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Interview with Steve Leininger, Designer of the TRS-80- Model I Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics  Arcade Shopper   0                                 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 13 sec              Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 42 sec              Intro 9 min 03 sec             bumper - Peter Bartlett  9 min 11 sec              New Acquisitions 17 min 11 sec             bumper - Ian Mavric  17 min 19 sec            Upcoming Computer Shows 21 min 53 sec            bumper - Myles Wakeham 21 min 58 sec            Meet the Listeners 28 min 37 sec            Interview with Steve Leininger 1 hr 20 min 29 sec    Closing This particular episode has a special meaning for me, personally.  You see, as I've mentioned on earlier episodes, the TRS-80 Model I from Tandy/Radio Shack was my first home computer (even though my first programmable device was a TI58C calculator).  I recall the joy and wonder of playing with the machine (it wasn't called the Model I at that time; just the TRS-80; as it was the first of the line) in the local Radio Shack store in 1977 and 1978 and the incredible rush of owning one in 1979; after my wife purchased a Level I BASIC machine for me as a gift for college graduation.  That machine only had 4K of RAM and 4K of ROM (Tiny BASIC), as it was the entry-level machine, but it was a thing of beauty.  I felt like I could do anything with that machine, even though my justification to the wife was that we could track our checkbook and recipes on it.  I think she knew better, but went along with it anyway.  The computer came with everything you needed, including a tape drive and black-and-white monitor, which was good for a poor recent college graduate.  I quickly, as finances allowed with my new engineering job, upgraded the computer to 16K of RAM and Level II BASIC (a powerful Microsoft 12K ROM BASIC) and enjoyed the machine immensely, even using it in my job supporting the build-out of a new nuclear power plant back in those days. I eventually sold off the Model I, in favor of a computer that had color graphics and sound (the Atari 800), but have always continued to have a huge soft spot for that first computer. When I started the Floppy Days Podcast, one of the people that has always been on my bucket list to interview has been Steve Leininger, who, along with Don French while at Radio Shack designed the TRS-80 Model I, among other things.  A few years back, I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Steve for the Trash Talk Podcast, when I was co-hosting that show, but an ill-timed trip to the hospital for my son meant that I was not able to participate.  While my son's health is of paramount importance, of course, I always wanted to get another chance to talk with Steve.  Not only was Steve the designer of one of my favorite home computers of all time, but he also was a fellow Purdue University Boilermaker, who graduated just a year before I started there.  The thought that I could have met Steve on campus if I'd been there just a year earlier was very intriguing to me, and fueled my desire to talk with Steve even more. In the last episode (#141 with Paul Terrell) I talked about VCF Southeast in Atlanta in July of 2024.  After I had made plans to attend that show, I was flabbergasted to find out that Earl Baugh, one of the show organizers, had somehow managed to contact Steve and get him to come to the show!  I have to thank Earl for the work he did to make that happen.  Here was my opportunity to certainly meet Steve, and perhaps even talk with him!  I prepped some questions, just in case I was able to get an interview. While at the show, I met Steve and asked him if he would be willing to do a short interview for Floppy Days while at the show.  Amazingly, he was very kind and agreed to do that.  We found a quiet room and I was able to talk with Steve for almost an hour.  This show contains that interview. Another note on this: as you'll hear in the interview, the connection to Steve is even stronger than I realized!  He not only went to my alma mater, but also grew up in some of the same towns that myself and my wife did.  We personally peripherally know some of his relatives.  Things like this really do make you think the world is small! One other, final, note: This interview even ties into the recent and continuing interviews I've been publishing with Paul Terrell.  As you'll hear in upcoming episodes with Paul, and in this interview with Steve, Steve actually worked at the Byte Shop before getting the first job with Tandy, and in fact his work at the Byte Shop directly led to him getting hired by Tandy to design the Model I. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I enjoyed getting it.  I am overjoyed I finally got the chance to talk to one of my vintage computer heroes, Steve Leininger! 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I really appreciate your time today, Steve.  Steve Leininger: Thank you for having me, Randy.  Randy Kindig: So let's start out maybe just by talking about where You live today, and what you do? Steve Leininger: I live in Woodland Park, Colorado, which is 8, 500 feet, right out in front of we got Pike's Peak out our front window. Randy Kindig: Oh. Oh, that's nice.  Steve Leininger: Yeah we get snow up through about June, and then it starts again about September. But it's not as much snow as you would imagine.  Randy Kindig: I've got property in Montana, and I lived out there for a couple of years,  Steve Leininger: so there you go.  Randy Kindig: We probably got more snow up there.  Steve Leininger: Hey, you asked what I did.  I'm involved with Boy Scouts, a maker space with a church based ministry firewood ministry, actually. Some people call it a fire bank. So we provide firewood to people who can't afford that.  Randy Kindig: Oh.  Steve Leininger: So it's like a food bank, but with fire, firewood.  Randy Kindig: I've never heard of that. Steve Leininger: We source the firewood. We cut it down and we split it. Lots of volunteers involved; pretty big project.  Randy Kindig: Yeah. Okay, cool. I also wanted to mention, I'm a fellow Boilermaker.  Steve Leininger: There you go.  Randy Kindig: I know you went to Purdue, right?  Steve Leininger: I did go to Purdue.  Randy Kindig: Did you ever get back there?  Steve Leininger: Yeah, and in fact they've got a couple learning spaces named after us. Randy Kindig: Oh, okay.  Steve Leininger: We've been donating to our respective alma maters. My wife went to IU.  Randy Kindig: Oh, is that right? Oh my.  Steve Leininger: Yeah, oh my and me. Yeah, the fact that the family who's all IU, their family tolerated me was, quite a remarkable thing.  Randy Kindig: Okay.  I find it interesting because I think you graduated in 76, is that right? Steve Leininger: 74.  Randy Kindig: Oh, 74.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. Yeah. I was there from … Randy Kindig: Oh yeah, you actually were gone before I started.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. So I was there from 70 to 73. 70 to 70 four. When I graduated in four years, I got both my bachelor's and master's degree by going through the summer. I managed to pass out of the first year classes because of some of the high school stuff yeah.  Randy Kindig: Okay. I started in 75, so I guess we just missed each other.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. Yeah. You're the new kids coming in.  Randy Kindig: Yeah. . So I, I found that interesting and I wanted to say that. Do you keep up with their sports program or anything like that? Steve Leininger: Yeah, they play a pretty good game of basketball in fact, I ribbed my wife about it because she was from the earlier days, the Bobby Knight days at IU that were phenomenal.  Randy Kindig: Yeah, exactly. For those of you listening, I'm talking with Steve Leininger, who was the primary developer, if not the developer, of the TRS 80 Model I.. Steve Leininger: I did all the hardware and software for it. I'll give Don French credit for sticking to it and getting a project started. And for refining, refining our product definition a little bit to where it was better than it would have been if I would have stopped early.  Randy Kindig: Okay. And I have talked with Don before. I've interviewed him on the podcast, and I met him at Tandy Assembly. But I'm just curious, when you were hired into Tandy and you were told what you were going to do; exactly what were you told?  Steve Leininger: They had a 16 bit microprocessor board that another consultant had developed. And they were trying to make a personal computer out of this. It was the Pace microprocessor, which was not a spectacular success for National, but it was one of the first 16 bit processors. But they had basically an initial prototype, might have been even the second level of the thing. No real documentation, no software, ran on three different voltages and didn't have input or output. Other than that, it was fine. I was brought in because I was one of the product one of the engineers for the development boards, the development board series for the SCAMP, the S C M P, the National Semiconductor had a very low cost microprocessor that at one point in time, I benchmarked against the 8080 with positive benchmarks and ours was faster on the benchmarks I put together, but as I was later told there's lies, damn lies, and benchmarks. But so they said take a look at using that, their low cost microprocessor that you were working with. And it really wasn't the right answer for the job. Let's see, the Altair was already out. Okay. That was the first real personal computer. The Apple, the Apple 1 was out. Okay. But it was not a consumer computer. Okay. They, it was just, it was like a cookie sheet of parts, which was very similar to what was used in the Atari games at the commercial games. Okay. pong and that kind of stuff at that time. And I had been working, after Purdue, I went to National Semiconductor. There's a long story behind all that. But in the process, some of us engineers would go up to the Homebrew Computer Club that met monthly up at the Stanford Linear Accelerator. We're talking Wilbur and Orville Wright kinds of things going on. Yeah. Everyone who was in the pioneering version of computing had at one time been to that meeting. Randy Kindig: It's very famous. Yeah.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. And Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were basically a couple guys working out of their garage at the time. I was still working at National Semiconductor, but I also had a Moonlight job at Byte Shop number 2. The second computer store in all of California. Randy Kindig: And So you worked with Paul Terrell. Steve Leininger: I actually worked with one of, yeah, Paul, I actually worked for Paul's I don't know if it was a partner, Todd, I don't even remember the guy's name. But I just, it was.  Randy Kindig: I was curious because I'm talking to Paul right now and getting interviews. Steve Leininger: Yeah. I, I'm sure we met, but it wasn't anything horribly formal. Since it was the number two shop, it still wasn't the number one shop, which Paul worked out of. And so we had an Apple 1 there. I actually got the job because I when I When I went in there, they were trying to troubleshoot something with what looked like an oscilloscope that they pulled out of a tank, and so it had, audio level kind of bandwidth, but could not do a digital circuit. And I said what you really need is a, I told him, a good tectonic scope or something like that. He said do you want a job here? I ended up moonlighting there, which was, as fortune would have it, was a good deal when the folks from Radio Shack came down to visit. Because when they came down to visit the sales guy wasn't there. We'll let the engineer talk to them, they almost never let the engineers talk to them.  Randy Kindig: So you had to talk with them.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. It was John Roach, Don French, and it was probably Jack Sellers, okay and Don was probably the; he was the most on top of stuff electronically because he was a hobbyist of sorts. The other two guys: Mr. Sellers ran the engineering group. John Roach was the VP of manufacturing. And they were basically on a parts visit. They do it once a year, once, twice a year. And they also did it with Motorola and a couple other places. But I told him about this microprocessor and that I was writing a tiny BASIC for it. Okay. Tiny BASIC was a interpreted basic that a guy named Li-Chen Wang actually had the first thing in Dr. Dobbs, Dr. Dobbs magazine. We're talking about, we're talking about things that you don't realize are the shoulders of giants that turned out to be the shoulders of giants. And in fact, we reached out to Mr. Wang as we were working on it. We thought we had the software already taken care of because I'm jumping ahead in the story, but we were going to have Bob Uterich, and you'd have to chase that back. We had him signed up to write a BASIC interpreter for us, but because he'd already done one for the 6800, and it was included in Interface Age magazine. on a plastic record. You remember the old plastic records you could put in a magazine?  Randy Kindig: Yeah, I did see that.  Steve Leininger: Yeah, so this was called a floppy ROM when they did it. Yeah. So if you had the right software and everything you could download the software off of the floppy ROM and run it on 6800. I think he used the Southwest Technical Products thing. And so we'd signed him up to do the BASIC. This was independent of the hardware design I was doing. And he went into radio silence on us; couldn't find him. And so we get to, in parallel, I was using the Li-Chen Wang plan to do at least a demo version of BASIC that would run on the original computer. And when the demo went successfully on Groundhog Day in 1977. This is the time frame we're talking about. I I started work on July 5th, the year before it. With Tandy? Yeah. Okay. We rolled into town on the 3rd, and of course they're closed for the 4th. And on the 5th I started, and there was the wandering around in the desert at the beginning of that, and Don's probably talked about how I was moved from there to their audio factory and then to the old saddle factory. Tandy used to be primarily a leather company before they bought Radio Shack in 1966 or something like that. And anyway, when the software didn't come out, I ended up writing the software, too. So I designed all the hardware and all the software. I didn't do the power supply. Chris Klein did the power supply. And, a little bit of the analog video circuitry, but it was very little part of that. Because we were just making a video signal. I did all the digital stuff on that. Yeah.  Randy Kindig: So the software ended up being what was the level one ROM, right?  Steve Leininger: Yeah, the level one ROM started out as the Li-Chen Wang BASIC. But he had no I. O. in his software, so I was doing the keyboard scanning. I had to do the cassette record and playback. Had to implement data read and data write Peek and poke, which is pretty simple. Put in the graphic statements. Yeah, oh, and floating point. Now, floating point, luckily, Zilog had a library for that, but I had to basically, this was before APIs were a big deal, so I basically had to use their interface, To what I had written and had to allocate storage, correct? We're talking about 4K bytes of ROM. I know, yeah. Very tiny, and to put all the I. O. in there, and to make it so that you could be updating the screen, when you're doing the cassette I put two asterisks up there and blinked the second one on and off, you remember that?  Randy Kindig: Oh yeah. Steve Leininger: Sort of as a level set.  Randy Kindig: Yeah.  Steve Leininger: And someone said, oh, you should have patented that thing. And actually I have seven or eight patents, U. S. patents, on different parts of the computer architecture.  Randy Kindig: Oh, do you?  Steve Leininger: But not the blinking asterisk, which is probably a patentable feature.  Randy Kindig: Yeah, I wish I'd had that on other machines, that I ended up having. So that would have been nice, yeah. I liken what you've done with what Steve Wozniak did, for the Apple II. You're somebody I've always wanted to talk to because I felt like you were one of the important pioneers in their early years. What do you have to say about that? Do you feel like what you did was ... Steve Leininger: in retrospect, yes. And I have a greater appreciation for people like the Wright Brothers. If you think about the Wright Brothers they took all their stuff from their Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop down to Kill Devil Hills. We now know it as Kitty Hawk. But they would take the stuff down there by train, and then they would have to put it in horse driven wagons. Think about that. And people would ask them, what are you going to use the airplane for? It's what are you going to use a home computer for? Yeah, to maintain recipes and to play games.  Randy Kindig: Do your checkbook.  Steve Leininger: Do your check, home security. There's a whole lot of stuff that we talked about. And other giants entered the field: Multiplan, which became Lotus 1 2 3, which became Excel. Not the same company, but the idea, could you live without a spreadsheet today? Very difficult for some things, right?  Randy Kindig: Yeah. Yeah, it's ubiquitous.  People use it for everything. Yeah. Yeah. So you've been, I talked with David and Teresa Walsh. Or Welsh, I'm sorry, Welsh. Where they did the book Priming the Pump. Steve Leininger: That's very that's pretty close to the real thing.  Randy Kindig: Is it? Okay. They named their book after what you did and said; that you primed the pump for home computers. Can you expand on that and tell us exactly what you meant by that?  Steve Leininger: It again goes back to that shoulders of giants thing, and I forget who said that; it's actually a very old quote, I can see further because I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. And I think the thing that we brought to the table and Independently, Commodore and Apple did the same thing in 1977. There were three computers that came out inexpensive enough that you could use them in the home. They all came with ROM loaded BASIC. You didn't have to load anything else in. They all came with a video output. Some had displays. Some Commodore's was built in. One of ours was a Clip on and you had to go find one for the apple. For the Apple, yeah. Apple had a superior case. Apple and Radio Shack both had great keyboards. Randy Kindig: apple was expandable, with its... Steve Leininger: yeah, Apple Apple was internally expandable, yeah. And, but it cost $1,000. Without the cassette. Without the monitor. It wasn't the same type of device.  Randy Kindig: I was a college student. And, I looked at all three options. It was like the TRS-80; there are Radio Shacks everywhere.  You could go in and play with one; which was nice. And they were inexpensive enough that I could actually afford one. Steve Leininger: And, Radio Shack can't duck the, if you did something wrong, you had to fix it.  Randy Kindig: That's right. Let's see here. So initially the idea was to have a kit computer by Tandy? Steve Leininger: Yeah. I'm not sure whose idea that was. It made some kind of sense. Because that's the way the Altair was, and Radio Shack did sell a number of kits, but in the process of still kicking that around, saying it could be a possibility. I was one of the ones that said it could be a possibility. Within the same group that I did the design work from, they also would take kits in that people had built and troubleshoot the things if they didn't work. We had a couple engineers that would see if you connected something wrong or something.  If you didn't, sometimes it was a matter that the instructions weren't clear. If you tell someone to put an LED in, yeah. You specifically have to tell them which way to put it in. And might be an opportunity to tweak your timing. Yeah. Anyway, we get this clock in, and it was a digital clock. Seven segment LEDs probably cost 50 bucks or more. Which is crazy. But It says, put all the components in the board, turn the board over, and solder everything to the board. And, pretty simple instructions. This had a sheet of solder over the entire bottom of the board. Someone figured out how to put two pounds of solder on the back of this thing. And, as we all got a great chuckle out of that, You realize, oh, you don't want to have to deal with a computer like this. You really don't. And Lou Kornfeld, who was the president at the time, didn't really want the computer. But he said, it's not going to be a kit. All right. That, that, that took care of that. great idea. Great idea.  Randy Kindig: Were there any other times when you thought the computer might, or were there any times, when you thought the computer might not come to fruition? Any snags that you had that made you think that maybe this isn't going to work?  Steve Leininger: Not really. I was young and pretty well undaunted. Randy Kindig: Pretty sure you could,  Steve Leininger: yeah I, it wasn't any, it wasn't any different than building one at home. I'd been building kits since, night kits, heath kits, that kind of stuff, since I was a kid. And home brewed a couple things, including a hot dog cooker made from two nails and a couple wires that plugged into the wall. Don't try that at home.  Randy Kindig: No kidding.  Steve Leininger: But, it's funny if you If you look it up on, if you look that kind of project up on the internet, you can still find a project like that. It's like what's it called? Anvil tossing, where you put gunpowder under an anvil, shoot it up in the air. What could possibly go wrong? Don't,  Randy Kindig: It's very well documented in books like Priming the Pump, Stan Veit's book, which I assume you're familiar with, and Fire in the Valley, what your involvement was with the Model 1. But there was some mention of your involvement with the Expansion Interface and other TRS 80 projects. What else did you work on while you were there?  Steve Leininger: The Color Computer, the Expansion Interface. The model three to a little.  Randy Kindig: Okay.  Steve Leininger: Little bit. The model two was the big one. And point I just got tired of the management there.  Randy Kindig: Did you? Okay.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. I my mind was going faster than theirs, and they made the conscious decision to do whatever IBM has done, but do it cheaper. That, to me, that's not a. Didn't say less expensively either, so the whole thing just troubled me that, we're not going to be able to do anything new unless IBM has done it. And at about the same time the Macintosh came out and a superb piece of work. Yeah.  Randy Kindig: Okay. So what education training and previous work experience did you have at the time you got hired by Tandy that made you uniquely qualified for that project that they were looking for?  Steve Leininger: I'd been playing around with electronics since I was in the third grade. Actually, electricity.  Randy Kindig: The third grade, wow.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. My, my mom got me a kit that had light bulbs and bells and buzzers and wire from, I think it might have been the Metropolitan Museum. They had a kit. They, they've got a, they still today have an online presence. It, of course the materials have changed, but the kit had all these parts and it had no instructions. And I don't know if that was by design or it didn't have instructions, so I had to learn how to hook up wires and light bulbs and bells and switches to make it do things. And, in the process, I found out that if you put a wire right across the battery terminals, it gets hot. And, interesting stuff to know. Pretty soon, I was taking this stuff in to show and tell in the third grade. Look, and I was very early in electronics. It's electricity. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then my mom would take me to the library. She was quite a voracious reader, and I'd go to the library. technical section specifically the Dewey Decimal 621, which was electronics and things like that. Randy Kindig: you still remember that.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. And in the 590 series, there's some good stuff too. And I would usually take out a stack of books, even though I was a horrible reader because I'm dyslexic and ADD. So I have an attention span and reading problem. But the technical stuff I was reading about pipeline architecture processors while I was still in junior high. And not that was important to where I ended up, but it was important because I understood the words and data flow, and stuff like that. And between that and building the kits and things like that, I When we moved to Indianapolis, my dad moved jobs down to Indianapolis. Randy Kindig: Oh, you lived in Indianapolis?  Steve Leininger: Yeah. So I moved from South Bend down to Indianapolis. So I probably passed your house as . Actually we came down through Kokomo, but but yeah.  Randy Kindig: I actually grew up in that part of the state. Just south of South Bend.  Steve Leininger: Okay. So yeah La Paz, Plymouth,  Randy Kindig: yeah, Warsaw, Rochester.  Steve Leininger: Yeah, I was born in Rochester.  Randy Kindig: Oh, okay. So that's where I grew up in that area.  Steve Leininger: Okay, there you go. My dad's from Akron.  Randy Kindig: Are you serious?  Steve Leininger: I am serious.  Randy Kindig: Akron's where my wife grew up. And I was just 10 miles from there.  Steve Leininger: The general store there, Dan Leininger and Sons, that's my great grandfather. Randy Kindig: Really?  Steve Leininger: Yeah.  Randy Kindig: I'll be darned. Okay. Okay.  Steve Leininger: So now it all makes sense.  Randy Kindig: That's amazing.  Steve Leininger: Anyway, we started a garage band. This is before Apple's garage band. And I made my own amplifier. It basically had the sun sun amplifiers back end on the thing and a Fender Showman front end on it. Completely home brewed really loud amplifier. And I had a friend who had a guitar amplifier that was broken, and he had taken it down to the music store there. And after six weeks of not getting it back, they said we've had trouble with our technician and all that. I asked if I could go down and look at it, and in 15 minutes I had his amplifier fixed. And they said, do you want tom so you want a job? All right. Yeah, because I'd been doing, I'd had a paper route before and I don't think I was doing anything since we'd moved and ao I started working in a music store and they ended up with two music stores and then an organ store next door and I started repairing that kind of stuff. And this was the end of my first year in college. Went to the extension in Indianapolis.  Randy Kindig: Oh, okay. And Was that I U P U I?  Steve Leininger: IUPUI, yeah. Yeah. I, yeah, I U P U I.  Randy Kindig: Huh. I went there as well.  Steve Leininger: Yeah and learned Fortran there, got all my first year classes out, and then moved on up to the campus. And because we'd always go to the library, and because my mom would often take me to the library, the newsstand not too far from the library, and she'd get a couple magazines, but she let me get an electronic magazine. And, I didn't understand these things, pretty soon you start understanding the pic, you start understanding it. This is a resistor, I built a little shocker box based on a design in probably elementary electronics. And It's like a handheld electric fence.  Randy Kindig: Oh, wow.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. Think hot dog cooker. Anyway, so I learned some electronics that way. A lot of that was self taught. I learned quite a bit more by working in the music store, again, this was before I was taught any formal electronics. And actually when I moved up to campus on Purdue, I thought I was going to be a world class guitar amplifier designer. That's where I thought. And it turns out my analog gut feelings aren't, weren't as good as other people's. Paul Schreiber does a much better job with electronics, with analog electronics than I do. But digital electronics, I understood this stuff. I would hang out in the library and I'd read the trade magazines. So I was up to date on, I was way more up to date than a typical professor would be on current electronics. And in 1973, which was the end of my junior year, Electronics Magazine had an article on the Intel 8008. And I said, Oh, I understand this. See, I'd already been taking assembly language. Now they didn't teach assembly language programming in the electronics school. They had Fortran, but there was no way to get from Fortran to ..they weren't teaching programming languages. I had to go to the business school where I learned assembly language on the school's CDC 6600 mainframe.  Randy Kindig: Really?  Steve Leininger: Yeah.  Randy Kindig: Through the business school?  Steve Leininger: Yeah. And for those of you who have never tried assembly language programming, it looks like a foreign language until you just internalize it in your brain: there's ADD, A D and A D C for ADD with carry, and there's a whole bunch of different things. There's different ways to move data around, but you're only doing a few really basic things, and if you do it fast enough, it looks like it's instantaneous. That's the way even your phone works today. It's because you're doing it fast enough. It fools you.  Randy Kindig: Yep. Wow. Do you ever look back at these days, at those days, with amazement? As far as how far the industry has come?  Steve Leininger: Oh yeah. And, it's funny because you wouldn't, you couldn't probably, but you wouldn't start over again. I had to learn, I had to learn digital video. Actually the giant that I, whose shoulders I stood on there was the late Don Lancaster. He had a book called TV Typewriter Cookbook. And actually that came out a little bit later, but he had a TV typewriter series in Radio Electronics Magazine. And basically alphanumeric display. If you think about it, just the glass teletype, the keyboard display and a serial interface at the time that the RadioShack computer came out was selling for 999. Another 400 on top of what we were selling the whole computer for. Because we had a microprocessor in there. We didn't have a whole lot of options. We didn't have a whole lot of fluff. In fact Motorola said, send this to your schematics and your parts list and let's see if we can minimize your circuit. And after two weeks they sent it back. He said, you did a pretty good job here. . .  Randy Kindig: Okay. Huh. You still stay in touch with people at Tandy?  Steve Leininger: A few of them. It's actually been more lately. Because it's almost more interesting now. It's like the, I don't know whatever happened to Atwater and Kent, of the Atwater Kent radio. But, that's an old school radio that now you've got people that rebuild them and got them all polished up and all this kind of stuff. But for a while they ended up in the dump. I'm sure, there are some trash 80s that ended up in the trash.  Randy Kindig: I'm sure.  Steve Leininger: Yeah but I've gotten rid of lots of PCs that don't meet my needs anymore, right? Randy Kindig: Sure. Yeah, we all have, somewhere along the way. It seemed like you were really quiet there for a long time and that you were difficult to get in contact with. Steve Leininger: I wasn't really that difficult. I didn't maintain a social media presence on the thing, but things that I had my own consulting company for quite a while. I actually came back to Radio Shack two more times after I left. One was to come back as a technologist there. The politics still didn't work out well. Then I came back as a contractor to help them with some of their online things. I actually had a website called Steve's Workbench. Steve Leininger: And you can find it on the Internet Archive. The Wayback Machine. And it had some basic stamp projects. And we were going to do all sorts of other things. But I managed to upset the people at RadioShack. com. They didn't have a big sense of humor about someone being critical about the products that they'd selected. And I, I did a... I was going to start doing product reviews on the kits, how easy it was to solder, whether it was a good value for the money and all that kind of stuff. And I gave a pretty honest review on it. And Radio Shack didn't appreciate the power of an honest review. It's what makes Amazon what it is, right? You go in there and if there's something that's got just two stars on the reviews, Yeah, you really got to know what you're doing if you're going to buy the thing, right? And if you see something that's got a bunch of one star and a bunch of five star reviews Yeah, someone's probably aalting the reference at the top end. And so I mean they had such a fit that when they changed platforms For RadioShack. com, they didn't take Steve's Workbench with it And I basically lost that position. Radio Shack should own the makerspace business right now. They at one time, one time I suggested, you ought to take a look at buying Digikey or maybe Mouser. Mouser was right down the street from us. They already had their hands into Allied, but these other two were doing stuff, more consumer oriented, but they didn't. They were making, they were flush with money from selling cell phone contracts. And they thought that was the way of the future until the cell phone companies started reeling that back in. At a certain point, you don't want to be paying your 5 percent or 10 percent royalty to Radio Shack for just signing someone up.  Randy Kindig: Yeah. Okay. I didn't realize you had ever gone back and worked for them again.  Steve Leininger: Yeah, twice,  Randy Kindig: and so I'm curious, did you meet any other famous figures in the microcomputer revolution while you were working at Tandy?  Steve Leininger: At Tandy, let's see.  Randy Kindig: I'm just curious.  Steve Leininger: Yeah, Bill Gates, of course. I went out when we were working on level two BASIC. And Bill Gates I think was probably a hundred- thousand- aire at that time. And, working in a, thhey had a floor in a bank building in Seattle. He took me to the basement of his dad's law firm, and we had drinks there, and I went out to his house on the lake. This was not the big house. I've never been there. It was a big house on the lake, but it wasn't the one That he built later on. So I knew him early on run across Forest Mims a couple times. And of course, he's the shoulders upon which a lot of electronic talent was built and some of the stuff is lost. Jameco is actually bringing him back as a… Jameco is a kinda like a Radio Shack store online. It's yeah it is, it's not as robust as DigiKey or Bower, but they've held their roots.  Someone I've not met Lady Ada from Adafruit would be fun.  Randy Kindig: Yeah. Would, yeah.  Steve Leininger: I, that, that's another thing that, if we had something along those lines, that would have been cool, but the buyers weren't up, up to the task and they when you don't want criticism at a certain point you've got to quit doing things if you don't want to be criticized.  Randy Kindig: Sure. When you finally got the Model 1 rolled out and you saw the tremendous interest, were you surprised in the interest that it garnered?  Steve Leininger: I wasn't. I wasn't. In fact, there's a quote of me. Me and John Roach had a discussion on how many of these do you think we could sell? And, this is actually quoted in his obituary on the, in the Wall Street Journal. I, Mr. Tandy said you could build 3, 500 of these because we've got 3, 500 stores and we can use them in the inventory. And to take inventory. And John Roach thought maybe we could sell, up to 5, 000 of these things in the first year. And I said, oh no, I think we could sell 50, 000. To which he said, horseshit. Just like that. And that, now I quoted that to the Wall Street Journal, and they put that in his obituary. Yeah I don't know how many times that word shows up in the Wall Street Journal, but if you search their files you'll find that it was me quoting John Roach. So … Randy Kindig: I'll have to, I'll have to look for that, yeah, that's funny. So you were not surprised by the interest,  Steve Leininger: no, it, part of it was I knew the leverage of the stores I'd been working, when we introduced the thing I'd been working for the company for just over a year. Think about that. And it wasn't until just before probably, it was probably September or October when Don and I agreed on the specs. I'd keep writing it up, and he'd look at it. Don actually suggested that, demanded, he doesn't, in a, but in a good natured way, he made a good case for it, that I have, in addition to the cassette interface on there, that I have a way to read and write data. Because if you're going to do an accounting program, you got to be able to read and write data. I actually figured out a way to do that. There were a couple other things. John Roach really wanted blinking lights on the thing. And my mechanical, the mechanical designer, there said that's going to cost more money to put the LEDs in there. What are you going to do with them? And, Mr. Roach was, you know, familiar with the IBM probably the 360 by then? Anyway. The mainframes. Yeah, mainframes always had blinking lights on them.  Randy Kindig: Exactly.  Steve Leininger: And since it's a computer, it should have blinking lights. And Larry said, Larry the mechanical guy said what are you going to do with them? I said, I can't, I said I could put stuff up there, It's… Randy Kindig: What are they going to indicate?  Steve Leininger: Yeah. And then, he said, I'll tell you what, I'm going to make the case without holes for the lights and just don't worry about it. That was the end of the discussion. Mr. Roach was probably a little disappointed, but yeah, no one else had them,  Randy Kindig: it's funny to think that you'd have blinking lights on a microcomputer like that. Yeah. Yeah. Is there any aspect of the Model one development you would do differently if you were doing it today?  Steve Leininger: Yeah, I would, I would've put the eighth memory chip in with the, with the video display so you get upper and lower case. Randy Kindig: Yeah, there you go. Okay.  Steve Leininger: Might've put buffers to the outside world. We had the, the microprocessor was buffered, but it was, it was very short distance off the connector there. Otherwise, there's not a whole lot I would have changed. Software could have been written a little better, but when one person's writing all the software the development system that I had was a Zilog development system. And 30 character percent a second. Decorator, line printer. The fact that I got it done is actually miracle stuff.  Randy Kindig: Yeah, and you got it done in a year, right?  Steve Leininger: And it was all written in assembly language. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Got it all done in a year.  Randy Kindig: That's a good year's work. Steve Leininger: It is.  Randy Kindig: Building a computer from scratch, basically, and then getting it...  Steve Leininger: and back then we had to program EEPROMs. We didn't have flash memory. Okay. Didn't hardly have operating systems back then. Not that I was using one. There was something in the Zilog thing, but yeah we were so far ahead of things, we were developing a product rather than a computer. And maybe that's the whole difference is that we had a product that you pull it up, plug it in, and it says these are TRS 80 and it wasn't the Model 1 until the Model 2 came out.  Randy Kindig: Yeah, exactly. It was just the TRS 80. Yeah. So I have to know, do you have any of the old hardware? Steve Leininger: I've got a Model 1. I don't use it except for demonstrations now. I actually have two. I've got one that works and one that's probably got a broken keyboard connector from taking it out of the case and holding it up too many times.  Randy Kindig: Were these prototypes or anything?  Steve Leininger: They are non serial production units. I've got the, I've got a prototype ROM board that's got the original integer basic that I wrote. I don't have the video boards and all that kind of stuff that went with it when we did the original demonstration. Let's see we had four wire wrapped, completely wire wrapped industrial wire wrapped versions that we used for prototyping the software. One went to David Lein, who wrote the book that came with the thing, the basic book. One I had at my desk and there were two others. Yeah. And they got rid of all of those. So a cautionary tale is if you do something in the future where you've got that prototype that was put together in Tupperware containers or held together with duct tape, you need to at least take pictures of it. And you might want to keep one aside. If it turns out to be something like the Apple III, you can probably get rid of all that stuff. If it turns out to be something like the Apple II, The RadioShack computer, the Commodore PET, you really ought to, enshrine that. The original iPhone. Apple did stuff that was, what was it, can't remember what it was. They had a they had a thing not unlike the... 3Com ended up getting them. Anyway the hand of the PDAs, no one knows what a Personal Oh, digital assistant. Yeah. Yeah. We call that a, we call that a phone ...  Randy Kindig: Palm Pilot. Yeah.  Steve Leininger: Yeah. Palm Pilot. That's the one. Yeah. I've got a couple of those. I've got three model 100's. I've got one of the early… Randy Kindig: Did you work on the 100s? Steve Leininger: I used it, but I didn't work on it. The design. No. Okay. That was an NEC product with Radio Shack skins on it.  Randy Kindig: Oh, that's right. That's right.  Steve Leininger: Kay Nishi was the big mover on that. Yeah. Let's see I've got an Altair and an ASR 33 Teletype. Yeah, we're talking about maybe the computer's grandfather, right? I've had a whole bunch of other stuff. I've probably had 40 other computers that I don't have anymore. I am gravitating towards mechanical music devices, big music boxes, that kind of stuff.  Randy Kindig: Oh, okay. Cool. Interesting. Steve, that's all the questions I had prepared. Steve Leininger: Okay.  Randy Kindig: Is there anything I should have asked about that?  Steve Leininger: Oh my,  Randy Kindig: anything you'd want to say?  Steve Leininger: Yeah, I, I've given talks before on how do you innovate? How do you become, this is pioneering kinds of stuff. So you really have to have that vision, man. The vision, I can't exactly say where the vision comes from, but being dyslexic for me has been a gift. Okay and this is something I tell grade school and middle school students that, some people are out there saying I, I can't do that because, it's just too much stuff or my brain is cluttered. Cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what's an empty desk the sign of? Embrace the clutter. Learn a lot of different things. Do what you're passionate about. Be willing to. support your arguments, don't just get angry if someone doesn't think the way you do, explain why you're doing it that way. And sometimes it's a matter of they just don't like it or they don't have the vision. The ones that don't have the vision, they never, they may never have the vision. I've quit companies because of people like that. But When you've got the vision and can take it off in your direction, it could just end up as being art. And I shouldn't say just art, art can be an amazing thing. And that behind these walls here, we've got a pinball machine and gaming conference going on. And it is nutcase. But is there stuff out there you look at and say, Oh, wow. Yeah. And I do too. Keep it a while going. Randy Kindig: Very cool. All right. That's a great stopping point, I think. All right. I really appreciate it, Steve taking the time to talk with us today.  Steve Leininger: Thanks, Randy.  

