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Tune in to hear us chat about the deeply harmful impact that pushing through injuries and pain can have beyond the obvious physical element. We want to offer an alternative perspective that still allows you to be just as tough and fierce, or to reflect on your days in athletics and to wish you had done things differently (Jaida). If you have any experiences where you wish you would not have pushed through an injury, or if you will do things differently moving forward, or if you disagree, feel free to DM us @pryoritypod on Instagram, or shoot us an email at pryoritypod@gmail.com! We would love to engage with you.

All successful small business owners should know about it, explore, and consider the potential tax savings that becoming an S-Corp could bring to your business. In this episode, Ray Pryor breaks down what an S-Corp is, benefits and costs to electing this tax status, and how to turn your business entity into an S-Corp. Reach out to us on LinkedIn or Facebook to connect with a tax advisor on our team. If the S-Corp tax status isn't a good fit for your business right now, explore the tax benefits of forming an LLC by listening to our last episode and going to our website: pryorityfinance.com/llc.

LLCs are one of the most discussed but least understood topics in entrepreneurship. Getting an LLC is fairly simple. However, managing an LLC is a commitment that some business owners underestimate. In this episode, Ray Pryor breakdowns what an LLC is (and is NOT), benefits and costs to forming one, and how to get started on your own LLC. Go to pryorityfinance.com/llc to get started on forming and managing your LLC the right way.

There were some reports that the IRS is going to ramp up audits in 2021, especially for small businesses. The truth about audits is not all that the scenes from Hollywood movies or news headlines from the media make them out to be. In this episode, Ray Pryor discusses what an audit is, why you would be audited, how likely it is for you to be audited, and how Pryority Finance keep their clients out of trouble with the IRS. Every single one of Pryority Finance's tax clients in 2021 will receive 3 full years of audits protection and 1 full year of identity protection ABSOLUTELY FREE! Giving our clients peace of mind this tax season through this FREE service with every tax return is one of the many ways that we make taxes less taxing. Go to pryorityfinance.com to have your taxes filed by a professional on our team.

Did you check that $3 box on your tax return? No, this is NOT the IRS asking for an extra donation. Checking the box is the only way that taxpayers can direct their own federal tax dollars towards a cause they care about. In fact, if more taxpayers learned about the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Box and checked it on their taxes, we could transform the state of our politics and our elections. Click here to learn more about the Presidential Election Campaign Fund run by the Federal Elections Commission. Go to pryorityfinance.com to have your taxes filed by a professional on our team.

You don't need to be fluent in taxes and accounting to be a successful business owner. But for the sake of your business and its survival, you need to find a translator. Your monthly subscription to a software service that you're not even certain how to use will not cut it as your business grows. In this episode, Ray Pryor breaks down the risks of poor bookkeeping practices, as well as the rewards of finding a professional who can take the headache of taxes and accounting off of your plate. Go to pryorityfinance.com/books for a consultation with a tax strategist on our team.

Finances and taxes don’t work the same way for self-employed contractors, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and investors as they do for working professionals. Ever wonder why you never get the huge refunds that all the 9 to 5 workers seem to get? Here's two strategies you can use to make sure you don’t get stuck with a big tax bill with penalties at the end of the year. Go to pryorityfinance.com for a consultation with a tax strategist on our team.

The average tax refund last year was almost $3,000. Tax companies try to get you excited about your refund as if it’s a gift from the government, a testament to a tax preparer's skills, or a sign that you’re doing something right with your finances. All of that is a myth. Millions of taxpayers don’t know the truth about tax refunds and won't be super excited once they discover it. Go to pryorityfinance.com to have your taxes filed by a professional on our team.

Referencing the article "What We Get Wrong About Closing The Racial Wealth Gap" by Dr. William Darity, Jr. and several others, we dive into 10 myths surrounding why the Black community cannot boot strap ourselves into closing the racial wealth gap. Regardless of whether you're a numbers person or a person who needs tangible examples, this episode is for you! Tune in as we talk finances, race, inequality, who's responsible, and who's to blame.

We pose some crucial questions and make some difficult considerations this week as we approach the polarized and charged topic of whether everyone who voted for Trump in this presidential election is racist. We focus on people of color specifically as we present our thoughts and perspectives on the following questions: As a person of color, does it take a level of privilege to be able to vote in support of the collective versus your own personal interests? It surely takes a level of sacrifice, but does it take a level of privilege to commit in action to the idea that our liberation is intertwined? Or, does it just take courage based on the idea that everyone has something to lose? Tune in for a hard, but ultimately, gracious and important conversation about what happens to humanity when we write one another off without listening, first.

