Financial Underdogs

Here's the revised summary with the name corrected: Podcast Episode #138: "The Big Domino" Host: Damion Lupo In this episode of Financial Underdogs, Damion Lupo explores the concept of the "big domino"—the pivotal choice or action that sets off a chain reaction to transform your life. Reflecting on his own journey, Damion shares practical strategies to identify and leverage your big domino for a more intentional and impactful life. Key Takeaways: Identify Your Big Domino: Recognize the one decision or habit that can trigger profound change. For Damion, giving up alcohol in 2024 was the domino that set his transformation in motion. The Power of a Coach or Mentor: Invest in a world-class coach, mentor, or therapist who provides honest feedback and helps you see blind spots. This is a vital relationship for growth and clarity—potentially more significant than many others in your life. Clean Fuel, Clean Life: Prioritize clean eating and minimize harmful substances like alcohol and processed foods. What you consume impacts your energy, focus, and overall health. Leverage a World-Class Integrator: Hire an executive assistant or integrator to handle tasks and free up your mental energy for strategic thinking. Offloading tasks allows you to focus on vision and creativity rather than logistics. Set Boundaries to Protect Your Time and Energy: Create clear boundaries to guard against "vampires" who drain your time and energy. Value your time as your most prized possession and use it intentionally. Live by Design, Not Default: Be mindful of your choices and surroundings, consciously designing your life rather than reacting to others' agendas. Use tools, systems, and boundaries to stay focused on your goals and priorities. Damion closes the episode by encouraging listeners to embrace simplicity and clarity in 2025. By identifying and focusing on your big domino, you can unlock a domino effect of positive changes. Resources Mentioned: Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend Stay tuned for more insights in the next episode of Financial Underdogs!

In this episode, Damion focus on practical strategies to streamline life, prioritize meaningful connections, and prepare for a successful 2025. Here's a breakdown of the key themes: Decluttering Physical and Digital Spaces Damion shares tips on creating a blank slate by removing unnecessary physical items, fostering opportunities for new experiences. Digital decluttering is equally emphasized—organizing files, eliminating redundancies, and improving productivity are foundational steps. Simplifying Life and Prioritizing Relationships Maintaining and intentionally investing in select relationships (friends, family, and professional contacts) is a recurring theme. Simplification also involves adding value-driven connections, such as hiring an executive assistant or a personal trainer, while cutting out inefficiencies like TSA checks and commercial airports. Meetings are reimagined—calendar slots are wiped clean yearly to ensure only meaningful engagements make the cut, with modern tools like Slack and Zoom replacing legacy meeting formats. Time, Debt, and Financial Management Time Management: Narrowing calendar availability to prioritize impactful work and relationships. Debt Management: Paying off credit card debt is urged as a top priority to regain financial freedom. Cost Optimization: Canceling unnecessary subscriptions, optimizing insurance coverage, and preventing unwanted charges are key money-saving tactics. Harnessing Automation and AI With the prediction that automation will dominate most human labor in five years, staying relevant hinges on solving meaningful problems and leveraging technology effectively. The episode highlights the importance of adaptability and innovation in both professional and personal spheres. Goal Setting and Preparing for Success Damion stresses the value of year-end cleanup, from organizing priorities to eliminating obstacles. Goal-setting strategies include creating specific, actionable objectives and holding oneself accountable throughout the year leveraging other peoplle. Takeaways for 2025: Declutter your physical and digital life to create space for growth. Simplify relationships and schedules, focusing on value and impact. Manage time, debt, and finances with discipline and intentionality. Adapt to automation by solving problems and staying relevant. Plan for success with thoughtful goal-setting and year-end preparation. By following these insights, listeners are empowered to streamline their lives and embrace a productive, meaningful 2025.

In this episode, we're diving into the importance of building conscious, circular relationships—connections that pour energy into both sides and drive you toward a life of purpose, success, and abundance. Discover how saying “no” to the wrong people creates space for the right ones, why relationships are the foundation of a thriving life and business, and the rules I follow to maintain meaningful connections. We'll also explore how these principles align with building a billion-dollar company, including the foundational 15% strategy from Unicornomics and how the people you surround yourself with impact your future.

Going deep on my real-life story of going from homeless to homerun. Negative millions, living in my vehicle freezing my ass off, to a decade later creating a unicorn (billion-dollar company) and a net worth of tens of millions. The formula, the thinking, and the hacks (if there are any), and your opportunity to create your decade by design. Real, true roadmap and plan and access to Damion Lupo.

