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Celebrating the 300th episode, hosts Phillip Ramsey and Ben Fust reflect on the journey of the Uncommon Wealth Podcast and delve into themes of perseverance and growth. They discuss the challenges of maintaining a podcast, the evolution of Phillip’s business, the impact of relationships and partnerships, and the experience of establishing a new office space. Highlighting the importance of embracing change and leveraging technology, the hosts provide insights into creating a business that aligns with personal values and long-term vision. This episode encourages listeners to find joy and opportunity in every life stage.
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Transcript
Introduction to the Podcast's Mission
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Everyone dreams of living an uncommon life and the best asset you have to achieve your dreams is you. Welcome to the Uncommon Wealth Podcast.
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We're going to introduce you to people who are living uncommonly. We're also going to give you some tools and strategies for building wealth and for pursuing an uncommon path that is uniquely right for you.
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And you're listening to the Uncommon Wealth Podcast.
Celebrating the 300th Episode
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You don't recognize my voice unless you love the deep cuts. But my name is Ben Foost. ah I'm the editor and often propagator of the program, but here in service and honor of Philip Ramsey for the 300th episode.
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Philip, congratulations, man. Yeah, that's a lot of podcasts. Okay, just to contextualize this, is, it's like 95% podcasts not this Okay. Okay. percent of podcasts do not make it this far okay um It feels nerdy, but like they
Challenges and Perseverance in Podcasting
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call it pod fade. like People are like, hey, I'm going get out there. I'm to share my voice. People are gonna dig on the things that I'm saying. and like You get five episodes, 20 episodes in. and then like it just People don't have the stamina for it. fora It's hard. You've got to keep feeding that beast. Yes, totally. and there's there's um Some of it is, I think, and maybe if you guys are thinking about this, you're like, I want to do a podcast. like
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There's a little bit of unreasonableness that has to exist for you to continue to go. I should keep speaking. Yeah. Right. You keep speaking and sharing. And often it's a righteous thought. It's hard to sustain because like, although it's different with Philip and I today, because we're looking at each other like don't get but you're often in a room by yourself. Just talking to the microphone. That's right. It's just you. long up Yeah. There's a bit of ah you almost have to carry a little bit of a ego in there to go. I'm going to keep talking even if no one responds to me.
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It's so accurate. Yeah. So anyway, it it is it is a significant accomplishment, um not only to be able to put out 300 episodes, um but even the listens. i was i was I saw a stat the other day about books, about people buying books and stuff. And they said that even like the top-selling authors, authors that like you would recognize,
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sometimes they're selling 3000 copies of a book within the first four to six months or something like it just, the numbers aren't what they used to be. Yeah. What they used to be, or maybe even what you expect of what it means to be successful. Yeah.
Evolving Content and Audience Engagement
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um and And just in general, the podcast numbers I would know are are up. They're about double what they were maybe a year, maybe the last time we spoke. Right. And even some, some places about five or 10 X, but like,
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the The interesting part is, is that like um this podcast is more listened to than I think it's like, again, 75, 80 percent of the podcasts that are out there. They're wild. it un It's just wild. So anyway, I was thinking about um it is an interesting question, though, for you, which is 300 episodes in ah often in a room by yourself. Like, why do you keep doing it? Yeah, it's a question. And I think that there's been a lull in times where like Brian would take off and do I, what do I do? How do I talk about what technical things can I actually glean yu that people find interesting and informative? um And i I remember you and I had in conversation of like, you got to make it your own show. And so
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ah There are times, very so few times that I go into the technical details of accounts and different positions and all these things. And more of just what is an uncommon perspective that you can have yeah in this world that is all too so valuable to me and I think other people. It's a breath of fresh air.
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um And so that... gave me momentum to continue to talk when there's been some droughts. Oh, for sure. And even recently, like the building kicked my hiney. And so we had to to kind of regroup and kind of pull back from the from the deep cuts, as Ben likes to say. and that was life-giving.
