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 27 – How to 10x Your Business Without Increasing Website Traffic | Welcome to the twenty-seventh episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-sixth episode, I was honored to have Joshua Sheats, from The Radical Personal Finance Podcast, on the show. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all o... | 9/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 26 – An Interview with Joshua Sheats of Radical Personal Finance | Welcome to the twenty-sixth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-fifth episode, we talked about the advice I would give to two of my closest friends on money and business (but can’t). | 9/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 25 – What I’d Tell My Friends About Money & Business (But Can’t) | Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-fourth episode, we talked about a dilemma most of us entrepreneurs and business owners face, which is “should we focus on earning money right now or building a lon | 8/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 24 – Should You Focus on Earning Money or Building the Asset? | Welcome to the twenty-fourth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-third episode, we discussed how to create an action plan for leaving your job. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all of that, | 8/13/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 23 – How to Create an Action Plan for Leaving Your Job | Welcome to the twenty-third episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twenty-second episode, we discussed how to build a kick-butt website with Bluehost, WordPress and Genesis. If you missed it and want to get in-the-know on all the latest ... | 7/31/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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How to Build a Money Making Website in 5 Minutes | So it turns out that a little time, energy and trial and error DOES in fact pay dividends. This week, I’ll be sending off a commission check for close to $4,500, an amount of money large enough to buy one of you a very nice car. | 7/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 21 – 7 Steps to Building Trust with Your Audience Online | Welcome to the twenty-first episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twentieth episode, we discussed the surprisingly short path to building and selling your expertise. If you missed it and want to hear more, | 7/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 20 – The Surprisingly Short Path to Building/Selling Your Expertise | Welcome to the twentieth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the nineteenth episode, we covered how to identify your degree of independence. If you missed that episode and want to hear more, head back and listen to that episode. | 7/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 19 – How to Identify How Much Independence You Have | Welcome to the nineteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the eighteenth episode, we covered eight reasons why you should ditch your job (if you have one) and start a business. If you missed that episode and want to hear more, | 7/3/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 18 – 8 Reasons to Quit Your Job and Start a Business | Welcome to the eighteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. This week’s episode was recorded at the park AND on video! Feel free to listen to the audio version above as usual or watch the video version below! In the seventeenth episode, | 6/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 17 – Brutal Honesty: Things That Do/Don’t Work to Make Money | Welcome to the seventeenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the sixteenth episode, I first give an update on how things are coming with my business, both good and bad. The awesome news is that I covered over 75% of my expenses last mon... | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 16 – The Quickest Way to Make an Extra $1,000 per Month | Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the fifteenth episode, I covered some big questions I’ve struggled with that you may relate to, such as: Who am I to build a business? What will others think of me? | 6/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 15 – Help, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing With My Life! | Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the fourteenth episode, I shared with you 10 quick tips for making your first $1,000 with our business. If you missed that episode and want to hear what I’ve learned from experi. | 6/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 14 – 10 Quick Tips to Start Making Money With Your Business | Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the thirteenth episode, I shared with you the reasons why I believe you should consider starting a lifestyle business. If you missed that episode or just want to learn more abo... | 5/29/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 13 – Why You Should Consider Starting a Lifestyle Business | Welcome to the thirteenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the twelfth episode, I dug into one of my favorite books of all time, The 4-Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris on the topic of “The Deferred Life Plan versus Joining the New Rich” | 5/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 12 – The Deferred Life Plan Versus Joining the New Rich | Welcome to the twelfth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the eleventh episode, I dug into the 10 things that helped me decide to make the leap from full-time employment to self employment. If you missed that episode or just want to lear... | 5/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 11 – Why Making the Leap was the Only Path That Made Sense | Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the tenth episode, we talked about a better, more modern way of thinking about personal finance. If you missed that episode or just want to learn more about my favorite episode/a... | 5/8/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 10 – A Better 21st Century Financial Way of Thinking | Welcome to the tenth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the ninth episode, I shared my experience with Dave Ramsey, his Seven Baby Steps and how his work has changed my life. If you missed that episode or just want to learn more about Da.. | 5/1/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 09 – How Dave Ramsey Changed My Life & Can Change Yours Too | Welcome to the ninth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the eighth episode, I shared my story about how I created my own freedom by living cheap. Yes, that’s right. Living below your means CAN create freedom! | 4/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 08 – How I Live Cheap and Create My Own Freedom | Welcome to the eighth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the seventh episode, I shared my story about why I have continued to rent for the past 6 years. Yes, that’s right. Over six years ago, | 4/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 07 – Why Renting is Often a Better Option Than Buying | Welcome to the seventh episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the sixth episode, I shared my story about road tripping from Minnesota to California in the summer of 2008. It was during this trip that I learned some MAJOR life lessons about p... | 4/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 06 – Why Buying a Car You Can’t Afford is a Bad Idea | Welcome to the sixth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the fifth episode, I invited Steve Stewart from the MoneyPlan SOS Podcast on show to share his thoughts on debt and why we don’t need it. If you missed that one, | 4/3/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 05 – Debunking the Debt Myths w/Guest Steve Stewart | Welcome to the fifth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the fourth episode, I invited Jason Fieber from Dividend Mantra, back on show to share his thoughts on how to live below your means. If you missed that one, | 3/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 04 – How to Live Below Your Means w/Guest Jason Fieber | Welcome to the fourth episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the third episode, I invited Jason Fieber from Dividend Mantra, to come on the show and share his thoughts on the popular saying, “YOLO”. If you missed that one, | 3/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 03 – You Only Live Once w/Guest Jason Fieber | Welcome to the third episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the second episode, I talked all about why tracking your finances is HUGE when building a good financial foundation. If you missed that one, head back and check it out. Today, | 3/13/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 02 – Why You Absolutely Need to Track Your Finances | Welcome to the second episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. In the first episode, I introduced myself and what I’m doing at Create My Independence. If you missed that one, head back and check it out. Today, | 3/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CMI 01 – Introducing the Create My Independence Podcast | Welcome to the first episode of the Create My Independence Podcast. My debut into podcasting happened last fall when I partnered up with my good friend Jason Fieber to produce The Chasing Financial Freedom Podcast. | 2/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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