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE with Host & Transformational Success Coach Lori Anne Casdia chats with Myles Wakeham a contrarian getting extraordinary results. Pay attention to the sage advise he delivers.Myles Wakeham is an expat Australian, who lives half of his time in Scottsdale, Arizona, but the rest of the time roaming the world. Originally raised a classical musician as a child, he discovered computers and technology as a teenager yet never graduated high school. But he discovered the personal computer in 1977, and became one of the original founders of that industry.At the age of 25, he moved to the USA and was trained as a recording engineer in Hollywood and working with Capitol Records, in addition to his career as a software engineer. He assisted in the founding and building of what eventually became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. 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Do you want to be free? Freedom comes from changing your mindset. The path to true freedom takes courage. You will need to challenge much of what society, your schools, your government and your media has hypnotized you as the "Social Mantra". To break free you must put yourself first and to look to who you are and what you want to be. By learning how the bankster backed systems are enslaving you and breaking free from them, you can be wealthy, live a rich life and regain control of your time.  Today we spend time with special guest and self made millionaire Myles Wakeham, a contrarian, an immigrant, and someone who questioned the social mantra from childhood. His stories, his discoveries, and his results are fascinating. Myles has no job, is financially independent, lives in multiple countries and pursues opportunities, projects and passion throughout the globe. If you want to learn the way contrarians think and live like this, please do take a listen. Myles's Contact info: https://www.beunconstrained.com/  My website: https://ungraduated.com Ungraduated Book: https://www.amazon.com/Ungraduated-Finding-dropping-outdated-systems-ebook/dp/B09SXCBY6R/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28QTYUU7T5BN4&keywords=ungraduated+book&qid=1655499090&sprefix=ungraduate%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1 Join the Ungraduated Living Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/454790476338234  