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um But I do feel like there are content that not only do I get excited about talking about, but I think that people genuinely... it would encourage them if they did listen. So if I felt like I was just re repeating what I used to say or regurgitating, if you will, I think I'd be super discouraged. But yeah for some reason, the Lord has gotten me something to talk about and I keep grabbing this microphone and ripping it. yeah You know
True Purpose and Emotional Connection
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what i love? um So one of the interesting things about about your show, and I think it stands out. And again, i'm some of this I'm saying, it's a feel like I'm just handing out compliments to Philip. But like also, as because of the types of folks that are listening to your program, I want you guys to think about, too, what this means for the things that you're putting out. Newsletters, podcasts. like
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um Is that there is something about, if you're just trying to get something from someone. Like, hey, I want a podcast because I want to sell more houses. Right. I mean, that could be a byproduct, sure. But like, I want to podcast because I want to like try to get a person to do a specific thing like that'll run out of gas absolutely because the the feedback won't be there.
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ah And to your to your point, you'll get tapped out because you will start circling back on the same 10, 15 types of things that matter because those are the the conversation hinge points that you're used to for being good at your work.
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Right. It's something completely different to be a person that just sees the world in a way and then looks around and goes, well, here's what I'm looking at today. Here's what I'm looking at through. You get my eyes, but looking at a unique situation with these folks, with this business, with the economic world that's going on around us that won't tap because it's, it's you. yeah um And it's something that i actually think um people can connect with because it's it's so um it's endearing, I guess, to hear someone say something that you can't quite put words to, but like that you feel. Have you had that? Have you seen moments like that or people that you latch on to when that's true?
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Yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. And so so I think a lot of that time, a lot of that is is it, is that like your connections are um being able to see the world in a certain way. And it's an encouraging way. It's a way that otherwise points people to like, hey, I think that it can be different. yeah um And it's often in a world where it's not like people are being intentionally discouraging, but like most of the pylons are sent to direct you to a path in which feels like a box a Absolutely. And trying to sell you something. Yeah, for sure. Like this couldn't be further from this podcast. like this I try to provide so much value that you you feel like you can do it yourself. yeah Yeah. And when you do it that way, I feel like one, there's people who are like, wait, you have a podcast? you know They have no idea. either They might think there's four or five episodes. yeah um And so I don't really do a good job of promoting
Adapting to Listener Needs
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it.
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ah But when people find it, I feel like they they kind of get locked into like, this is a niche. yeah um And it used to be a lot longer content. Like we have guests for 45 minutes to an hour. And I'm not saying those weren't good, but the seasons have changed or maybe my ADHD has changed and and we're we're just making a little shorter so people can consume it, change their maybe perspective on a day or that so topic and then move on. Yeah. so yeah um But yeah, I do feel like it's been it's been kind of an evolving journal, if you will, not only in my career, but...
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what I find is valuable to the marketplace yeah and what the core values of uncommon wealth are of how you see things and, and what, and if you, if you like in line with them, go out and do it. Yeah. If if you want us to help you, we're here for you, but, Um, either way I do, it's just, it's just a good thing for me to be able to talk through this stuff and also see the world in a perspective of like, that's what I feel like God's teaching me.
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Could there's somebody else be maybe wanting to hear that too? yeah Maybe, maybe not. And so, uh, I don't know how many times I tell Ben like, Hey, what are the stats and stuff? I don't ever say it because i don't know if I care, you know, like I care and I don't care. Yeah. But you know, people be like, how many people have you got as like clients because the podcast, I don't know. Yeah. I have no idea. Yeah. Could there be some? Yeah, maybe. Um, but there might not be either. And again, Ben does a really good job of gently like, Hey, you got to promote your podcast because it is something fun.
Promotion Challenges and Audience Value
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He has to listen to it.
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I pay him. But ah other people don't have to. And I think there would be value if more people heard about it. And so it's encouraging for me to hear that there's more people that are clicking on it and our numbers are going up. um But there's a strategery. don't know if that's a word. It's a word for sure. Yeah.
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that I don't understand and I don't feel like the Lord has given me that gift yeah to figure out how to connect all this stuff yet. yeah um And maybe it's just not my time and maybe it'll never be.
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and yet But that's not why I do the podcast. That's right. So that's that's helpful. That's given me motivation and encouragement to just grab the microphone and and and talk about something that I feel like God's leading and teaching me my life. Yeah. And again, I think that's an encouraging way to think about just any of your output. There's things that um feel like tools to accomplish an an end.
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And there's things that you would do regardless, or they're they're like righteous outpourings of the work that you do, the way that you look at the world, the way that you want to interact with people, or like, it's what you have to offer. And would you, if you had to start writing it down and someone said, this feels like a real biblical example, but like, Hey, if there's, there's five people, know, There's five five people in in Sodom who going listen to this podcast. Are still going to put it out? Yeah. If they're going to get value out of it. Right. Yeah. Right. What if there's only three? Sure. Right. And so um I think it's an interesting um you don't.
