Contenders Wanted
Welcome to Contenders Wanted where we’re working relentlessly to solve our money problems without sacrificing what’s most important in life. We know money won’t solve our problems, but we don't want money to be THE problem. Cause for us it’s faith, family, and finances, in that order. So, how do we adopt the thoughts and behaviors that enable us to wisely take advantage of the opportunities before us, all while sifting out financial mis-information and not losing sight of our true priorities? My name is Rob Cook. I’m a husband, father, CPA, CFP, and a former financial advisor. Come with me as I search for the answer and share what I learn along the way. And if you’re a fellow Contender, then join us where Contenders are always Wanted.
Episodes
42 episodes
Episode 40 - What if you only ever were a Contender with Kitty Robinson
Show Notes:What do you do when no matter your effort or your dreaming, life sends you a curveball that makes your dreams impossible? Would just contending for those dreams be enough for you? Or, if you’re a bit more like me, would th...
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Episode 40
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55:46
Episode 39 - How to Turn Your Educational Disadvantage to Your Advantage with Mark Herschberg
Show Notes:Can you think of an example of someone or something in a perceived disadvantage that then turns it into their advantage? My mind things of Ben Affleck's character in the movie, the Accountant. Or the engineers from A...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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52:41
Episode 38 - Rewriting our Thoughts for Success with Sir Steven Wilkinson
Show Notes:How much do you think about your thoughts? Seems kinda like a funny question, don’t you think? Thinking about our thoughts? But in all reality, this is something people have encouraged me to do ever since I was a kid. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:14:49
Episode 37 - Find Your Vision for Your Future with Curt Mercadante
Show Notes:Remember the scene from Alice in Wonderland where Alice meets the Cheshire Cat in the woods and asks him which direction she should go? Do you remember his response to her question? Well Cheshire Cat's response to Alice's ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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1:06:53
Episode 36 - Lack of Education is No Excuse with Todd Lay
Show Notes:Growing up did you ever feel like if you don't go to college you're probably going to be a failure? Well if you did, you're not alone in that feeling. As a millennial, that belief permeated our education system growing...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:00:15
Episode 35 - Becoming Thoughtfully Fit for Success with Darcy Luoma
Show Notes:We've all come across the internet trolls. They leave annoy or at the least frustrating comments that we all wish we could just reach across the internet sometimes and put them in their place. But unfortunately, if we ...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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49:02
Episode 34 - Lift your vision for your future with Erik Allen
Show Notes:What is it that you think is holding you back from your dreams? Maybe you think you don’t make enough money, or you don't have the right connections, or maybe if you didn’t have your health challenges, or didn’t come f...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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50:14
Episode 33 - Finding your Unique Magic with Liz Pessaran
Show Notes:"To thy own self be true." Have you ever pondered on what this oft quoted saying from Shakesphere’s Hamlet means? Better yet, how have you come to better know yourself? For me I’ve done at least half a dozen different ...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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58:49
Episode 32 - How to Make More Time with Dr. Travis Parry
Show Notes:No matter your position, power, or wealth, I think we all agree that we wish we could somehow get more time. The importance of time and our fascination with it is the subject of everything from pop culture movies to pr...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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56:13
Episode 31 - A little pencil in God’s hands with Morgan Jones
Show Notes:If you are a person of faith, no matter your concept of God and faith, what role does your faith in God play in your path towards your success? For me personally it’s impacted the goals I have chosen to pursue, my view...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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1:00:18
Episode 30 - The trials that built the bully’s bully with Shea Taylor
Show Notes:Physically, who’s the biggest, baddest, strongest person you can think of? Maybe it’s Andre the Giant. Or The Rock. Or maybe Hafþór Björnsson, i.e. the Mountain from the hugely popular TV series, Game of Thrones. Either...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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1:06:06
Episode 29 - How the pain and sorrow of loss can transform us with Andi Thompson
Show Notes:Have you ever lost a close loved one? Perhaps a parent, sibling, close grandparent, or friend. Was it painful? It likely was. And each of us has our own way of dealing with those inevitable pains of life. Some more hea...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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49:41
