Learning to Think Like a Multi-Millionaire (with Sam Dogen) SB1681
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
What do most millionaires have in common? No, it’s not a yacht named “Compound Interest.” It’s mindset. In this episode, Joe Saul-Sehy and OG kick off Mindset Week by welcoming Sam Dogen, the Financial Samurai himself, to help you start your journey toward a million-dollar net worth—one intentional step at a time.
Sam shares why building wealth is less about luck and more about grit, clear goals, and a killer savings rate. He explains why $250,000 is the magic milestone where compounding takes over, why your “why” is more important than your budget, and how a simple house-to-car ratio can reveal whether you’re cruising toward financial freedom or stuck in the valet lane.
You'll learn:
- Why your first $250,000 is the hardest (and most critical)
- How to find your “why” and let it drive your money decisions
- Why some people crush millionaire goals while others stall out
- The pros and cons of prioritizing student loan payoff
- How real estate, entrepreneurship, and mindset play a role in long-term success
Plus, Doug delivers trivia about the world’s most millionaire-dense country (hint: it’s not the U.S.), and Joe announces a live event with Boldin’s Steve Chen to help you master retirement planning tools. All that and a wink toward OG’s dream car obsession (which definitely didn’t come from the after-show... wink wink).
💥 Want to level up your financial thinking? This episode is your launching pad.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. You know what that means? Coffee's hot and we're ready to salute the troops. |
| 0:05.8 | You gentlemen, ready? Sure. That's an enthusiastic Monday greeting, OG. |
| 0:11.4 | Sure. There you go. Bring it, man. Come on. You can bring it. I'm on an airplane right now. I'm super tired. It was an early flight for OG. |
| 0:19.6 | Person next to you get annoyed that you have this whole microphone set up on the airplane. |
| 0:23.4 | No, no. |
| 0:24.1 | They asked if they could be on the show. |
| 0:26.6 | And our special guest coming to us from seat 4B. |
| 0:32.7 | I was going to say 16B, Doug, but that's you and me. |
| 0:36.0 | That's not. |
| 0:36.4 | That's where you guys sit. |
| 0:37.2 | That's not. That's why we have to, but that's you and me. That's not where you guys sit. That's not. |
| 0:37.7 | That's why we have to record on microphones because you won't sit next to me. I'm happy anytime |
| 0:43.7 | I get above row 28. We won't sit next to OG. I think that I think that's a little backwards. |
| 0:51.0 | We'd be happy to sit next to you. You won't sit next to us. |
| 0:59.5 | I mean, there's no seats available. The unwashed. The unwashed masses. |
| 1:06.5 | On behalf of the men and women making podcast in Mama's Basement and the men and women at Navy Federal Credit Union, a big salute to the people who kept us safe all weekend, who, and also |
| 1:11.2 | who I'm sure are going to do it all week this week, our troops. |
| 1:14.9 | Thanks for all you do. |
| 1:16.3 | Let's go stack some Benjamins together now, shall we? |
| 1:19.3 | Cheers. |
| 1:20.8 | Here's the song that we'd like to do for all the younger set of people, the teenagers and |
| 1:24.4 | what have you. |
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