Myles Wakeham migrated to the US from Australia in 1989. He now is a multi-millionaire living a 100 percent free and unconstrained life. Find out how he did it and hear what is on his current journey.

Myles Wakeham is the kind of guy I'd love to sit with to enjoy a beer and share life's philosophies. He's understated, not loud, but has a simmering wisdom that he shares openly if you're willing to absorb it. Growing up in Australia, the son of talented concert musicians, he learned about patterns of waves and music and has applied that knowledge to a grander perspective in the world. When he was younger, he was writing code for early computers. He saw a need and began to shop his skills out, landing programming projects for the government. He notes having learned a lot from the ocean and that in life, you need to see what's coming and just be ahead of the waves so that those waves you paddle out to meet can carry you forward. It's so simple, but really it's not easy. Myles encourages us to move beyond fear and look for polarities - the opposites in situations - and to look for patterns, as well. You can get stuck in fear or greed or seeking dominance. Or, you can step into empathy and seek a broader perspective about any situation. Really, Myles' comments were simply music to my ears. He notes that time is the most important commodity and that each of us needs to commit to doing our best in each moment. And he hints at our culture leaning into tech and cautions that we need to be aware of who is serving whom, suggesting that while tech is a great tool, we need to get back to our organic selves. And he leaves us with these key points: Do something of value that serves other humans Do something meaningful that hones your talent For more on Myles, please go to https://www.BeUnconstrained.com

Are you a "contrarian?" Do you know someone who is a "contrarian?"  Do you even know what a "contrarian"  is?  We'll answer those questions and more on today's show because today's guest is a "contrarian."  He's a regular host on "The World According To Ben Stein'' show, a regular on the podcast circuit. He also hosts his own podcast show.  As far as I can recall he is the very first contrarian, He's  Myles Wakeham, and he's "Someone You Should Know."BUY RIK A BEERLink to Myles websiteLink to the UnConstrained PodcastLink to the UnConstrained YouTube ChannelSomeone You Should Know 2023 // CatGotYourTongueStudios 2023How to Contact Us:Official Website: https://Someoneyoushouldknowpodcast.comGmail: Someoneyoushouldknowpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @RIKANTHONY1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rikanthonyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/someoneyoushouldknowpodcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rik-anthony2019/TikTok: @SomeoneYouShouldKnow2023YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@someoneyoushouldknowpodcastThank you for listening!Theme music "Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod was used per the standard license agreement.

Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire. He lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc., yet never graduated high school, let alone went to college. He is a self-made business focused technologist, one of the early members of biotechnology corporation Amgen (now largest Biotech company in the world), has made a fortune on Bitcoin since 2011, and owns a portfolio of rental properties.  Myles was one of a few survivors of a massive auto accident in the outback of Australia in the 1990s, which forced him to question life, purpose, and direction.  Since rebuilding himself from that, he knows how to handle and mitigate adversity (including taking advantage of medical tourism all over the world for major surgeries), he has honed those skills to live a life unconstrained. Don't drive yourself based on emotions out of FOMO, Greed, or Envy, so you're picking up the wave when it's about to crest. Pay attention and get on the wave, ride it to the crest, and jump off.

Myles joined me for episode 58 of the podcast, and I enjoyed the conversation so much I brought him back to have another go around.We pick up where we left off in the last episode, and talk so much more.His history in music production, and learning 25 years later he narrowly missed out on engineering an all time great albumhis realization that we're not as free as we like to think we arehis best attempt to mitigate gov overreach in his lifewhat he's got going on down in Mexico in what was a former bull-fighting ringand so much moreYou can find out more about Myles and follow him here:https://beunconstrained.comFollow the Constructive Liberty podcast and join in the conversation:Telegram channelTelegram groupMeweFB pageYT channelOdysee channelRumbleConstructive Liberty website Here's a few ways you can support the show:Share the show with a friendLeave us a 5-star review: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, PodchaserUnderstand yourself and others a little better, learn the why and how behind the things people do, with a personality assessment Listen on a podcast 2.0 app like FountainBuy me a book from my Amazon wish listDonate some Auponic credits to the showConnect with Ken (your host) here:InstagramFacebookTwitterTikTokMeWe

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This week I had the privilege of speaking with Myles Wakeham, as we discuss achieving financial independence and sustainability. Myles shares a typical set of steadfast perspectives on life and how to overcome terrible points. The goal of the financial aspect is to reach the point where income surpasses expenses to become financially sustainable. But you need to start down that road to arrive. So, Myles's advice is to go out there and give it a shot. Here's a breakdown of what to expect in this episode: • Growing up in a "free-range" lifestyle. • Borders are not natural. They're artificial. • What are the opportunities that you can start building? • Life is a struggle. Some cultures are better at dealing with effort than we are. • The difference between investing and speculating • And so much more! About Myles: beUnconstrained.com is the story of Myles Wakeham, a contrarian, an immigrant, and someone who questioned the social mantra from childhood. His stories, his discoveries, and results are fascinating. Myles has no job, is financially independent, lives in multiple countries, and pursues opportunities, projects, and passion throughout the globe. If you want to learn how contrarians think and live like this, read Myles' Philosophy, listen to Myles' podcast and read his articles, and learn how to become genuinely unconstrained. Check Myles Wakeham on... Webiste: https://www.beunconstrained.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObwmhIhg1tnHpZKiaHqFnw Twitter: https://twitter.com/beunconstrained Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beunconstrained Connect with The Dad Who Knows Nothing: Website: http://thedadwhoknowsnothing.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedadwhoknowsnothing?ref=pages_you_manage Twitter: @dadknowszero Instagram: @thedadwhoknowsnothing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUh3AJ7Cv5D6IdbLJAR3xg TikTok: thedadwhoknowsnothing---

Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire, lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc.  He is a self-made business focused technologist, who was one of the early members of biotechnology corporation Amgen (now largest Biotech company in the world), has made fortune on Bitcoin since 2011, and owns a portfolio of rental properties.   Myles was one of a few survivors of a massive auto accident in the outback of Australia in the 1990s, which forced him to question life, purpose, and direction.   Since rebuilding himself from that, he knows how to handle and mitigate adversity (including taking advantage of medical tourism all over the world for major surgeries), he has honed those skills to live a life unconstrained. He spends 50% of his time in Arizona, and 50% of his time roaming the world, seeking out new opportunities.  He hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" in which he teaches the art of Financial Sustainability to his audience.  He has a book coming out on the subject as well as audio courseware on Success in Rental Real Estate. Additionally in 2021, Myles & his wife bought a large compound in central Mexico with a bull-fighting ring on it, and are in the process of demolition and development to turn it into a luxury home & world class recording studio.  Just another one of his many adventures. Want to learn more about Myles? Check out his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-unconstrained-podcast/id1473721082

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Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire, lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, not needing a job despite never graduating from high school or college. He is a self-made business focused technologist who was one of the early members of biotechnology corporation Amgen, now the largest Biotech company in the world. An early investor in Bitcoin since 2011, Myles also owns a portfolio of rental properties. In this episode, we highlight the following topics: Why people should throw out the traditional concept of retirement entirely Why do statistics and numbers matter, and what specific statistics represent the greatest threat to personal freedom in the USA? What is "Financial Sustainability"? Why should people get a passport and travel? Why is the wrong sort of debt toxic? Can anyone become financially free in the 21st century, even if they are on a minimum wage? Do you have to have a college education to be successful? Technology, cryptocurrency, and Big Brother Myles Wakeham is Founder of the Financially Independent Contrarian, and can be reached at beunconstrained.com Thank you to our sponsor, CityVest: https://bit.ly/37AOgkp Please check out our affiliate Doc2Doc: doc2doclending.com/financialfreedomforphysicians/ Subscribe to the Premium edition of our podcast and get access to exclusive interviews. Sign up now: anchor.fm/christopher-loo/subscribe

Agnes and Myles start this episode comparing their childhoods as "free range kids"... with near-off the grid lifestyles and compare them to city living that has been the norm for the last 40 years. Myles Wakeham was an early software developer whose life unfolded "unconstrained".  He discusses the way of the western world, medical tourism and has interesting views on longevity, government statistics and recommendations, quality of life in “developing” countries.  Myles shares a history of money and banking leading into a discussion of crypto-currency.  “Be an investor, not a speculator”. You might be tempted to be depressed about some of the convo but, instead, become proactive about your life, your life choices, and make choices that make you happy and keep you healthy. Make your life an adventure.   Find Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com/ and his podcast:  https://www.beunconstrained.com/podcast

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com to discuss, the race against time to save the constitution. Peter Navaro fighting back and Elon Musk trolling a bot. Plus when pushed to do people go right or left, we will find out very soon at a midterm near you.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com to discuss, why you simply can not negotiate with people willing to destroy the constitution. We often forget we are the only people with a constitution and we must protect that at all costs. Plus one word to solve inflation gas prices and that is fracking.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com and Ben Boychuk managing editor from Amgreatness.com to discuss, should we raise the age limits on gun ownership? Is the 18 year old of today the same as 40 years ago? The whole Uvalde police department should be shut down and run by border patrol, plus when are we going to deal with the mental health crisis that is destroying our country and the root of all of this evil.

Myles migrated to the USA in 1989, from Australia, and has since become a multi-millionaire who advocates for living a 100% unconstrained life. He hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" in which he teaches the art of financial sustainability to his audience. In 2021, he also published a book called 'The Art Of Financial Sustainability'. Join Chris and Myles as they cover topics around inflation, economics, Bitcoin as a store of value, and so much more! Discover how Myles bought Bitcoin at $7 and his thoughts and opinions on the use cases for Cryptocurrency. Listen to The Unconstrained Podcast | Visit the Website here | The Matrix Community Follow Myles on Twitter | Linkedin S1:E11 - Interview with Myles Wakeham - 26/05/22

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com to discuss; The mess that is Pennsylvania and how do we trust the system. Plus after the riots and looting that took are country hostage are we facing that again after the Roe Vs Wade decision? Plus once again President Trump has been vindicated will anyone of consequence stand trial, that is a rhetorical question.

Myles is a multi-millionaire who is a regular host on "The World According to Ben Stein" show and a regular contributor on NTD Television, specializing in cryptocurrency. He joins Walt today to talk about prospects and downsides involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Myles' website and podcast:  https://www.beunconstrained.com/ ollow LOA Today:  https://www.loatoday.net/follow

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from Beunconstrained.com to discuss, how sadly it has become easier to take a life than feed that life. As Ben said maybe the lefts silicon chip isn't broken they were simply not born with one. Plus Don't believe Putin is dying, Israel are the bad guys again. Plus a whole lot more on the Saturday Night Special of The World According to Ben Stein

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined Myles Wakeham from BeUnconstrained.com to discuss, will Republicans ever step up to the plate? it can no longer be when will you indict when will you hold investigations, and when will you answer to your constituent's demand's. Plus is there an exit strategy in Russia, Ben offers a history lesson that there just might be?

Myles Wakeham refers to himself as a contrarian. He's never followed the social mantra of college, work & retirement. He's lived all over the world and at the young age of 57, he and his wife are embarking on a new chapter in yet another country, retracing Myles' past and paying homage to the past world of music, to breathe new life into an age-old craft. Myles has some key takeaways in his talk... you can find them at the following timestamps: 30:16 - What does the Average Joe, who isn't independently wealthy and doesn't have a passive income source, do when he reaches “retirement time”? There's no going back in time: if you didn't start saving/investing in your 30s and just enjoyed life and floated along, there's no golden ticket for you. 31:08 – Sometimes in life you have to make the most out of what you've got. 33:00 – You should have thought about your life as a marathon and not a sprint. There's a perpetual nature that we have to live until the moment that our body gives out. 32:26 – He speaks of breaking life up into 4 quarters: 1-20 yrs – Learning - to walk, talk, communicate, socialize & start getting an idea of who you are & what you're about. 20-40 yrs – Building – build a career, family, home, life, 40-60 yrs – Optimization – take the skills and knowledge that you've acquired and use it to maximize the wealth that you have 60-80 yrs – Waning – you just hope that you've done enough through your life to sustain you through the years when things start to deteriorate Life is valuable – you have to take everything you can from every single moment, because you'll never get that moment back again. 38:14 – there are things that come in sets – a universal concept of balance: Up & down, yin and yang, sunrise & sunset, waves go up and down in surfing You can't beat nature – learn to be synergistic – if you're ahead of the wave and start paddling, it will pick you up and carry you. Never buy something when it's already upon you, never buy something that's past you, look on the horizon for the next one, and engage well before it comes to you. Practice the skill and you'll do fine in any situation. 41:09 – The rich don't have jobs. Please connect with Myles at: https://www.beunconstrained.com/ (https://www.beunconstrained.com)

Myles Wakeham, an avid investor and a contratrian, someone who has lived his life the way he had always wanted to, shares his insights on “How to break free and regain your financial freedom”. Watch here: https://youtu.be/mTIZaEBLasA Listen on top podcast platforms here: https://pod.link/1523307967 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kaj-studio/message

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Ken LaCorte from The Big Pod Podcast and Myles Wakeham from Beunconstrained.com to discuss, the perseverance of the Ukrainian people. Plus will Hunter be indicted and as we put the letter x on our passports the country is in chaos and the world is laughing. Plus a great history lesson from Ben Stein. Plus how a president lost his approval so quickly, makes you wonder if the approval was ever there.

In this episode, Robert Fojo welcomes Myles Wakeham, an Australian multi-millionaire who lives a 100% free and unconstrained life.  He is a self-made, business-focused technologist, who was one of the early members of a biotechnology corporation named Amgen, which is now one of the largest biotech companies in the world.  He has made a fortune off Bitcoin since 2011 and owns a portfolio of rental properties.  He is a regular host on "The World According to Ben Stein" show and a regular contributor on NTD Television (specializing in cryptocurrency).  He hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" in which he teaches the art of financial sustainability to his audience.  Robert and Myles discuss what Bitcoin is, how it came to be, and how it works; whether it is achieving its intended purpose; what it will take for Bitcoin to become more widely-adopted and commercialized; whether a buy-and-hold strategy for Bitcoin is smart; whether governments may interfere in or provide oversight for Bitcoin; and the future of Bitcoin. 

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Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of SimpleLifeNow.com Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com to discuss, the chaos being inflicted on us by the few but loud and deadly. From the Border, Big Tech, to all the streaming services we are living in indoctrination nation, plus isn't there still a war going on. Plus we reminisce about what makes our country so special.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham and Remso Martinez to discuss. when we say people are going crazy for “trans” we're not talking about transformers! From the board rooms of CNN to the writers rooms at Disney, big tech and big corporations are forcing us to think that everybody everywhere we go is one mood swing away from getting a sex change. Do we have the answers why? Probably not, but we do have a great panel tonight including Myles Wakeham from www.beunconstrained.com and “On The Run” host Remso W. Martinez. PLUS: if you go into someone's house and see brownies in the kitchen, should you go ahead and take one or ask first? All the important questions and topics of the day are answered in this fantastic episode.