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There's low times, and I want to talk about some of the some of the changes in your business and some of the like this building work and stuff as it interacts with some of this, too. There's certainly low times, but um the things that you value and the encouragement and otherwise goodness that you create that other people can benefit from, if you're not asking for it to bounce back and necessarily enrich you, um it's It is a little easier to sustain. It's genuine. Yes, because the measurement of the measurement of the listeners...
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Like, I actually think I'm terrible at this, by the way. Philip and I are a terrible tag team because both of us suffer from this exact same problem where I'm like, ah maybe maybe there's a bunch of wizardry that can get 200 people a week to be a thousand people a week. But if that extra 800 people were people who just like ducked in because they saw an ad or something and got it for 30 seconds and then bailed. And then the next episode, it's a different 800 people. Like, what are we doing? Yeah, it doesn't do it Right, there's no reason for for that. the The business doesn't require, the encouragement doesn't require it. It doesn't enrich anybody else who's actually listening to it thoughtfully and deeply, you know? Right.
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Interesting. Okay, so- Also too, I would say, my last comment on this is I feel like Uncommon Wealth is swimming in a blue sea. you ever heard that? Like a red sea, blue sea. Red sea is like there's a lot of sharks in that water. Yeah. And we swim in a blue sea. Yeah. Where when people find it, it's a breath of fresh air. Yeah. Like they haven't heard this- position or this perspective before. And so not only do I feel encouraged that there are people out there that really lock in and really resonate with the values and the perspective, but I also feel like the future is bright because we're not going after all the other financial advisors that are going after the same
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Client type. Yeah. We have our own little niche. Yeah. And it's a blue ocean. Yeah. Although it can be intimidating in the ocean by yourself. Oh, for sure. So, so let's talk about, um, as I think about um,
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Episodes 200 and 300. And even there was a jump even between 100 and 200 to just like changes in your business, like partners that you've had folks who are again, you you're ah a smaller company, right? So like, you're going to notice when people aren't there anymore, different people are coming in and that kind of thing.
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And then you're in the middle here of a, of ah a physical location, which you haven't had. yeah um and so, well, one, let's talk to me a little bit about, about those changes. And like, if, if Philip from 10 years ago, you know, was just start, like, what what would you tell yourself just starting that journey from 10 years ago that you needed reminded of as some of these kind of, you know, waves come and gone and changes in your life and in your business?
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Yeah, I think if I would have taken a snapshot at where I was at now versus 10 years ago, I'd be pretty discouraged, if I'm being honest. yeah um i I just feel like the Lord has blessed me with the leadership characteristics, leadership qualities to be able to pour into other people. So if I saw two people in any building, I'd be like, what did you do wrong? If I'm being truly honest. yeah And so when people come and go, I've always tried to instill of like, if you leave this company,
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this company will never be the same. You know, I think there's a lot of businesses out there who are like, you can leave and this company will always, you know, which it doesn't value the gifts that they actually bring. That's right. Yep. So I've tried to do that opposite. I've tried to be uncommon in that and like tell people if they leave, our business is going to look very different because the gifts and skill sets that they bring are valuable ye in that season.
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Um, now the place where I feel like it's not only humbling, but, um, I'm growing immensely is, but that doesn't mean that I can't change. And, uh, the gifts that you have doesn't mean that we can't replace them. it just, again, the company will never be the same without the people in it. And so there's been times in my past where I've clung on to maybe some individuals longer than it should have, because all the signs are pointing to this is, this is a good time to off ramp. Yeah. Yeah. either for them or for us, um but I'm pretty loyal. And so I've tried to keep them around as long as I can, maybe to the detriment of a relationship that I should have maybe like, hey, this is probably just not going to work. Yeah, yeah. ah But where God has had us and where God has had is is at us currently is I'm really encouraged. Yeah. I'm really encouraged, one, for the knowledge that I have gained through the changes. Yeah.
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and And maybe some boundaries that I'm now protecting myself a little bit more um than i I ever have, which feels a little bit calloused. Yeah. But I also feel like the Lord uses different circumstances and situations to produce endurance and strength.