Have you ever looked at your yard, laundry, or even your taxes and thought to yourself, "why would I pay someone to do this when I could do it myself and save the money?" If you answered yes, then you've traded your money for something far more valuable: your time. Today, I talk about how being cheap will cost you 10X the pennies you save doing the "thing" yourself, and the difference between buying time and selling your for time.

It's the end of the year, almost 2022 and it's time for Goal setting. But are you setting yourself up to fail before you start? Today Damion talks about using the power of Gratitude to set the stage for Goals you can achieve. Start with Gratitude for what is true and ONLY compare your goals to YOUR potential. Stop wishing for Elon money, Giselle's body or Brené Brown's relationships. Start with where you're at and target your potential as your vision. Deep into that today... 2022 lets go!

Hope it works out. Guess We'll see. Sure would be nice. Passive victim talk and the reason most people are broke, stuck and watching other people live the life they desperately want.  Today we talk about the key to shifting from hoping for something to happen to making it happen.  One key.

The tax courts just ruled  ... If you have an LLC inside of your IRA and you're using it to write checks to take possession of precious metals or doing real estate deals — it's all disqualified now!  People have been lied to and now they're getting penalized. You gotta do the research.  If you're trying to do something to circumvent the system you're going to get clobbered.     

Are you thinking TOO Big? Are you settling for average and not dreaming and doing big enough? Your potential to impact the world, your spouse, your health etc. is far greater than you realize.  The step is to vision and normalize this vision by surrounding yourself with those who want you to win and live a BIG vision?

Lost a dear friend and mentor this month, the world will miss him. Found out today that Gene Guarino passed away last week. He was famous for many things and cherished for more. I will miss his warm heart and his generous spirit. This is my tribute.

Bitcoin is hitting it's all time high and will go higher. Will it go up 10 or 20% no. It will go up 10-20X because it's an exponential technology and based on a network that becomes exponentially more valuable as it grows. Doubling the network of users will make Bitcoin 10X more valuable. This applies in our lives too, build a network and watch the value of your impact explode exponentially. No more 2X thinking, lets think about 100x and using the power of the network and Metcalf to free the world.

It's official, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and SEC Chair Gensler has blessed Americans by deciding not to regulate Bitcoin like China. Wow, thanks guys, you do know it's decentralized right? Love the arrogance of these overlords. Another Overlord, Senator Manchin will Only allow $1.5Trillion for the recon bill in Congress, wow, now he's conservative :-) Student loans being forgiven, Exponential tech changes and asset price thinking are all packed into this episode.

Congress is about to blow up Self Directed IRAs with the reconciliation bill. This ONLY impacts IRAs (both traditional and ROTH).  Two main things: Checkbook control SDIRA's that own an LLC will be banned. Self Directed IRA's will be prohibited from investing in private placement syndications. No more apartments etc. Ticking time bombs.  Want to fix this? Learn more at eqrp.co 

They (Democratic Congress) want to kill the ROTH, disqualify IRA's from investing in apartments, raise everyones income taxes, keep people poor, grow the government and keep you trapped and addicted to the politicians, while they go to $30,000 Gala's a the Met - yes AOC! Crazy but true and all will happen in the next 2 weeks - by end of  September 2021) under the reconciliation process with a simple majority vote, no filibuster option.  This legislation could crash the stock market, big changes coming

The last 20 years changed everything. A divided nation, between Makers and entitled Takers. The volume of Takers is exploding, taking $ from the federal government and the nation is addicted, forced out of survival to do whatever Uncle Joe demands, commands OR ELSE die. Since 9/11, we've allowed the degradation of American authority through endless wars, a Patriot Act that's destroyed liberty and freedom and an entitlement system crushing Americas secret hustle sauce. Time to wake up.

Ever have someone offer a free lunch or encourage you to invest, or push something on you without really knowing why they're so focused on you doing their thing? Money. The world is full of snake oil scheme artists and advisors with their slick plans to help you avoid tax and boy do they sound good! But be weary and careful that you have the rest of the team too, the narrow experts like CPA's and Attorneys. No wealth strategist or tax advisor replaces all these narrow experts.   

Why were Americans in Afghanistan? Was it to fight terrorists or was it for something bigger and nefarious?  It was for one purpose money. The war was for minerals that China now has a direct ability to tap into as they share a border with Afghanistan. More today on what to do with misinformation being pushed by the talking heads at CNN and the truth being censored.  

How do you know when something is too good to be true?  Investments or Wellness, it's always a question you have to ask yourself and watch yourself when your initial reaction to some new info or opportunity is: It's Too Good to be true. Is it or are you just not seeing it because you're skeptical and afraid of making a mistake?

