Posts by Bryan Dewhurst
How to make your cash-value life insurance policy work for you
I grew up in a house where money was thought of and utilized in pretty conventional ways; work for someone else, save where you can, don’t spend frivolously. All great advice. I feel fortunate in so many ways about my upbringing. But I grew restless with the common and conventional approach to money that worked…
Read MoreCyber Threat Ready
We just got back from a conference in Omaha and got to spend some time with CLS, the money manager we use to manage the money that our clients have in the market. CLS did an amazing job hosting us and gave us a ton of great information in regards to how to serve our…
Read MoreMistakes we have made
At Uncommon Wealth Partners, we get the opportunity to talk to many business owners. We love working with owners because we are one of them! We love to talk through what is working as a business and what is keeping them up at night. One question I am always eager to ask is, “If you…
Read MoreTraction
After spending 5 years in corporate consulting and using various methodologies to audit businesses and help launch new ventures, I really appreciate a good business framework. What do I mean by a framework? I mean something to help a business communicate – with themselves, their customers and the world at large. How does a business…
Read MoreProfit First
The purpose of any good business is to not only to change the world and better society at large but at the end of the day, it also needs to be about turning a profit if the business is going to sustain itself and the one who created it. So often, and this is true…
Read Morewords of wisdom from mike tyson
We all know Mike Tyson as a professional boxer, in fact, he holds the record for the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title! Pretty impressive, but I’m not going to talk about his boxing. What I want to talk about is an answer he gave to a reporter before one of his fights. It…
Read MorePerception
Perception is a funny thing. Everyone has one and in some situations, it can help you but in others, look out! Perception is unique to each individual and most of us are all too happy to share our perception or opinions any time we are asked and sometimes even when we’re not. As I get…
Read MoreCrush it
It was 2005 and I was reading a book by this guy that no one really knew much about. The internet was new, Google was newer and I had a hundred business ideas, but I also had a day job and a baby on the way. But there was something about this book and this…
Read MoreA case study in real estate
In the old days (the 1980’s), we didn’t have social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter or cell phones, let alone smartphones. We didn’t have a lot of the things that connect us today that most of us just take for granted. Back then, when the idea of buying or selling a home came up,…
Read MoreRoyalties
roy·al·ty (roi′əl-tē) n. pl. roy·al·ties A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work. As this definition shows, most people associate royalties with musicians and to some degree top actors and actresses, but there are a lot of other people outside of those arenas making money on content that they have produced. One of the top ways to create this form of truly…
Read MoreTo trade or not to trade
We have lots of folks that have watched our YouTube videos with an eye towards wanting to learn more about trading. One form of residual income or ways to generate income from home is by trading your own money. This is different from investing where typically you are buying and holding for longer than 5…
Read MoreFinancial Guilt
When it comes down to it, most of us have some kind of guilt about where we are at financially. Life isn’t perfect and neither are we. As life happens, so does our money. We help out a family member; we go through a health issue or take a financial risk – that’s life. Financial shame…
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