You can make your life into anything you want it to be. All you need is imagination, focus, and trust in yourself. In this episode, I am joined by Myles Wakeham of beunconstrained.com. He openly shares his story of surviving a significant auto accident in the outback of Australia, which forced him to question life, purpose, and direction. Since rebuilding himself, he now knows how to handle and mitigate adversity, and he has honed those skills to live a life unconstrained. Myles is a self-made business-focused technologist, one of the early members of biotechnology corporation Amgen (now the largest biotech company in the world), has invested wisely in Bitcoin since 2011, and owns a portfolio of rental properties. He lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc., yet never graduated high school, let alone college. Myles has no job, is a multi-millionaire, lives in multiple countries and pursues opportunities, projects and passions throughout the globe. Learn new ways to live an unconstrained, debt-free and financially independent life by listening to The Unconstrained Podcast, hosted by Myles. For more information on this episode, visit: https://go2.money/unconstrained

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of SimpleLifeNow.com Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com to discuss, how words have consequences and Biden's can lead to nuclear war. These are not gaffes and whether intentional or non intentional they are dangerous. Plus we have a supreme court pick who can't define what a woman is and is lenient on pedophiles. Plus God Bless The Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins, drugs are not the solution, life is.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com and Americas Lawyer Larry Klayman from Freedomwatchusa.org to discuss, the fractured state of our nation and the world. Every time this regime speaks they cause more problems. Plus is there any point in watching the Supreme Court nomination when we know the result? Plus whole lot more.

Mike Korbel and Myles Wakeham discuss the changes coming in the possible end of the American Empire. Myles talks about his career as a computer programmer, an early bitcoin adopter, and a real estate investor. He tells a great story about his working with Julian Assange, and how understanding the best time to catch the wave of opportunity is right before the crash of the water! The system is changing and people must be aware before it is too late and they fall victim to lost opportunity, and suffer the consequences. The Invictus Mind can be found on Anchor, Apple, Castbox, Spotify, and Stitcher. Find Mike Korbel on You Tube Find Myles Wakeham on https://www.beunconstrained.com/ Affiliate for Podmatch.com https://podmatch.com/signup/invictus --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-invictus-mind/support

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of SimpleLifeNow.com Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com, to discuss how much worse can the crises abroad and domestically get? Yes the midterms will be arriving soon, but can we withstand as a country and as a world 3 more years of this regime. Plus ask yourselves this, if Biden were truly running the country would people have not been fired by now?

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of TheSimpleLifeNow.com and Myles Wakeham to discuss, where is the best place to put your money and is now the time to buy and whets the right thing to buy. Plus does anybody really know who Putin is? And why China is always at the center of it all.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of TheSimpleLifeNow.com and Myles Wakeham to discuss, why the world needs John Hughes now more than ever. Plus how one scene changed a mans life and one director changed Hollywood.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of TheSimpleLifeNow.com and Myles Wakeham to discuss, how in a little over a year, the vacuum of leadership that we have created in the world. Is there a person in their right mind, that believes that America is better off and the world is better off. Plus a lot of discourse which always adds to the fun. Plus why its imperative we build up our infrastructure and that starts with drilling and defense.

Join Mike Cavaggioni and Myles Wakeham, sharing the greatest analogy of life with his surfing background. He shared that when he's surfing, he finds the wave he can ride, paddle along with it, and goes with the flow of the universe. Myles utilized Bitcoin in 2017 to be able to save up on remittance fees. Without the thought of walking away from Bitcoin with profit, Myles saw how the market grew and from $7, it grew to $20,000 which made Myles' passive income exponentially huge without even putting conscious effort in making it grow. Myles' Australian energy definitely came into play as well, when he thought maintaining Bitcoin is not all that risky when he grew up in a country where “everything's gonna kill you.” Taking chances and riding waves definitely worked out for Myles as he shares more about Bitcoin and more on his real estate background as well in this episode so stay tuned!In this episode, you'll learn:Finding the right “waves” to rideMaking a profit, without really meaning toPaying off their US debt from AustraliaBuilding his empire and growing his communityRecovering from the market crashAnd many more!About Myles Wakeham: Myles Wakeham is an expatriate Australian, who moved to the USA in 1989 and became a US Citizen in 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona. Myles lives in Scottsdale, Arizona much of the time, but spends a large portion of his year traveling the world with his wife and daughter.He is a self-made, financially independent person who is the host of "The Unconstrained Podcast". It is Myles' goal to empower others to become financially sustainable. This is a methodology that he created and is releasing it codified in book form in late 2020.Connect with Myles Wakeham:Website: https://www.beunconstrained.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myles-wakeham-0b918425/Twitter: https://twitter.com/beunconstrained   Average Joe Finances®Our social media links can be found here: https://flow.page/avgjoefinancesCheck out: https://averagejoefinances.comBalance Your Portfolio with Passiv: https://averagejoefinances.com/passivBuying or Selling a House? https://averagejoefinances.com/realtorInterested in getting your real estate license? https://averagejoefinances.com/prepagentUse the same Audio/Video Editing Team that I use: https://editpods.comHost your own Podcast here: https://averagejoefinances.com/buzzsproutSocial Media Management Tool: https://averagejoefinances.com/social-mediaPodcast Book I'm Published in: https://averagejoefinances.com/daniel-larson Free Stocks:Robinhood: https://averagejoefinances.com/robinhoodWebull: https://averagejoefinances.com/webull Consolidate debt: https://averagejoefinances.com/sofi-loans/Get Life Insurance: https://averagejoefinances.com/ladderAverage Joe Finances Swag: averagejoefinances.com/resources/shop*DISCLAIMER* https://averagejoefinances.com/disclaimer If you are interested in writing for Average Joe Finances or joining us for an interview on the podcast, please visit https://averagejoefinances.com/contact--------------Tropical Sensation by Mike Leite soundcloud.com/mikeleite Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-tropical-sensationJoin me at the Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference in Phoenic, AZ this March 10th-12th. Get your conference tickets here: https://rewbcon.comUse promo code MIKE to get $50 off.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/avgjoefinances)

Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the US in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire who lives a 100% free and unconstrained life. He also hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" where he teaches the art of Financial Sustainability to his audience. On this episode of CFO at Home, Myles and Vince discuss the concept of Financial Sustainability, potential pitfalls in the traditional retirement model, and more. Key Takeaways Financial Sustainability: You front-load work; purchase income producing assets when you're young (Real Estate, etc) Take proceeds from capital deployment to cover your expenses (financial “burn rate'').  78% of people in the US live paycheck to paycheck every month (Forbes magazine), making the prospect of a traditional retirement (saving throughout your working years, deferring spending until retirement) challenging You can plan to just work longer, but advances like automation may make that more difficult Life Expectancy is also not on your side when it comes to conventional retirement From 2016 to 2021, life expectancy for the average US male/female declined by 5 years Since 1980 the cost of healthcare in the US has increased 25X. The average US worker's wage growth is 1.6X.  The retirement question is not “how much money do I need to retire”, but rather “what level of return do I need to be able to draw off of my assets in order to fund my Burn Rate for the rest of my life, while factoring in inflation”.  Resources Expat Money Show - Myles Wakeham BeUnconstrained.com Be Unconstrained Podcast  Ways to contact/follow: BeUnconstrained - Twitter Contact the Host - vince@thecfoathome.com

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com discuss, The amazing and unexpected resilience of Zellenskyy and the Ukrainian people and what options if any are still on the table.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com discuss, the safest places for your capital in the chaos that is the world. Plus why is no one asking the most basic question, why is this regime not drilling and fracking, makes you think.

On Thursday's show, Ben Stein, host Judah Friedman, and guests Ken LaCorte (Media Action Network) and Myles Wakeham from Beunconstrained.com discuss the warped speed Canada is on to becoming a dictatorship. Plus why the constitution is so important and how imperative it is that we save it, remember we are the only country to have one. Plus what will we do when the freedom convoy come here.

Check out Marc's appearance on Unconstrained with Myles Wakeham!

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com discuss, how every one can improve their financial means. Give it a listen you just might find the advice useful in your lives.

Welcome to another episode of "Ask Gary Anything." This is where you, the audience, get to send in your questions about anything, and I will answer them. That is right, you heard it... anything, Have you always wanted to get into real estate investing, but just don't know how or where to start? Well, today, I have a fellow soldier of freedom and living the life you want, Myles Wakem. Myles and I have been investing in real estate for decades and have learned many lessons during that time. Today, we share with you some of those lessons and how anyone can get started in real estate investing and be successful if they exercise patience and realize it is not a get-rich-quick scheme.  As always, we dip into numerous other subjects relating to the economy, government abuse of power, and how taxation is actually theft.  About Myles in his own words: I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide was a wonderful place. Clean, great community, great weather, great food. I mean the idyllic location. My parents were not wealthy, but nor were they poor. My father worked all of his life for the same company. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. My parents owned their own home and paid it off. They struggled financially but were able to put me through private school. I was an only child – I guess I didn't have to share their focus with another, so I got lucky. I had always been interested in technology from a young age. I was such an avid learner that I would go to great extremes to seek out things and get involved in clubs, community groups, etc. I rode my bike everywhere – even for hours to the city's center to spend my Sunday afternoons in the public library. Soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. Strange things that people often didn't pay attention to. But I did. One day I got exposed to CB Radios. This was in the 1970s. I became obsessed (as I often did with things). I learned about electronics, physics, communications, etc. This led me towards computers, and eventually, I bought one of the first personal computers – in 1978, the TRS-80 Model 1 computer. I learned everything about programming that computer, and it became everything to me. As the computer industry evolved, so did I. I started a software company and became one of the few experts in software development in Adelaide – getting gigs to write software for government departments, big corporations, etc., and I was still not even 20 years old. My passion for technology was matched with a business passion, which started well before I discovered technology. I guess business was in my DNA. In 1989, I moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. I realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life-changing experience. It taught me to embrace everything I found within my grasp, learning about business in the USA, I got involved in the music industry, and I was able to leverage my computer programming experience to land work in some early startups – one of which became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. Although I spent much of the next 30 years living in the USA, I never lost touch with my home of Australia, and in the late 1990s moved back there for many years before returning to the USA. In 2002 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I've lived here since. I am a self-made business owner. I don't have a job. I do have clients and I do work on software projects and data centers, etc. today. It is because this is what I love to do. It isn't because this is my career. I've never embraced that concept. I think if you are blessed to find your calling early in life and you can turn that into an income earner, you will embrace that far more than a defined “career” that people have to convince themselves that they love to do. I got lucky in that regard. But it was more that at a young age I was passionate to learn things. I still am.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of SimpleLifeNow.com Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com, to learn from Americas professor Ben Stein how to get rich slowly. What to invest in, from the housing market, to the index. You will learn a lot we did.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Gary Collins of SimpleLifeNow.com Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com and Remso Martinez to discuss, Go Fund Me and their asualt on our financial freedoms. Why aren't all republicans in the senate and the house doing their damn jobs and fighting for their constituents and all of America, and this asualt on the constitution. Plus bravo Rogan you made a mess for all of us, you cant negotiate with terrorist.

This is what we should have been taught in school. A multi-millionaire shares his secret on how (and why) to retire RICH.Myles Wakeham, a high school drop-out, techno wiz, learned to look at life as a contrarian when he was faced with the grim reality that we MIGHT NOT retire gracefully into the sunset. This eye-opening reality-check will make you want to share this episode with your kids and grand kids too."And in the end it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years." - Abraham LincolnMyles is a contrarian, meaning he thinks outside of the box. Our conversation covered not only his perspective on financial sustainability, but also about freedom and liberty and regaining control of your destiny. Myles shared his view about the state of the world - especially the SUPPLY CHAIN and INFLATION - and what he's doing about it. He says we've been set-up with misinformation, and warns about the dangers of centralization especially with the current censorship of free speech now prevalent on social platforms. So much so, that he put his technological expertise to work by creating a social platform on his own server at matrix.orgMyles Wakeham's websiteThis episode is brought to you by LUNCH with a HEALER podcast. The BEST conversations happen when you're having lunch with a friend - especially when one is a healer! Pull up a chair at LunchwithaHealer.com Thanks for listening, I really do appreciate it!I invite you to sign up to receive my monthly blog, plus all new podcast episodes right in your inbox. Go to www.debrajones.caLeave me a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/debrajones and I'll send YOU a personal reply.