Senator Dick Richard Shelby pulled the ultimate move to crush Crypto this week to give more bacon to the military. What an absolute idiot! More on this today and what we need to do to protect our wealth.

From Roadhouse 1989 - the key to life. Be nice - until it's time to NOT be nice. Case studies with clients and the IRS

The Price of Tomorrow is the price you pay for your future. Kill your limiting beliefs by normalizing your stretch vision - surrounding yourself with people and their normal, which is your stretched self. Spent a couple days in a mastermind with my friend and mentor Jay Geier doing this and then came back with a vision 10X bigger than last Sunday. Now it's about growing all the way up, not half way like most of the population. 

Do you have World Class Relationships? or mediocre collisions with people you've been entangled with? Last weekend I flew 3000 miles and drove 300 miles to have 3 dinners with a few of my World Class Relationships because WCR's require entropy, a continuous infusion of energy into anything you want to thrive and not die. My 4 rules for WCRs: People need to be Future focused, Honest 100% of the time, Candid and Growth minded.  WCR's are a choice. Choose Wisely.

Voter rights is mob rule.  We do not live in a democracy Mr. President, we live in a Democratic Republic and the problem is no division. The problem is fake money.

The 10 year capital plan is what moves you from light weight to heavy weight. It's the process of planting seeds in every part of your life this year so that in 10 you have a flourishing orchard producing fruit from the seeds and nurture of today. Diving into my personal plan based on my Lifebook for my company, body, relationships and my mission.

Expensive is a funny thing, why is anything expensive? Most likely because the person saying it is addicted to working and trading hours for dollars.  Once you shift to trading dollars for hours, those things are no longer expensive, they're simply a choice that wealthy people have.

How is a $598 Gas fillup a blessing? Especially when your vehicle ends up in the shop at 1am after getting gas?  I share the virtues of being not broke and the choice we make for all the "Sh*t" that lands on us. Choosing the interpretation of it allows you to see the opportunity buried in the pain and problems.

Decided today over a beer with David that it's time to become a Democrat and embrace the future with hope and reckless spending to solve 4 big problems like my friend Richard Duncan suggests. I also believe the United States has a unique opportunity to lead the world in the decentralized crypto transformation and can beat China.  We need leadership and I see 1 party in Congress capable of doing this. 

The shift in the global monetary system is happening.  It's a war between slavery and freedom, slavery being fiat currency and freedom being Bitcoin. Spending a couple days in Miami this weekend at the Bitcoin conference was a moment in time that changed everything. Listen in to learn why your life is going to be changed and impacted by the crypto revolution.

The last episode from Sedona where I found out how much my life weighs this week as I packed up all the sh*t that seems to have reproduced the last year and created twins. 

Today's is all about Maslow and how people are trying to jump to level 4 in Maslow's hiearchy of needs, esteem with all this speculation going on in crypto and real estate. The levels are: 1. Physiological needs 2. Safety 3. Love & Belonging 4. Esteem 5. Self - Actualization  WORK is required for fulfillment (see level 2 Safety) but people leap to level 4 chasing status, recognition and freedom, hoping for a big pay day without doing the work required in level 2.  All castles require a foundation.

Last 24 hours crypto had a correction and systems froze, things came unglued and somebody said the sky was falling. I laughed when people freaked because all we did was flush out the get rich quick snowflakes. Bitcoin is back to where it was in a couple months ago. A blood bath would be a 95% loss.  Crybabies! So what's the true lesson?  Your emotions are the difference between you being wealthy and free or enslaved to ever evolving markets.

Remember the $15 smoothie last week? Turns out that's a deal! Learned that inflation and unemployment subsidies the liberal politicians have been sending out by the billions have destroyed peoples desire to work. Shocking right?  Today I went into details on what's happening and on the RAGE I have against this corrupt system that is stealing the wealth from the people by the bankers and politicians to maintain control and power over us.

During my move I'm noticing a uniquely fascinating thing. I don't some of what's around me, it's just legacy, still around because it's been around. Similar with people we serve, customers, clients or investors.  The bottom 10% of them are the vampires that suck energy and consume 90% of our time.  We have to be willing to sever ruthlessly those 10% so we can open up our time and space for those who are GRATEFUL for us, not always taking us.  Who and what needs to be cut in your life today?

A professional investor kills almost all deals he sees. Why? Because most deals are terrible before they even start.  Inexperience, cons, dumb ideas, lack of a professional team etc. etc. Today I talk about a deal I saw this week that I killed for all sorts of reasons, 30% returns in 6 months, going global, secret broker sauce, basic Ponzi mumbo jumbo.  Everyone's chasing yield in this stagflation environment.  Remember, it's never about return on your capital, it's about return OF capital.

