In this bonus discussion, we talk about our episode 171 interview with Jeremy Smith, owner of The BAR Performance Gym.  To listen to the original interview, check out https://uncommonwealth.com/podcast/running-a-gym/

Sometimes, the events that seem to be throwing you off your path are the ones that lead to exactly where you need to be. For Jeremy Smith, those diversions lead him away from college in his final semester to a trying time caring for his dad during an illness. Then he found himself coping with…

In the wake of some significant changes the government made to public student loan programs in July of 2023 (with more to take effect in the future), resident student loan guru Arron Cramer is here to talk us through it.  We’ll talk about the changes to the various payback options, the impact of consolidation on…

In this bonus discussion, we talk about our episode 169 interview with Dr. Megan McCoy and our complex relationship with money.  To listen to the original interview, click here: https://uncommonwealth.com/podcast/financial-therapy/

Managing your finances isn’t just about holding, folding, spending and saving. In fact, how we approach money is often a complex web of our attitudes, desires, fears, goals, education, and relationships. This means that we often perceive our path to success as a set of financial behaviors when, in reality, being healthy financially requires engaging…

What if retirement wasn’t the end but in fact just the beginning? What if it wasn’t the time to slow down but the time to kick things into high gear? The uncommon path generally tries to find a way to love what you do so much that you don’t ever want to retire. But for…

What does success look like for you? Having your own definition is not only important in setting goals and tracking progress but it also protects your uncommon path from being upended chasing someone else’s view of success. In this episode, Phillip and Arron share some personal definitions of success as well as some recommendations on…