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character and steadfastness, yeah all these things where, i mean, this is a refining, running a business, if you are a business owner, you know, it is refining, it is humbling, it is ah everything that you ever thought it would be and more, and yet the byproduct is something that you value. And so looking at the future of Uncommon Wealth Partners, I see that we are going to be efficient. Efficient and yet not stemming away from the core values that we have, which is client focused and really trying to encourage those underdogs or the uncommon people in the world to let their uncommon flag fly yeah a little bit. And, and so how we're going to do that is being efficient and, um, trying to pour into even more of our clients, um,
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ideas and and paths and financial I guess things that we can do so um I'm grateful for where we're at now yeah so we have a building I feel like that's been the night like a a very healthy transition yeah at first I was like we're gonna do this all remote and that worked for a season but it's hard to lead when everyone's remote yeah And you only see each other maybe once a quarter in a team meeting.
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um You can't tell when maybe attitudes are slipping or something personal for somebody is really weighing on them. yeah And so that's where I really like took a hard, deep, like kind of... under like
00:16:05
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hard to look at what's going on and how things are not going well. And I thought we need to be physically together. Yeah. So I could lead more efficiently and and and more effectively.
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So that's that's what I'd say now. So I think as we grow, we we have capacity to have more clients. Yeah. And technology has been a big... part of that But I don't want our clients to feel like it's robotic. yeah I want to actually be in our in front of our clients more.
00:16:32
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and And I want our our systems and processes and maybe even AI to help us do the back end stuff so we can be more front and center. Yeah. And Cody has been, a ah I think everybody in their own season have been life giving to me. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but Cody came to me one time. He's like, Hey, I just did some research and financial advising is one of the top things that will be replaced with AI in the very new free near future. And I remember telling him like, I love that statistic. And he's like, what? Yeah.
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And I was like, here's the deal. If AI and if we can understand AI and help but help us have better relationships, which Uncommon Wealth is all about, yeah then let's embrace it. yep Let's embrace it and see how we can maximize it in order to go help more people be uncommon and start their own path.
00:17:23
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And immediately he was just like, oh, that's what we do here. We're kind of more in the relationship type of things and encouraging people to to take ownership and look at their lives and the way they're gifted as something that can be um providing for their family. So I'm kind of excited about the future. I'm excited about what AI can bring. Not because I want AI to interact with our clients. No, I want the AI to do stuff that I'm not good at. Yeah. And, and, and, and to be honest, there's always been somebody out there to be able to help compliment me on maybe my weaknesses. Yeah. Well now AI can do that. So AI doesn't sleep. They don't call in for, you they don't have personal things. Yeah. um It's just somebody that can really compliment somebody who has a superpower and they can go use that and flex that muscle even stronger. so I don't know if that answers your question long and short, but it kind of does. It's interesting because if you think about um just finances holistically, like no one wants money just for like and Scrooge wants money just for money. Yeah. Everyone else is using wealth to otherwise do something as a tool. Yeah, it enables something that they want in their lives. It could just be ah the notion of um of of trust or comfort or security or something like that.
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All of those things are human emotions, right? And so like... um Yes, you can often separate the transactional bits like, hey, did we do well in the market today or something like that?
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But that's not the same thing as understanding contextually what does that wealth mean to how secure I feel, what my opportunities are, what I'm enabled to go do, what I'm excited to go do, what I can go do in someone else's life or that kind of thing, right? And so and and you're right, like the the tools underneath will shift that the landscape of ease and opportunity and that kind of thing.
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ah Humans will always be the dealers of human emotion. i't know if you try to interact with some of these chatbots and emotion. Terrible. They're terrible. Yes. As they should be. I don't, we don't want have an expectations that they're better than that. And so, yeah, great. Okay. Well, so part of the, part of the point of that question, actually, let's talk about this, the building project a little more. Yeah. You're not unfamiliar ah over the years with dealing with business owners who are like jumping in and out of, of building spaces and stuff like that. Right.
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was Was there anything that surprised you about this building project relative to what you already know through someone else's eyes? You know, when I was like, how's a building going? I was like, well, it's over budget and way over time frame. So it's going exactly how it should be. Right. You know like that's so it's going swimmingly well.