The Government just announced the "official" Inflation number is 4% and that's all prices have gone up according to their sorta secret formula for CPI but... They are lying.  Why? I explain in todays episode. And how to protect yourself. Inflation is at least 15-20% - welcome the beginning of... HYPERINFLATION

Every person in your life is one of 3 people, a G N or P. Growth - they inspire you and grow you Neutral - they're from the past or just seem to be going on merry go rounds. Pass - these are people who suck your energy and generally make you hit decline on you phone when they call. Who are you spending time with? The G's YAY! the N's and P's? Yuck, a life by default is coming. Also - bonus, are financial advisors helping you become financial free or are they becoming free on your back?

DOGE coin is up 34% today, up 1000% in the last month. What is this craziness? Or is this just smart investors? Today we talk about speculation and the printing press of money that's messing up pricing and has people chasing anything tangible and now even non-tangible like NFT's. Then, what's one to do to not get killed by this chaos?

Episode 100 Do you know what game you're playing? Or maybe you're the ball just being thrown around. Rules? Coaches? How do you win? How do you OWN the game - first figure out what game it is and then the rules and then become the Tom Brady of your game.  

How much is enough? How do you know?  Is it just a number or is it something else? There's a combination of the PEEC life formula and the number but it's not the number you're given it's the number you create.  Freedom is in the PEEC + Self Trust MAP Blueprint

The fine line of saying no even when you're super excited is the difference between success and nightmares. Today's program is about when to say no and what to do before you say yes. When you can say yes without any due diligence (hint, it's a who) The no's open space, the yeses will bury you if done wrong.  Today's episode is VERY important!

Joe B dropped the hammer today, said he wants all the rich people to pay 50% + as a cap gains tax - so it's fair. Joe, what do you know about fair, you've been sucking the government tit for 5 decades! You don't have a clue what it takes to make a business, hire people and create value other than via family corruption.  Regardless of Joe's leveling the playing field, I'm not going to quit or slow down because I have a mission to break 1,000,000 financial shackles. 

What are you studying and how do you study? Here are my rules: Surround yourself with winners and be aligned. Cut the sh*t out of any losers or whiners. Invest Real Money in your thing. Say no to virtually everything else. Put the balance in the parking lot. Care about what you give in your thing than what you get. Others first. Profit is 2nd-ary - not the focus but a side effect. Focus on Mastery - working at IT at least 10,000 hours

Got my smell back a little and realized today that I'd been carrying so much sh*t...because I could smell the piles of garbage I thought were important, all the notes from years of seminars and other junk that needs to be gone. Lightening my life feels good, what needs to be let go from yours?

The choice is to focus on the future, to be a creator of your life, picking the big over the next 3 years or being mad at the current media circus and listening to idiots like Maxine Watters. You choose, but choose wisely for your future depends on the brain food and focus you pick today.

What happens when you get Covid? I got it Monday, tested positive Tuesday and as much as it hurt and the struggle is real, wicked pain this week, the mission to Break a million Shackles is bigger than the pain so I push through and WILL NOT quit. For you.

The Federal Reserve head Bankster tried to smack down on crypto as a "speculative asset today" He didn't mention that the dollars he keeps printing are certain in their disintegration, losing 15-20% of their purchasing power every year. The criminal is exposed as the new wave of the future goes public with Coinbase going public and hitting $100B day one.  Nice. Ticker COIN

Are we better off than 50 years ago? It's worth asking, when you look at the anger, food, pollution, money destruction, congestion and move towards people going into the Matrix.  In some ways yes, but in so many fundamental ways we are declining. What can be done? Tune in for more

Great, now the US President thinks people should be able to sue any company that produces legal goods because those goods hurt people.  That's like saying we should sue Toyota because someone takes a truck, gets drunk and runs over a bunch of kids. You go after the driver not the same truck maker!  Ugh, Joe, stop encouraging victims and blaming. Be an American who will defend the constitution and freedom instead of leading us towards a banana republic pandering to the life sucking injury attorneys.

Time to develop your blueprint for the next decade because by 2031 everything you know will change because of technology. Either disrupt yourself or get disrupted, crushed and made irrelevant by automation, robotics, the blockchain and other innovation. Time to MAP it and learn before the future lands on your neck.

The US Government ie. Janet Munster Yellen just pushed $650 Billion in USD into the IMF to support countries that have been impacted by the pandemic. Um, wait, the whole earth was impacted.  What's really going on? Today I discuss the real Great Reset and how the US Government is pushing to accelerate the digital one world centralized currency and is desperately trying to remain relevant as they become obsolete with the global decentralization.