What would your life be like after having buried a parent in your 20's, being on death's door, and losing millions of dollars not once but twice? All of these events will define who we are. They are a part of who we are. The question is what perspective will you put to these events? My guest today is Myles Wakeham and he shares with us how he used these events to shape his life to be unconstrained from what society was offering. To be a contrarian and cut his own path. Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire, lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc. yet never graduated high school, let alone went to college. He made his fortune in Biotech and Bitcoin. Since then his portfolio has expanded to rental properties. In this episode we cover... - How three major life events created a new vision for his life and possibly yours - Why retiring at 65 is a death sentence. - How the fix is in with banks and education systems - How to create a life that is unconstrained Where to find Myles

 MPF Discussion with Chris MarhefkaChoose The Life That Was Meant for You with Myles WakehamAbout Myles Myles Wakeham is an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 and has since become a multi-millionaire, lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc. yet never graduated high school, let alone went to college.  He is a self-made business focused technologist, who was one of the early members of biotechnology corporation Amgen (now largest Biotech company in the world), has made fortune on Bitcoin since 2011, and owns a portfolio of rental properties.  Myles was one of a few survivors of a massive auto accident in the outback of Australia in the 1990s, which forced him to question life, purpose, and direction.  Since rebuilding himself from that, he knows how to handle and mitigate adversity (including taking advantage of medical tourism all over the world for major surgeries), he has honed those skills to live a life unconstrained.  He spends 50% of his time in Arizona, and 50% of his timeroaming the world, seeking out new opportunities.  He hosts "TheUnconstrained Podcast" in which he teaches the art of FinancialSustainability to his audience.  He has a book coming out on the subjectas well as audio courseware on Success in Rental Real Estate.  Additionally in 2021, Myles & his wife bought a largecompound in central Mexico with a bull-fighting ring on it and are in theprocess of demolition and development to turn it into a luxury home & worldclass recording studio.  Just another one of his many adventures. On this episode of My Perfect Failure (Choose the Life That Was Meant for you) If you've ever wondered how to choose and live the life that was meant for you, then this a must listen for you.  Myles the host of the beunconstrained Podcast provides priceless insights on how we can do just that.  Some of the areas we cover.·                Myles Journey from Australia to the United States·                Myles discusses how we can live an unconstrained life·                Why we should be observant to catch the wave of opportunity ·                Be prepared and be practiced ·                We cannot afford to waste time. Website ·        https://www.beunconstrained.com beunconstrained  Podcast ·        https://www.beunconstrained.com/podcast) beunconstrained Blog·        blog at https://www.beunconstrained.com.  We have a Patreon group at  beunconstrained patreon·        https://www.beunconstrained.com/patreon ·        My Perfect Failure contact me ·        Work with me: paul@myperfectfailure.com·        MPF Website: http://www.myperfectfailure.com/ ·        Insta: follow: https://www.instagram.com/padsmpf/  

Kyrsten Sinema Is Our Plus One Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham of beunconstrained.com and Ben Boychuk of American Greatness to discuss the implosion of Joe Biden's legislative agenda. Specifically, Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday to defend the filibuster against her colleagues' attempts to ram through unpopular and deceptive voting rights' legislation. Also: The Supreme Court slaps down Biden's vax mandates, the Justice Department finally locates some "seditionists," and it's still Trump's Republican Party.

Ben and Judah are joined by Gary Collins, Myles Wakeham, and Remso Martinez on tonight's installment covering the topic of China; will they ever face the repercussions for unleashing COVID-19 into the world? Speaking of which, what really is COVID-19? More than a virus? From loopy Joe Biden to transgender swimmers, you can expect another great show from tonight's panel.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from Beunconstrained.com and The former prince of Pico Adam King to discuss, how dangerous the term "Trust The Science" is and how Nazi Germany had very similar beliefs. Plus is that it with Epstein/Maxwell case? I guess the Powerful skeletons will remain in the closest. Coincidence? Ha! And a friendly reminder, as bad as it may seem this is still the greatest country in the world.

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Myles Wakeham from beunconstrained.com and The prince of Pico Adam King to discuss, the reprehensible verdict in the Kim Potter case. Why would anyone become a police officer? The guilty are now innocent and the innocent are now guilty. Where do you get your news, who can we trust? Plus Ben shares about his home being burglarized.

Being Unconstrained with Myles WakehamEntrepreneur, investor, and iconoclast Myles Wakeham joins me to talk about how he has made, lost, and re-made multiple millions of dollars in an incredible career of tech, entrepreneurship, and real estate. I ask him for practical tips on how we can “make it” in the hard economic times to come.Myles LinksVisit Be Unconstrained to see all of Myles’s workFollow Myles on TwitterLearn how to join Myles’s Matrix serverWatch Blackbird on OdyseeIf you love listening to Blackbird but wish you could see the interviews in their entirety on video, subscribe to the show on Odysee. I’m posting the full, unedited videos there.Support the ShowIf you’re getting value out of Blackbird, I’d love your financial support. When you subscribe to Blackbird, you get early access to my entire conversation with the guests from the second I hit record. This is the time I get to know my new guests, catch up with returning guests, and gossip with guests who are my buddies. It’s a great little behind-the-scenes glimpse. Plus you get the interviews as soon as the recording finishes processing, up to a month before everyone else!Subscribe to the show at blackbirdpodcast.com/subscribe.Follow MeBe sure you’re following me on Twitter.If you watch the show on YouTube, switch to Odyssee. This decentralized platform will give you a clear conscience and make me a tiny amount of money (at no cost to you).Become a paying subscriber for bonus episodes, written content, and your very own private podcast feed.Find my other social links along with all the crypto donation options you can possibly stand at blackbirdpodcast.com/follow.Note: I use affiliate links. By clicking the sponsored links above, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you when you make a purchase. Using my affiliate links is a great way to support the show, and I really appreciate it! This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.blackbirdpodcast.com/subscribe

Myles Wakeham teaches regaining your freedom with Financial Sustainability. You need to start with frugality, not debt. You can't be free if you rely on the government. You should travel and observe other cultures. True wealth is what you own, not what you owe.

In this week's episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur Myles Wakeham. Originally born in Australia, Myles made his way to the U.S with only a suitcase, and since then he has built an empire of wealth. Studying computers at a young age Myles was able to capitalize on that by starting his own software company and eventually selling it. Now he invests in cryptocurrencies and owns many properties all around the world. In this episode, Myles shares with us what he did in life that made him uncommon from the rest of the pack. He takes us through his thought process on American culture and how he made his empire of wealth. Please be sure to subscribe and rate this podcast on the podcast app as it will help me out tremendously in the algorithm. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themoreyouknowpod/support

Sustainability is a trending term. Whether it's human, social, economic or environmental, sustainability refers to the capacity to endure in a relatively ongoing way. In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis is joined by Myles Wakeham, a multi-millionaire who lives a 100% free and unconstrained life. Myles practices financial sustainability, growing his wealth through Bitcoin and rental real estate investing, without working a 9-5. Together, Marc and Myles discuss the concept of financial sustainability and how those as young as 18-year-old can begin creating an unconstrained life for themselves.In this episode, you will learn:What financial sustainability is, and how to adopt it from an early age.The importance of adopting a debt-free lifestyle.How Wakeham used rental real estate to propel his financially sustainable lifestyle.Key differences between financial sustainability and FIRE (financially independent, retire early).And more!Resources:Episode Transcript & Blog | Beunconstrained.com | The Unconstrained Podcast | Bautis Financial: (862) 205-5000

What is a contrarian? If you say the sky is blue and I say it's pink, that makes me a contrarian. I'm not going along with what everyone else is saying, I'm going to look out my window and see for myself. That willingness to do your own research and form your own conclusions sometimes means you'll be going against the status quo. That's exactly how Myles Wakeham has lived his life and it's made him a multi-millionaire. On this week's Get Your FILL - Financial Independence and Long Life podcast, Myles shares the decisions that have got him where he is today and tips to bring your retirement day closer. Listen to the podcast Watch the video About Myles: Myles is atypical and yet successful. He is a multi-millionaire, having had that status (and lost it) 3 times in his life. Today his final success has led him to tell his story through his appearances on dozens of media outlets and through hosting his podcast “The Unconstrained Podcast”. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Myies began is career as a software developer in the late 1970s, having never even graduated high school. After success in his field, he moved to the USA at the age of 24, with nothing more than a bag of clothes and left a millionaire. Myles rejects the social norms of education, 9-5 job, and retirement outright and shows through his methods that one can live a financially sustainable life regardless of background, geography or education. His approach to being a contrarian shows that going against the herd can pay off. Myles website Myles' podcast

Ben Stein and co-host Judah Friedman are joined by Adam King and Myles Wakeham from brunconstrained.com, to discuss how looting is code for reparations. Plus was it really a pandemic, why have there been no hearings, and who can we trust? Plus the rising oil prices and no end in site for inflation.

960 - Living with True Financial Freedom with beUnconstrained's Myles Wakeham

In this episode, I'm excited to welcome Myles Wakeham onto the podcast. Before we started recording this episode. Myles and I were chatting and we are kindred spirits in many ways. Like me, Myles was a software developer for many years. Before he got fed up with the merry-go-round of developing software, trying to sell it. Then go back and improve it. It's a constant cycle. We discuss Myles' amazing journey from learning to code as a youngster, through to moving to L.A. Myles is now an author and podcast host and helps many people to think about how they can "be unconstrained". It was interesting to hear Myles' thoughts on software development. The banking system, how to earn money without working harder and harder. Oh, and that software developers rule the world. Eye-opening stuff. Thanks to Myles for being a guest on the podcast. If you would like to know more check out the links below, https://www.beunconstrained.com https://www.beunconstrained.com/podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObwmhIhg1tnHpZKiaHqFnw/ https://twitter.com/beunconstrained Sponsors: Do you spend hours on end gathering Analytical information for yourself? Or your company? Logging in and out of Google and Facebook accounts to access the data, and then trying to make sense of it all? Then having to spend almost an entire day making a PDF to present to your managers or your partners? Stop the madness With a single press of a button. Elementary analytics does all the work for you. Elementary Analytics is an online software solution that pulls together the key website. Search, and social media data, and presents it to you in a way that you can understand. Allowing you to make informed marketing decisions, guided by data. We also email these key stats straight to your inbox at a time that suits you. With the single press of a button, Elementary Analytics produces amazing PDF reports. Reducing the amount of time this task takes down from hours to just seconds. Not sure if it will work for you? Sign up for our free trial at elementaryanalytics.com. Try risk-free with no credit card needed. That's elementaryanalytics.com

Myles is atypical and yet successful. He is a multi-millionaire, having had that status (and lost it) 3 times in his life. Today his final success has led him to tell his story through his appearances on dozens of media outlets and through hosting his podcast “The Unconstrained Podcast”. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Myies began is career as a software developer in the late 1970s, having never even graduated high school. After success in his field, he moved to the USA at the age of 24, with nothing more than a bag of clothes and left a millionaire. Myles rejects the social norms of education, 9-5 job, and retirement outright and shows through his methods that one can live a financially sustainable life regardless of background, geography or education. His approach to being a contrarian shows that going against the herd can pay off. You can find out more and connect with Myles here: httpshttp://www.beunconstrained.com/contact-us (://w)wwhttp://www.beunconstrained.com/contact-us (.b)ehttp://www.beunconstrained.com/contact-us (unconstrained.com/contact-us) https://http://www.beunconstrained.com/ (www.beunconstrained.com)

We are in extraordinary times today; if you believe in individual freedom in many places, you are considered a white supremacist, racist, or any other IST they can attach to you. Countries such as Australia are losing their individual freedoms at a world record pace. Just a couple years ago no one could have predicted this, but here we are.  In most cases, the facts of this are being hidden, by now what appears to be totalitarian governments and the dishonest press. Today I have Australian ex-pat Myles Wakeham, who still has family and friends in Australia. I will not candy coat it--what he reveals in this interview is going to blow people away! It is much worse than I could have ever imagined... we are at war, it is a battle between good and evil. It is time for us to wake up and fight the good fight, but we can't do that if we don't know what is really going on. In upcoming episodes I'm going to be exposing some of the evil that is slowly creeping its way into our lives today. As I always say "you don't know, what you don't know." About Myles in his own words: I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide was a wonderful place. Clean, great community, great weather, great food. I mean the idyllic location. My parents were not wealthy, but nor were they poor. My father worked all of his life for the same company. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. My parents owned their own home and paid it off. They struggled financially but were able to put me through private school. I was an only child – I guess I didn't have to share their focus with another, so I got lucky. I had always been interested in technology from a young age. I was such an avid learner that I would go to great extremes to seek out things and get involved in clubs, community groups, etc. I rode my bike everywhere – even for hours to the city's center to spend my Sunday afternoons in the public library. Soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. Strange things that people often didn't pay attention to. But I did. One day I got exposed to CB Radios. This was in the 1970s. I became obsessed (as I often did with things). I learned about electronics, physics, communications, etc. This led me towards computers, and eventually, I bought one of the first personal computers – in 1978, the TRS-80 Model 1 computer. I learned everything about programming that computer, and it became everything to me. As the computer industry evolved, so did I. I started a software company and became one of the few experts in software development in Adelaide – getting gigs to write software for government departments, big corporations, etc., and I was still not even 20 years old. My passion for technology was matched with a business passion, which started well before I discovered technology. I guess business was in my DNA. In 1989, I moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. I realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life-changing experience. It taught me to embrace everything I found within my grasp, learning about business in the USA, I got involved in the music industry, and I was able to leverage my computer programming experience to land work in some early startups – one of which became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. Although I spent much of the next 30 years living in the USA, I never lost touch with my home of Australia, and in the late 1990s moved back there for many years before returning to the USA. In 2002 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I've lived here since. I am a self-made business owner. I don't have a job. I do have clients and I do work on software projects and data centers, etc. today. It is because this is what I love to do. It isn't because this is my career. I've never embraced that concept. I think if you are blessed to find your calling early in life and you can turn that into an income earner,