Episode 28 - The Attributes of the Elite from a 2x Pro Athlete and Family Man, Paul Lasike
Show Notes:If you could sit down with someone who's played professionally in two different sports, what would you want to ask them about success? Maybe it's how they did it. Maybe it's the biggest struggles they went through. May...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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55:40
Episode 27 - Equity versus Equality in parenting, business, and life with Prof. Brad Agle
Show Notes:I think it’s almost a universally understood fact of life that the old kids in a family are the guinea pigs and life tends to be very different when you compare the oldest and youngest children in a family. Part of tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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56:53
Episode 26 - Learning how to receive help when you go from 0 to 6 kids in less than 4 years with Dallin & Alyssa McEwen
Show Notes:What comes to mind when you hear the word freeloader? What about mooch? Parasite? Slacker? Or deadbeat? No matter what came to mind, it likely wasn’t something nice. But at the end of the day we all know what it means:...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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58:52
Episode 25 - The Pain of Failure and the Joy of Success with Dave Woodward
Show Notes:Have you ever been so invested in something it becomes part of your identity? So much so that when it disappears from your life, a part of you seems to disappear with it? Our guest today is Dave Woodward and he did the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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44:38
Episode 24 - Making SHIFT Happen to Incredible Success with Anthony Trucks
Show NotesDo you ever feel like life is beating you down? Like you’re trying so hard, but just not getting anywhere? Like you have the tools you think you need to succeed but it’s just not happening. Well our guest today is Anthon...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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55:30
Episode 23 - From hobby to a fulfilling career...mid pandemic with Sandra Osborne
Show NotesDo you have that dream career you’ve always wanted to pursue? If not, is it because life seems to get in the way? Maybe you already have a successful career and you tell yourself you don’t have the time to try and go aft...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:03:06
Episode 22 - Looking for great decades not great days with Emil Ekvardt
Show NotesWhat are some of the life lessons you learned while playing a competitive sport or activity? Do you think of team work from the football field, or maybe composure on the golf course? Or maybe it’s how to think ahead from...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:02:19
Episode 21 - Shaking off the blanket of success for greater impact with Cara Macklin
Show NotesHave you ever found yourself in a situation where you were fairly successful but you felt called to something more? Something that would be uncomfortable or maybe even a little risky? Well our guest toda...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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54:29
Episode 20 - From Desperation to Rhodes to Wealth with Josh Rhodes
Show NotesHave you ever wanted to know an answer so bad that you were willing to do literally anything to get the answer? Well our guest today is Josh Rhodes and his question was this: “how do you build wealth?” As a res...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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55:10
Episode 19 - How to ditch addiction, depression, anger, anxiety, failure and any other kind of unhappiness with Bob Gardner
Show NotesDo you ever wish you had more control over how you felt or what direction your life was going? Or wish you could figure out how to get out of those funks we all inevitably go through instead of having to just ride it out...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:03:32
Episode 18 - Hustling and grinding leads to failure with Fraser Cameron
Show NotesDo you ever just feel burnt out? Like you’re trying as hard as you can but you just can’t seem to make the progress you were hoping towards your goals and the life you want to live? I know I’ve been there many times. Wel...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:08:02
Episode 17 - The Power of Choice with Robert Paylor
Show NotesCan you imagine being at the top of your game and then suddenly losing everything? To go from being one of the best to fighting for your very life? Well our guest today is Robert Paylor and he has lived this realit...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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56:55
Episode 16 - Purposefully position in order to accomplish any goal with Derrick Reiner
Show NotesHow often do you set a goal and then purposefully take specific actions within the week to ensure you’re setting yourself up to reach that goal? Or how often do you take a goal and ask yourself, “what do I need to do rig...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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55:12