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ah But it's different when you're in that. You're in the pocket, yeah so to say. You're, oh, there's something that, oh, $10,000, like that was unexpected. yeah um And so that's been interesting. And it's also helped me value like general contractors because it's basically babysitting grown adults yeah to try to hold them accountable to something they said. Now, when you're trying to run a business and doing general contracting, it its we're losing time quickly. Yes. Because I just can't hold people accountable like somebody who's, that's full-time job. Yeah.
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So to answer your question, it was exactly how I thought it was going to be, but way different because I was the one... skilling equipment So that's pretty much my life. If that could be a shirt, that's pretty much my shirt. So maybe the the difference with past interactions, you probably say the same things, set the same expectations with with other business owners.
00:20:46
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But maybe you just give them a, I don't know, a hug or a piece of candy or something. Like, I know it's rough. Yeah. So funny story. So the person that, so Eden and Greg, John Shiplett, Hannah Shiplett, they're rock stars. Yep.
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they helped me walk through this. Like without them, would have been a dark, dark place. But they were really encouraging. And and that could probably be a whole other podcast about the building. But John and I are the one who went to Switzerland. yep And we had this kind of, or I had this epiphany on the mountain of like, i I probably should do more risky things like this with my business and just step in and let the Lord, you know,
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give me the faith I need to yeah like rely on him. And so that's kind of the emphasis of this building is that gave me the confidence, I guess. So it was really cool that John said, hey, I'll help you with this. And he had the skills and expertise to do it. yup Hannah was the one who helped us design it.
00:21:40
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And so as he's been helping me, well, guess what they're doing now? They're buying a building. And so he told me, he's like, yep, this is our budget to renovate. And we both stopped. We loved looked at each other and we both laughed. Because you start with a number and it completely changes. yeah For whatever reason, things that you just don't foresee. But it's been cool to so to have them not only walk through this building project with me, but then decide to do it for themselves. Yeah, and yeah. And they've done it far more times for other people. But I'm telling you, when you're in the driver's seat, it is very different. And so to be able to almost be there for them now yeah and almost be a better coach or, i don't know, financial advisor for people who are in it. Like, ye oh, baby, I've i've been there. yeah And I can almost speak to it even more because I've i felt those emotions yup of costs going up and...
00:22:34
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it's No sign to where are we going. So honestly, where we're at now is like, I'm waiting for the final bill. yeah Trying to figure out what that's going to be. And like, do I lose sleep over tonight? No, we'll figure it out. yeah But also, I'm almost numb to money. It's almost like monopoly money at this Like, well, yeah, like, why wouldn't we do that? yeah um And when you get to so much so far in the process, you're kind of like, well...
00:22:56
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Either I do it halfway or yeah do the whole thing. and And I'm not the halfway kind of guy. So here we are. yeah it is It is difficult ah building a house, building a business. right when When it gets that high and you've spent ah so much money to get to a place and someone goes, look, it's going to be another five grand. If that five grand would have hit you day 10, you'd have flipped out. yeah On a day 55, you're like, got to do it. Yeah.
00:23:23
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Sounds great. yeah Yeah. What am I going to say no to this thing if if if between me and what I wanted is $5,000? Like you just the context changes and it is what it is. And like ah it happens 99.9% the time and everyone actually seems to have worked it out. So, you know.
00:23:39
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Yeah. Other people have gone before us to do this. Yeah. Yeah. um It was interesting to kind of a mixed blessing is when you're dealing with a commercial building, it's like extortion and you're dealing with a mafia a little bit like you. yeah Everything's 40% more than it should be. Yep.
00:23:54
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Even to trash trash is $50 a month. Why? Well, it's commercial. Is it different than your bin at home? No. Right. Same truck, same thing, everything. Like, but we give you better service. I don't want that service. I want the old, like, just want to, you know, anyway, so it's extortion, but like you want to do something electrical. Well, you gotta, you gotta jump through all these hoops. Yeah.
00:24:16
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And honestly, that was a blessing because if I didn't, I'd be like me and a couple of friends, like, let's, Let's do this. Right. Right. And it's probably not the safest thing ever. I still feel like all my friends are knowledgeable enough to help me. But um it was almost helpful for me to know like what I can do and what I can't do. Yeah. If we had to pull permit, Philip can't do. Yeah. I'm not licensed as a master plumber or ah electrician. Yeah. um But painting.