We are in extraordinary times today; if you believe in individual freedom in many places, you are considered a white supremacist, racist, or any other IST they can attach to you. Countries such as Australia are losing their individual freedoms at a world record pace. Just a couple years ago no one could have predicted this, but here we are.  In most cases, the facts of this are being hidden, by now what appears to be totalitarian governments and the dishonest press. Today I have Australian ex-pat Myles Wakeham, who still has family and friends in Australia. I will not candy coat it--what he reveals in this interview is going to blow people away! It is much worse than I could have ever imagined... we are at war, it is a battle between good and evil. It is time for us to wake up and fight the good fight, but we can't do that if we don't know what is really going on. In upcoming episodes I'm going to be exposing some of the evil that is slowly creeping its way into our lives today. As I always say "you don't know, what you don't know." About Myles in his own words: I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide was a wonderful place. Clean, great community, great weather, great food. I mean the idyllic location. My parents were not wealthy, but nor were they poor. My father worked all of his life for the same company. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. My parents owned their own home and paid it off. They struggled financially but were able to put me through private school. I was an only child – I guess I didn't have to share their focus with another, so I got lucky. I had always been interested in technology from a young age. I was such an avid learner that I would go to great extremes to seek out things and get involved in clubs, community groups, etc. I rode my bike everywhere – even for hours to the city's center to spend my Sunday afternoons in the public library. Soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. Strange things that people often didn't pay attention to. But I did. One day I got exposed to CB Radios. This was in the 1970s. I became obsessed (as I often did with things). I learned about electronics, physics, communications, etc. This led me towards computers, and eventually, I bought one of the first personal computers – in 1978, the TRS-80 Model 1 computer. I learned everything about programming that computer, and it became everything to me. As the computer industry evolved, so did I. I started a software company and became one of the few experts in software development in Adelaide – getting gigs to write software for government departments, big corporations, etc., and I was still not even 20 years old. My passion for technology was matched with a business passion, which started well before I discovered technology. I guess business was in my DNA. In 1989, I moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. I realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life-changing experience. It taught me to embrace everything I found within my grasp, learning about business in the USA, I got involved in the music industry, and I was able to leverage my computer programming experience to land work in some early startups – one of which became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. Although I spent much of the next 30 years living in the USA, I never lost touch with my home of Australia, and in the late 1990s moved back there for many years before returning to the USA. In 2002 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I've lived here since. I am a self-made business owner. I don't have a job. I do have clients and I do work on software projects and data centers, etc. today. It is because this is what I love to do. It isn't because this is my career. I've never embraced that concept. I think if you are blessed to find your calling early in life and you can turn that into an income earner,

Are you sick of living a constrained life? Well todays' guest on the flagship Lions of Liberty podcast is here to tell you how he became Unconstrained! Myles Wakeham is the host of the Unconstrained podcast, and he joins Marc today to share his amazing journey which includes multiple businesses launched, multiple businesses lost, near death experiences, and ultimately incredible successes. Along the way we discuss the dystopian situation in Australia and why Myles will likely not be returning to his homeland any time soon. Myles is a truly remarkable invididual and I know you will be blown away by his journey, and you too may leave inspired to lead a more unconstrained life. Check out the Unconstrained Podcast and Myles' community over at BeUnconstrained.com. Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Patrons also get 20% off all merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store, including our hot-off-the-press Hands Up Don't Nuke! T-Shirt! Get 25% off your selection of the AMAZING CBD products over at PalomaVerdeCBD.com and use discount code "ROAR" at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you sick of living a constrained life? Well todays' guest on the flagship Lions of Liberty podcast is here to tell you how he became Unconstrained! Myles Wakeham is the host of the Unconstrained podcast, and he joins Marc today to share his amazing journey which includes multiple businesses launched, multiple businesses lost, near death experiences, and ultimately incredible successes. Along the way we discuss the dystopian situation in Australia and why Myles will likely not be returning to his homeland any time soon. Myles is a truly remarkable invididual and I know you will be blown away by his journey, and you too may leave inspired to lead a more unconstrained life. Check out the Unconstrained Podcast and Myles' community over at BeUnconstrained.com. Get access to all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments and more for as little as $5 per month by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon OR support us on Locals! Patrons also get 20% off all merchandise at the Lions of Liberty Store, including our hot-off-the-press Hands Up Don't Nuke! T-Shirt! Get 25% off your selection of the AMAZING CBD products over at PalomaVerdeCBD.com and use discount code "ROAR" at checkout!

Society can press upon us that the only way to build a career, be successful and have all your needs met, was to have a piece of paper that signified that you had graduated from college or university. I used to believe it myself and thought that my lack of degrees or diplomas was the reason why I couldn't move my career forward. Even after I went back to school and earned that piece of paper, nothing changed. I didn't know that I was living my own prophecy. Joining me today is Myles Wakeham, who migrated to the US in ‘89 and become a multi-millionaire, lives a 100% free and unconstrained life yet he never graduated high school, let alone went to college.  He's a self-made business-focused technologist.  Myles also hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" where he teaches the art of Financial Sustainability and he has a book coming out on the subject in late 2021. Connect with Myles www.beunconstrained.com and on YouTube. Catch The Unconstrained Podcast on all the major podcast platforms or follow this link: www.beunconstrained.com/podcast Your support of The Roller Coaster is always appreciated, please make sure to SUBSCRIBE! If you REALLY like what you hear, leave a comment, and share it with your friends! You can find me on: www.therollercoaster.com Facebook @therollercoasterpodcast Instagram @the_roller_coaster_podcast JOIN US! www.necturegrowth.com and follow Necture Growth Network on Instagram @necturegrowth. Reach me at hello@necturegrowth.com. Thanks for joining me today and until next time I'm sending my virtually distant hugs!

Today's guest on the Expat Money Show is Myles Wakeham the podcast host of Unconstrained where I was honoured to be a guest back in 2020 on https://www.beunconstrained.com/podcast/P50 (Episode 044 - Get out of Dodge 2 - Mikkel Thorup).  Myles teaches people how to embrace the art of financial sustainability. His methods help generate income autonomously throughout your life, independent of geographical restriction, so that you can live to the fullest without relying on third parties or being a work slave to a 9-5 job. You'll learn to change your mindset on how you think about life and money through financial sustainability.    HERE'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THIS INTERVIEW: One of the most important lessons you can learn before you spend a needless $100,000 The greatest secret to living a life you always wanted and dreamed of, but have you maybe waited too long for One key concept you must understand about making money, lots of money, that can lead you to your best life ever A common myth about true wealth. It is what you own, not what you owe An important concept to always understand... don't let making money define you. Money generates itself. Step-by-step instructions on how to live as a digital nomad and be free from 21st-century financial pressures, free to roam the world, free to speak your mind and not feel like you are a pawn on someone else's chessboard?  Why it is so vitally important to remember that no one has your back, only you have your back. And so much more…   RELATED PODCAST EPISODES https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/marco-wutzer/ (137: Blockchain And The Future Of The Internet – Marco Wutzer) https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/sergio-von-facchin/ (135: Living A Perpetual Traveller Lifestyle – Sergio Von Facchin) https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/kari-dephillips/ (132: The Future Of Remote Work And Digital Nomadism – Kari DePhillips)   HOW TO REACH MYLES WAKEHAM https://www.beunconstrained.com/ (beUnconstrained)  Course: 25 years Master Class can be found on his website Don't forget to listen to my https://www.beunconstrained.com/podcast/P50 (Episode 044 - Get out of Dodge 2 - Mikkel Thorup) on Myles show. We had a great time and I know you'll enjoy it too!   FINAL THOUGHTS What. A. Story! You can't possibly make this stuff up, honestly! You will not believe the adversities Myles has overcome in his life and how his attitude towards life is so balanced. If you have had crap happen in your life, and you're sitting wondering what's next, listen to this great podcast with Myles Wakeham, maybe he's the exact guy for you to help turn your life around and be all you can be!   Support this podcast

I spoke with Myles Wakeham and he shared that not only is Maslow's hierarchy of needs about human needs. It is also an investment paradigm. This made me think and I thought it was definitely worth mentioning again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/from-hood-to-good-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/from-hood-to-good-podcast/support

This interview with Myles Wakeham is really different... but not in a bad way. Born as an Australian who migrated to the USA in 1989 Myles challenges us to question social norms and think outside of the box in order to break free of the statistics of being a wage slave and never retiring. Having made millions and losing it multiple times Myles is living proof that it can be done and today we got him to share his story. Being a multi-millionaire, Myles lives a 100% free and unconstrained life, no job, etc. yet never graduated high school, let alone went to college. He spends 50% of his time in Arizona, and 50% of his time roaming the world, seeking out new opportunities. He also hosts "The Unconstrained Podcast" in which he teaches the art of Financial Sustainability to his audience. You guys are gonna love this episode so feel free to check him out at: The Unconstrained Podcast Also his blog at www.beunconstrained.com And his Patreon group at www.beunconstrained.com/patreon ------------------------------------------ If you enjoy this podcast, consider leaving a short review. For more visit: www.RonnieJacks.com Are you worried about accomplishing your goals? Want to share your personal journey? Send a note to Ronnie@RonnieJacks.com and we might have you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Stitcher or wherever you listen. We do Instagram & Twitter! Share: #FHTGPodcast E Pluribus Unum --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/from-hood-to-good-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/from-hood-to-good-podcast/support

We were so amazed by Myles Wakeham's stories!  From childhood he decided making money was more important than sitting in front of a bill that will put you in debt for years, and learning about what you WANT to do that education does not teach you.  Interestingly, Myles' parents supported his decision not to further his education after high school, however did explain he was on his own.He built, lost, built, lost, and built again.  A true entrepreneur!We know you will really enjoy this episode.  Very informative and also entertaining!You can reach Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.comHe has a book coming out that you can get there called "Financial Sustainability" as well as a course on "Rental Real Estate" that you can find on his website.More about Myles Wakeham:Want to have Myles speak at your event, or be a guest on your TV, Radio or Podcast broadcast? It is our goal to spread the message of hope and change for people in the world. We believe that this can be best achieved by respecting individual freedoms and the right for you to have control over the life you live. To meet this end, Myles Wakeham, the host of the Unconstrained Podcast, welcomes media appearances, international public speaking events, conference speaking opportunities, being a guest on other podcasts, TV, radio, etc. His passion mixed with a laid back style, easy going attitude and comedic wit helps add value to any media broadcast or event.Keynote speaker for:Financial SustainabilityContrarian InvestingFreedom & unconstrained lifestyleFinancial IndependenceReal Estate InvestingTechnology & SoftwareBitcoin & CryptocurrencyMedical TourismTravel HackingRetirement StrategiesFree Book with any $20+ Podcast Support Make Up Not Required - How to Brand the TRUE You by LaurieAnn & Contribution by Roy MillerBE A GUEST/FIND A GUEST Start for Free! PODMATCH is innovative, provides easy communication and dashboard scheduling! My pick of the month!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://paypal.me/iamthatgal)

I recently spoke to Myles Wakeham from the Unconstrained Podcast. We spoke about real estate investment, creating location independent income, cryptocurrencies among other things. You can follow Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com. As mentioned in the podcast you can follow the borderless Telegram Channel https://t.me/Borderlessblog Also, please visit the new Borderless Health Insurance website. www.borderlesshealthinsurance.com

I recently spoke to Myles Wakeham from the Unconstrained Podcast. We spoke about real estate investment, creating location independent income, cryptocurrencies among other things. You can follow Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com.As mentioned in the podcast you can follow the borderless Telegram Channel https://t.me/Borderlessblog Also, please visit the new Borderless Health Insurance website. www.borderlesshealthinsurance.com The post Ep 114: Myles Wakeham on Real Estate Investing, Bitcoin and Living an Unconstrained Life appeared first on Borderless.

I recently spoke to Myles Wakeham from the Unconstrained Podcast. We spoke about real estate investment, creating location independent income, cryptocurrencies among other things. You can follow Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com. As mentioned in the podcast you can follow the borderless Telegram Channel https://t.me/Borderlessblog Also, please visit the new Borderless Health Insurance website. www.borderlesshealthinsurance.com

I recently spoke to Myles Wakeham from the Unconstrained Podcast. We spoke about real estate investment, creating location independent income, cryptocurrencies among other things. You can follow Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com.As mentioned in the podcast you can follow the borderless Telegram Channel https://t.me/Borderlessblog Also, please visit the new Borderless Health Insurance website. www.borderlesshealthinsurance.com The post Ep 114: Myles Wakeham on Real Estate Investing, Bitcoin and Living an Unconstrained Life appeared first on Borderless.

I recently spoke to Myles Wakeham from the Unconstrained Podcast. We spoke about real estate investment, creating location independent income, cryptocurrencies among other things. You can follow Myles at https://www.beunconstrained.com. As mentioned in the podcast you can follow the borderless Telegram Channel https://t.me/Borderlessblog Also, please visit the new Borderless Health Insurance website. www.borderlesshealthinsurance.com

Myles Wakeham is a millionaire, more specifically a 3-time millionaire. He's lost and made his wealth back 3 times on an epic financial journey. We are going to dive into that as well as what he recommends for new investors and what common mistakes to avoid. Myles who is originally from Australia who has made, lost, and made again multi-millions. He's detailed his journey and knowledge in a book coming out this year on what he refers to as "Financial Sustainability" - a way to grow wealth organically by living a frugal and simple life which as many of you know, is exactly what I attest to.