On this one, the title speaks for itself. Navigating betrayal in relationships is one of the most difficult tasks that we could ever face in different seasons of our lives. Tune in as we discuss the difficulty of navigating spaces such as these as well as what we've done in our own lives while navigating betrayal in relationships.

We are not licensed therapists, and none of of what we share should be taken as advice. These are our experiences and opinions, and our OPINION is that exes are always a sticky topic. Tune in as we discuss the hard parts as well as the benefits of continuing in friendship with exes even once you are in another relationship.

In this episode, we put a spin on what it means to live through "seasonal friendships." From friendships to family relationships to marriage, aren't they all seasonal in a way? Tune in as we question our own preconceived notions of seasonal relationships being negative, as opposed to a natural, and dare we say, good, part of life.

This episode holds everything from coming of age and getting to that point where your decisions have to be YOURS in order to keep growing healthily and growing in love with the people around you alllll the way to letting God be God and letting people be people! We're chatting about what it means to balance taking wise counsel with having the courage to make the decision that God has placed in your heart if they differ! Check it out!

There is always a place to acknowledge the ways that people's decisions hurt us, but there is also the realization that we do not have to choose the hurt. The truth of the matter is that many people's reactions TO us are not ABOUT us, but navigating that is the hard part. Tune in as we chat about what it means to de-center ourselves in romantic relationships, friendships, and familial relationships without dishonoring our own emotional needs.

This week we’re talking about that moneyyyy! Do you need a college degree to be the person to start the cycle of generational wealth in your family?

This week’s podcast is a discussion on the way that cultural and familial expectations can shape men's lives, identities, decisions, social interaction patters, and more, of course. Tune in for a deep dive into Ray's mindset concerning mental and emotional health and IQ, too. Let’s get into it!

This week’s podcast is a discussion on the way that cultural and familial expectations can shape women's lives, identities, decisions, hair decisions, and more, of course. In short, we’re talking about why women should chart their own paths instead of allowing other people to dictate what may or may not be for them. In short, we're doing a deep dive into the phenomenon which some may call "Pick Me" Twitter. If you don’t know what that is then you definitely gotta tune in to our upcoming episode. Let’s get into it!

With our friend and special guest, Brotha Charles from The Hopefull Romantics Podcast, we got into REAL TALK concerning how we have navigated setting boundaries with our families, our partners, and especially with ourselves as a means to prevent bitterness and resentment from entering our relationships. What you have to fight to get, you'll have to fight to keep, and this episode is about fighting effectively and in a manner of love.

This a raw, vulnerable, uncut engagement with the topic of self-doubt as a journey that we are currently walking through. We are not painting ourselves as having already "won" this battle. It is current, but we are doing what we need to do to heal and grow as we walk through it. Tune in to hear our honest reflections and experiences regarding navigating self doubt from secondary education to higher education to graduate school to athletics and beyond. Let's grow together.

Tune in to hear us talk about the ups and downs of college life, our specific experiences at Duke, and our take on whether or not we'd do it all over again if given the opportunity... You won't want to miss these raw + hilarious stories and commentary from the "best" four years of our lives!

Wondering how you can become a stronger, more effective communicator? Listen in for the four-steps that help us manage our expectations for ourselves and each other, as well as smoothing out our communication in the process, without either one of us managing to get angry with the other in the process. We are not licensed therapists, so take from it what you will, but this is what we do, and it WORKS -- in life, in love, in business, and more!

Because that's our choice! Navigating the pressures to look like you have it all together and actually having it all together can be the same, but they can also be different. In this episode, we dig into themes surrounding the culture of individualism in America and how that has impacted us, especially since we are married, as well as what it looks to like to truly love people well. Ultimately, this is our take on how doing what's best for you right now even if that does not include flexing for Instagram can be difficult but oh so worth it!

We chat about our financial "entanglements" and how we transition through them by communicating honestly, openly, and therefore, effectively. We are still growing and learning, but this is an outline (with some very important details) of how we navigated our ups and downs in this specific area of our relationship. This is us "bringing ourselves to the table." Accountability, boundaries, and the Lord Himself have kept us. Tune in.

Episode 1 lays out the details (even the hard ones) of how Ray and Jaida met, the timing of their relationship in the context of their development as individuals, and there is even mention of a rap battle. This episode is a fun and light-hearted transition into the next episode which dives into the differences that Ray and Jaida have peeped between their dating relationship and their (very new) marital relationship in terms of their financial dynamic. Tune in for the tea.

Episode 0. Y'all Know What This Is. The Introduction. We give a little background into who we are and the perspectives from which we come, but we spend most of the time outlining why we started the podcast, and why you would ever want to listen to us talk for up to thirty minutes. Thank you for tuning in, and we are excited to grow with our #PryorityPod community.