00:24:41
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yeah I can do that. Right. Like there's no, I did it. oh Yeah. You better believe it. my I should say my family and my friends and i did this or the demo. It was such an easy transition of like, Oh, I can demo. Yeah. There's nobody going to like come inspect demo. Yeah. Right. It's fine. So let's demo it. And, and then it was like this slippery slope of like, okay, now we've got to remodel this thing. And then we have to get people who are licensed and then we have to get inspectors coming in and you have to get permits and like it, it escalated quickly. Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:10
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Yeah. But it was almost a mixed blessing because then I didn't have to choose like, what can I do? What can't I do? Yeah. It was like, all right, you got to pull permit. You got to get inspected. Philip can't do that. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. It's kind of, um if you think about a business strategy, like it has to say no.
00:25:25
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Yeah. Like, of course you have a world full of opportunity, but just because you sell life insurance doesn't mean you should get into a off-brand Lego competition. That's right. You know, and so it has to have a no in there somewhere. And sometimes because if you're a type of person who sees opportunity everywhere, it's hard to say to cut something off. Yes. And so when someone does it for you, it it can be kind of handy. Yeah, it is it is. It is. Okay. So, okay. So coming through this, well, one more question on the building actually. So going through what you have now,
00:25:56
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Have you, like, would you considered, ah do you wish you'd have done it earlier? Like 10 years ago, I wish I would have i wouldve done this. interesting. Yeah, I ah talked to my wife about this, actually, couple days ago.
00:26:09
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And no, I think this is the perfect season for it. um Now, the partnerships had a lot to do with it. yeah Like, at the end of the day, when you're in a partnership, a lot of times, both of you are gifted very differently. um And being that...
00:26:25
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And 10 years ago, I was with Brian. Yeah. He was just not physically in Ankeny. He was in a different city. And so ah the painting, for example, like he's not going to grab a paintbrush. Like that happened on the weekends and not saying he wouldn't. I just, I don't think he would. he's got other things going on. Yeah. yeah And so I felt like a lot of this stuff would have been fallen on me. And yet we'd have to split everything that would come out of 50, 50. The other thing, too, I think is interesting is just the way that people perceive debt is very different. yeah And some people perceive debt as like, ah, it didn't work out.
00:26:59
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Let's just file bankruptcy. yeah That's not the way that I necessarily view debt. yeah um And so everything that I've done in this building has been thoughtful in, okay, am I making it better? And if I needed to, could I sell it? And could I get completely out of the note altogether? Yeah. And I think so. Again, that might be a skewed perception. But I feel like what we've done in this building has not only made it better, but I feel like it's better for Ankeny, too. So that's kind of my my kind of litmus test is yeah when you drive by this, do they look at this building be like, oh,
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they've They've done something here. yeah They didn't just slap some paint on it. We've done that. But like there seems to be some fundamental changes that made that building better. And I think that's valuable to somebody out in the marketplace yeah enough so that we could get out of this building. Now, that took a little bit more sweat equity than I i think it probably what I wanted to. yeah But that was right for my risk tolerance. Yes. Right. So when you're in that building with some other partner and you're thinking about that, you start putting out a lot more responsibility on yourself to make sure that you're going to be OK if if things don't go. Yeah. bring the plan Yeah.
00:28:08
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ah But there's other side who's also benefiting from that. And so for me, 10 years ago, that's what we would be at. yeah And I don't know if I'd be resentful, but also like, hey, grab a paintbrush, like come help, you know? And yeah and I got something else going on, which which we all do, right? But um so that's why I'm grateful that this has happened this season. And it's also been good to be working out of my house for so long to appreciate it, really. like yeah you know So those are my long answers, which I always have.
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so Yeah, that's fine. So if you we probably should do the the folks a benefit to – you're going to do like a before and after? Are you going to show the people? Okay. Well, then I'll leave that in suspense. But I will say I double-checked where I was going because there's a lot of traffic around here. And the the Google Maps – and this is a very unflattering picture yeah of the building. the The building looks fantastic. It does not in the Google Maps photo. That looks like an illegal meat locker. we got to Yeah. We got to update the Google Maps. That's one of the things. You got to call them. Call them, see see what they'll do. um
00:29:11
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Yeah. um so So now, if I think about like kind of where you've come from, and even even the podcast that you've done, in in this season of your business, have there been any that's that like really stuck with you? Like the things that you, the conversation you had or something that somebody said? um i mean, there's been a, like what I listen to them, obviously. I'm editing them. There's a lot of really, really great content.