Myles Wakeham is a millionaire, more specifically a 3-time millionaire. He’s lost and made his wealth back 3 times on an epic financial journey. We are going to dive into that as well as what he recommends for new investors and what common mistakes to avoid.Myles who is originally from Australia who has made, lost, and made again multi-millions. He’s detailed his journey and knowledge in a book coming out this year on what he refers to as "Financial Sustainability" - a way to grow wealth organically by living a frugal and simple life which as many of you know, is exactly what I attest to.

Are you chasing fairy dust when it comes to investing or on your way to becoming a millionaire? When it comes to investing today, you are pretty much gambling in Vegas with stocks. Is Bitcoin the answer? What exactly is it? Today, I bring back on Myles Wakeham, who has been a millionaire three separate times in his life. His most recent venture into millionaire land was due to him buying and owning Bitcoin. Today we get to the truth about Bitcoin and how our financial system truly works. About Myles in his own words: I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide was a wonderful place. Clean, great community, great weather, great food. I mean the idyllic location. My parents were not wealthy, but nor were they poor. My father worked all of his life for the same company. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. My parents owned their own home and paid it off. They struggled financially but were able to put me through private school. I was an only child - I guess I didn't have to share their focus with another, so I got lucky. I had always been interested in technology from a young age. I was such an avid learner that I would go to great extremes to seek out things and get involved in clubs, community groups, etc. I rode my bike everywhere - even for hours to the city's center to spend my Sunday afternoons in the public library. Soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. Strange things that people often didn't pay attention to. But I did. One day I got exposed to CB Radios. This was in the 1970s. I became obsessed (as I often did with things). I learned about electronics, physics, communications, etc. This led me towards computers, and eventually, I bought one of the first personal computers - in 1978, the TRS-80 Model 1 computer. I learned everything about programming that computer, and it became everything to me. As the computer industry evolved, so did I. I started a software company and became one of the few experts in software development in Adelaide - getting gigs to write software for government departments, big corporations, etc., and I was still not even 20 years old. My passion for technology was matched with a business passion, which started well before I discovered technology. I guess business was in my DNA. In 1989, I moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. I realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life-changing experience. It taught me to embrace everything I found within my grasp, learning about business in the USA, I got involved in the music industry, and I was able to leverage my computer programming experience to land work in some early startups - one of which became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. Although I spent much of the next 30 years living in the USA, I never lost touch with my home of Australia, and in the late 1990s moved back there for many years before returning to the USA. In 2002 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I've lived here since. I am a self-made business owner. I don't have a job. I do have clients and I do work on software projects and data centers, etc. today. It is because this is what I love to do. It isn't because this is my career. I've never embraced that concept. I think if you are blessed to find your calling early in life and you can turn that into an income earner, you will embrace that far more than a defined "career" that people have to convince themselves that they love to do. I got lucky in that regard. But it was more that at a young age I was passionate to learn things. I still am. I just can't learn them in a classroom, or a lecture hall, or books. I have to go out and see things with my own eyes and touch things with my own hands. It is just the way I operate. Today I run a technology organization, and thanks to my wife and her focus on investments in the 1990s, we learned the power of real estate investing along with other passive income bus...

Are you chasing fairy dust when it comes to investing or on your way to becoming a millionaire? When it comes to investing today, you are pretty much gambling in Vegas with stocks. Is Bitcoin the answer? What exactly is it? Today, I bring back on Myles Wakeham, who has been a millionaire three separate times in his life. His most recent venture into millionaire land was due to him buying and owning Bitcoin. Today we get to the truth about Bitcoin and how our financial system truly works. About Myles in his own words: I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide was a wonderful place. Clean, great community, great weather, great food. I mean the idyllic location. My parents were not wealthy, but nor were they poor. My father worked all of his life for the same company. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. My parents owned their own home and paid it off. They struggled financially but were able to put me through private school. I was an only child - I guess I didn't have to share their focus with another, so I got lucky. I had always been interested in technology from a young age. I was such an avid learner that I would go to great extremes to seek out things and get involved in clubs, community groups, etc. I rode my bike everywhere - even for hours to the city's center to spend my Sunday afternoons in the public library. Soaking up every bit of knowledge I could get. Strange things that people often didn't pay attention to. But I did. One day I got exposed to CB Radios. This was in the 1970s. I became obsessed (as I often did with things). I learned about electronics, physics, communications, etc. This led me towards computers, and eventually, I bought one of the first personal computers - in 1978, the TRS-80 Model 1 computer. I learned everything about programming that computer, and it became everything to me. As the computer industry evolved, so did I. I started a software company and became one of the few experts in software development in Adelaide - getting gigs to write software for government departments, big corporations, etc., and I was still not even 20 years old. My passion for technology was matched with a business passion, which started well before I discovered technology. I guess business was in my DNA. In 1989, I moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. I realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life-changing experience. It taught me to embrace everything I found within my grasp, learning about business in the USA, I got involved in the music industry, and I was able to leverage my computer programming experience to land work in some early startups - one of which became Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology corporation. Although I spent much of the next 30 years living in the USA, I never lost touch with my home of Australia, and in the late 1990s moved back there for many years before returning to the USA. In 2002 I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I've lived here since. I am a self-made business owner. I don't have a job. I do have clients and I do work on software projects and data centers, etc. today. It is because this is what I love to do. It isn't because this is my career. I've never embraced that concept. I think if you are blessed to find your calling early in life and you can turn that into an income earner, you will embrace that far more than a defined "career" that people have to convince themselves that they love to do. I got lucky in that regard. But it was more that at a young age I was passionate to learn things. I still am. I just can't learn them in a classroom, or a lecture hall, or books. I have to go out and see things with my own eyes and touch things with my own hands. It is just the way I operate. Today I run a technology organization, and thanks to my wife and her focus on investments in the 1990s, we learned the power of real estate investing along with other passive income bus...

Myles lives in Scottsdale, AZ and has a fascinating story to tell about going against the herd when it comes to investing. Psychologically this is one of the most difficult things for a human to do, but when you're able to, the rewards can be massive. We discuss Myles early days in corporate America. What it was like moving to Los Angeles from Australia, then returning to Australia 6 years later, then deciding to finally return to the United States for good. We discuss the pitfalls of real estate investing, what to do and what not to do. How you can build a rental property portfolio from scratch. The proper way to view debt and leverage, and common mistakes many rookie investors make. Myles suffered from Covid last summer. He describes what that was like. After hearing his story, it really makes sense why the elderly or already-sick can be especially vulnerable to this virus. We discuss what to expect in the economy once Covid lockdowns are finally over; where to invest your money, time and energy right now so you can profit when things finally get back to normal. "I'm really different. Not in a bad way, but I will challenge your audience to question social norms and think outside of the box in order for them to break free of the statistics of being a wage slave and never retiring. I'm living proof that it can easily be done and I love to share my story." – Myles WakehamSupport the show (https://paypal.me/lukemenkes)

My guest this week went from being a high school dropout to almost losing his life in a devastating car accident to living his best life as a flourishing real estate investor and financial wiz. Myles Wakeham, the host of the Unconstrained podcast, is stopping by to give you his inspirational life story and tell you how to change your mindset so that you can break free of the rat race and live the life you’ve always dreamed of.--Subscribe to the podcast and follow the show on Instagram and Facebook, @jaded80sbaby.Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/jaded80sbaby)

In tonight’s Saturday Night Special I talk with Myles Wakeham.  I ask Myles to share his personal journey as an immigrant to the U.S. from Australia.  He shares how he lives an unconstrained life today but how he reached that point by making, and losing, a fortune more than once.       Show Notes and Resources.

My guest is Myles Wakeham who runs the website beunconstrained.com and is the host of the "Unconstrained Podcast".  Myles describes the moments in his life where everything seemed to be going his way when unforeseen tragedies struck.  He's gone from a millionaire in his 30s to nearly broke and back again.  He's learned the importance of relying on himself, rather than corporations to reach his goals as well as focusing on learning new things to get ahead.  He also shares his experiences with the US, Australian and Mexican health care systems from the standpoint of cost and access to care.Visit Suburban Folk to learn more.

Mr. Myles Wakeham, author and host of the Unconstrained Podcast joins Dr. Elaina George for this week’s episode of Living in the Solution to discuss how individuals can achieve financial stability and live their best life wholly unconstrained from debt so as to be self sufficient and thrive as they move forward Myles Wakeham lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, an expatriated Australian who has lived in the United States since 1989 along with his wonderful wife, and awesome daughter. Upon relocating to the United States, Myles realized that the ability to migrate from one place to another was a life changing experience teaching him to embrace everything within his grasp. He became involved in the music industry and was able to leverage his computer programming experience to land work in some early startups – one of which became Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology corporation. Myles is a self-made business owner, who thanks to his wife and her focus on investments in the 1990s, along with the teachings of people like Robert Kiyosaki taught them the power of real estate investing along with other passive income businesses. As such, this means the ability to freely travel and live an unconstrained life. His goal in life is to give back and teach others how they too may achieve financial stability and live life unconstrained. Follow Myles and the Unconstrained on Twitter - https://twitter.com/beunconstrained  Unconstrained website - https://www.beunconstrained.com/. 

Today's guest recently had extensive shoulder surgery done and he saved thousands by choosing to have the surgery in Mexico rather than the USA. We discuss the details of his experience as well as his personal financial independence success story. Enjoy! Joshua

072 | Bitcoin, should you Buy it? Myles Wakeham tells us how he discovered Bitcoin, how and why cryptocurrencies have to value, and gives us a nuanced perspective of where cryptocurrency might go in the future. How did Myles, a software developer, come to invest in Bitcoin? Myles spent years figuring ways to pay his Bangladeshi software developer, until mid 2011, when his contractor discovered Bitcoin as a more effective method of payment. There's much more to this story - and to learn about cryptocurrencies, so check out the extensive list of notes at http://ChooseFI.com/072

060 | Myles Wakeham shares the little-known advantages of medical tourism, how he covers his medical bills and his personal journey to FI. This episode covers: Myles’ personal journey to FI How he discovered medical tourism The huge benefits of traveling abroad for medical treatment His investments in Bitcoin How he plans for adverse events ——————-   Thank you for being a part of the ChooseFI community! 

Peter Cetinski and Myles Wakeham take the listeners on trip through Model II history, from its genesis up to the computer's status as a current day collectable vintage computer.

Our friend Myles Wakeham joins us once again to tell us what he saw at this year's CES.

The guys are joined by listener Myles Wakeham in our first Everyday Linux Listener Spotlight show.

Main Topic: The TRS-80 Model II   At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the TRS-80 Model II falls into that time frame for its release.  As usual, we’ll cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and much, much more.  I am joined by special guest host Myles Wakeham who will help me cover this machine.  But first, I’ll cover new acquisitions, news, feedback, and an interview with Myles before diving into the TRS-80 Model II. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Holmes Engineering IM-2 TRS-80 Model I Memory Upgrade - http://www.trs-80.org/holmes-internal-memory/ News CoCo Coding Contest - http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/CoCoCoding_1980_Contest The MISE Project - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ DynoSprite - https://www.github.com/richard42/dynosprite RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/ VCF East X - http://www.vintage.org/2015/east/exhibit.php Feedback OSI Challenger advertisement on the back cover of the Dec 1980 Byte magazine - https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-12/1980_12_BYTE_05-12_Adventure#page/n403/mode/2up Magazines/Newsletters/Books/Manuals manual for the TRS 80 Model II in PDF - http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/doc/Model_2_Operation_Manual_(19xx)(Tandy).pdf Trs-80 Means Business: Trs-80 Model II, With 64K (Diskette and Book) Hardcover – July, 1982 by Ted G. Lewis - http://www.amazon.com/Trs-80-Means-Business-Model-Diskette/dp/0471875651 User's Handbook to the Trs-80 Model II Computer Paperback – June, 1983 by Jeffrey R. Weber - http://www.amazon.com/Users-Handbook-Trs-80-Model-Computer/dp/0938862014/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418176303&sr=1-5&keywords=trs-80+model+II VisiCalc for the TRS-80 model II and model 16 computers (Microcomputer power series) 1982 by Edouard J Desautels - http://www.amazon.com/VisiCalc-TRS-80-model-computers-Microcomputer/dp/0697099555/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418176303&sr=1-7&keywords=trs-80+model+II Ads Marketing brochure for the Model II - http://www.trailingedge.com/trs80/TRS80Mod2.pdf Modern Upgrades FreHD hard drive emulator - http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator Emulation MESS - http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=trs80m2 Videos Model II  Ramblings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0ABstKl4Q Unboxing a TRS-80 Model II by Devin2277 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTc7ceIwREA Reassembling the TRS-80 Model II (4 parts) by Devin2277 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKtbOwDVed0 Current Web Sites oldcomputers.net - http://oldcomputers.net/trs80ii.html home page of Kees Stravers - http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/modelii.html Ira Goldklang’s TRS-80 Revived Site @ trs-80.com - http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/trs-80-computer-line/model-ii/ VanNatta Computer History - http://www.vannattabros.com/history2.html old-computers.com - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=243 Dave’s Old Computers - http://classiccmp.org/dunfield/trs80/index.htm Digibarn Computer Museum - http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/trs80-model2/ PDF documentation for the Tandy TRS-80 model II - http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/doc/index.html Bill Degnan’s Model II Restoration Project - http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=184 Computer Museum of FJKraan (Yet Another Computer Museum) - http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/ References Wikipedia - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Model_II_and_12