Lesson: Learn to Focus in 2024 (plus, how BNPL companies are killing you)

The Stacking Benjamins Show

Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP

Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Education, Retirement, Investing, Cfp, Business, Money

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

So many distractions. You can't even read this title without thinking about your social media accounts, can you? That's okay. Neither can we. So, to help ourselves AND our Stacker community, we invited Eric Qualman to join us. He embarked on the Focus Project where he just tried focusing on ONE THING for two hours a day. How'd it work out? We'll share all, including his tips on New Year resolutions and how to block time for the important things on today's show.

Plus (and before we discuss focus), we'll dive even more into the topic as we talk about Klarna and Affirm, plus companies who've done the same thing over the last thirty years. Should our Stacker not go with the BNPL company? We'll discuss winning strategies.

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0:00.0	Guys, New Year's morning. I'm so excited. You guys are up recording early on New Year's
0:04.2	morning. O.G., that must mean that you went to bed at 7 a.m. on New Year's Eve, as usual? I've just rolled in from the Rose Bowl parade to record this real fast. We had to go to bed early. Did I say we went to bed at 7 a.m.? I'm at 7 p.m. But it's not beyond OG to go to bed at 7 a.m. I figured out where I got that from because I was visiting my dad on his birthday a couple of weeks ago.
0:24.0	He said, well, not beyond OG to go to bed at 7 a.m. I figured out where I got that from because I was
0:21.0	visiting my dad on his birthday a couple of weeks ago. He said, well, where do you want to go for dinner? And I said, it's your birthday, but it's 3.30. So we've got plenty of time. He's like, well, we usually like to eat around 4, 415. We got an hour. And so we went and did that. And And then about 8 o'clock, he was like, well, what time do you usually get up?
0:39.6	And I said, how about the crack at 815, no matter if I got something to do or not? And he said, well, coffee will be on at 530 or 615. Those are the two settings. Invited to warm it up in the microwave. Yeah. So he said, I'm going to turn in. It was like 805. I was like, all right. Plus it was 8.05 Eastern time. So it was really about 7 o'clock central time. So I went and laid down. And amazing thing happens when you go to bed at 7 o'clock. You tend to get up at about 6.30 at the latest. Talking about stacking's, he's stacking, you're stacking sheep. Yes. It's a key component to staying healthy. And you know what? You can do that because of the men and women in our armed forces. You like that, huh? Huh? Another year, guys. It's very true. We know who's going to keep us all safe. On behalf of the men and women at Navy Federal Credit Union, the men and women making podcast in Mom's Basement, here's to the troops. Stack some Benjamin's together, shall we, in 2024? Cheers. Cheers. Happy New Year, everybody. Here's the song that we'd like to do for all the younger set of people, the teenagers and what have you.
1:46.7	This one's called Vacations Open.
1:53.5	Vacations over.
1:55.5	It's over. It's over.
2:02.2	Live from Joe's Mom's Basement, it's the Stacking Benjamin Show.
2:17.0	I'm Joe's mom's neighbor, Doug, and happy New Year, Stacker.
2:21.0	Let's crank up 2024 all the way to 11 by helping you focus on what's important with special
2:28.4	kick-it-all-off guest Eric Qualman.
2:31.6	Wait, focus.
2:32.7	Hey, let's start right now.
2:34.7	There's lots of great stuff on today's show.
2:37.0	So, uh, you know, just, just listen.
2:39.7	And now, two guys who do this podcast, Joe and OG.
2:45.8	Wow.
2:46.6	I cut that a lot.
2:47.8	This focus thing really works.
2:50.8	Welcome to Cut to the Chase in 2024 podcast.
2:53.9	My name's Joe Salsy.
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