For most of us, catching a shark is mostly likely to be a reference to a tv show or a run-in with a door to door salesman. But for Joe Snook, owner of Joe Snook Fishing and Charter, catching a shark could be an actual shark on any given Tuesday. But the transition from doing…

The uncommon path is a step by step thing, but it doesn’t mean you can’t make those steps a little easier for yourself when the opportunity arises. This week, we’re talking about automating your goals. The key is to get started and then start moving the goal post bit by bit to help you on…

Life doesn’t always follow the path we expect. For Whitney Maxwell, starting out playing classical pieces led to a winding path of dueling pianos, cruise ships, Swiss clubs, a French major, a Midwest circuit of gigs, and finally back home to Iowa to open up Bloom Music studios. The key to success for Whitney was…

In this Simple Step episode we’re talking about taking the time to dream a little bit. One of the key steps in an uncommon life is to have an idea where you’d like to see your life go. But often that vision gets lost or, never found, under the burdens and business of day-to-day life. …

What do you call it when you have a side gig for 13 years that makes no money? If you’re Ben Fust, you’d call it exactly what you were looking for.  In addition to being the chief audio man here at the Uncommon Wealth Podcast, Ben also has his own podcast, is a house church…

Often times cutting your own path involves being bold, persistent in the face of difficulty and criticism, and an almost supernature focus. One of the risks in this path, however, is blindness. Oftentimes, we can’t see our own risks with the same keen eye we might see it in others. To help, you need that…

Do you act the same way when you’re by yourself as you do when others are watching? The root word of integrity is integer, meaning “whole” or not divided. To have integrity is to be whole, not divided between two different versions of yourself no matter who is watching or, often, when no one is.…

Certainly, with all the fancy computers and smart math folks in the world, there has to be a magic formula out there that balances risk and returns and gets the best investment returns out there for everyone, right? Even if there was such a thing (and we’ll discuss modern portfolio theory out of the gate),…

Managing your retirement accounts starts with the basics: have a number, know what it’ll take to get there, and have a way to know whether you’re progressing as expected. In this Simple Step, we’re talking about that process, wanting more than “set it and forget it”, and letting the math of it all be your…

You’ve taken the leap from golden handcuffs to working for yourself. It’s day one, what do you do? If you’re Kristi Krayneski, you make a list of all the folks you think you can help, maybe panic for a moment, then get to work.  This week we’re talking with Kristi, Business Strategy Consultant and Coach…

What makes Uncommon Wealth Partners, and the Uncommon Wealth Podcast, uncommon? This week we’re spilling the tea on what supports the claim of uncommon in our work. We’ll talk wax rings, big bands, refusing to refer, prayer, humility, starting your future with a date night, and taking a team approach. That’s not all, but we…

The Uncommon Path is rarely a straight one. It’s full of twists, turns, difficult decisions and occasionally a few mufflers dragging behind your car. No one knows this more than Paige Witte, Owner of Emerald Benefits and traverser of her own uncommon path. In this episode, we talk with Paige about her journey from radiation…