00:29:37
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um And then every once in a while, and I think just hits different people you know at at different times, but there's just something where you're like, whiz bang. yeah That that was meant something to me. That changed something that I was currently thinking about. Can you think of any any podcasts that kind of hit that for you? No. i i In general, I will say that it does seem like I'm not interviewing as many people as I used to. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And so a lot of this is just me reflecting on maybe my day or just the normal... Journey, I'll say. Yeah. And I did a podcast a while back. It's like the joys and the journey. Yeah. And i God really kind of met me there when I was doing a hike with my family, and I was just totally focused on the top, the end goal.
00:30:22
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And it was like he hit me with a ton of bricks. And I feel like that's the switch switch that's changed a little bit is, no, I want to have joy even in the mundane. Yeah. um Now, that's not...
00:30:33
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that I couldn't interview people and, and, and pull that same thing out. But I feel like I need to do a little bit better job of prep work before I interview people. Like we literally hit record and we see what happens. And we did that today. um yeah And here we are. And, uh,
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But there's always times when I interview somebody that I'm like, that, I needed that. yeah Right? Like, there was wisdom there that i really needed to hear. yeah And so, I'm kind of yearning to start getting back into interviewing uncommon people that have an uncommon perspective that really shapes me and and grows me in a way of like, I can have that perspective too. And that's the difference, right? It's like, we get to control our own perspective and our own narrative. That's the power yeah of of this whole thing. So,
00:31:19
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Is there one or two that stand out? Yeah, I think if I go back and like look at all the titles, and yeah like, oh, wow, that was I needed to hear that, or yeah I really feel like in that season, that's what I was learning. um But yeah, so if if you spoke to one specific I'd be like, oh, yeah, I love that one. And there's probably one or two different things on every episode that I was like, that was helpful. yeah So you ever surprise yourself? Like if when you're going to go in there and just do it, you're going to talk and you think this is yeah what you're going to talk about and you find stuff coming out of your face. They're like, wow. Oh yeah. Yeah, totally. Totally. And more so when I first started this whole solo casting, that was intimidating. Yeah. Ben, like boom intimidating, but now it's, it's more second nature to grab a microphone and just see what's going to come out. Yeah. And, and hopefully the Lord will use that in somebody's life to encourage them. Yeah. But man, when I first started doing that, I was like, i don't know. I think you and I even talked about like, is this even, do I even have anything to talk about?
00:32:16
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So yeah, that's been helpful. Okay. Okay. Well, I, this has been, this has been super fun. Uh, that's again, i will reiterate 300 is a There's a persistence in there that is laudable in and of itself. um and And maybe again, I, when I was, I was thinking about what we could talk about coming in here um and like, it can feel um self self-serving, but I think actually milestones like this for your podcast are reflective of the reason you do it anyway. You may say like it's encouraging
00:32:51
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to see you do it. It's encouraging the commitment that's there to keep it up, um to have it follow you through kind of the the curves and the waves that your business has, things that, you know, just you're a different person than you were than when you started doing this type of thing. And it's it's interesting actually to go back and kind of listen. um Some of it feels like it wouldn't be, um you know, hey, you're doing ah a wealth or a financial services or like a life podcast. Is it going to Does it really reflect my personality and its changes? It does. Because like those are just palettes of which people are going through human experiences over time. yeah um And so the reason I thought it was valuable even to do some of those introspection questions is I'm hoping that it's an encouragement um to some of you guys that are listening and like whatever.
00:33:36
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whatever endeavor you have, like you've got your main things that you do. And then there's something that probably feels a little bit peripheral. Does anybody read the newsletter? Does anybody care about the handwritten note? I do every couple of weeks or, you know, I sent out five, only somebody told me thanks or, like you know, or podcasts. I've also, I've been podcasting for, i don't know, 12 or 13 years. It's a long time. yeah Way. Like, uh, I'll usually say we've been podcasting before podcasting was cool. And then we just kind of stayed under the radar when it, When it it improved. um But it's kind of the same thing. You don't really podcasting is notoriously difficult to tell whether anybody's listening, like they're getting better. But yeah, um I do it.
00:34:13
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I still do it almost weekly, maybe bi-weekly ah because I need it. I want the chance to digest the world around me. I want to, we've got, I've got friends and, and stuff in the studio and we're talking and digesting the thing going on. And, you know, not everything's going to be a real winner, you know, I'm going to submit everything for awards contention, but, but the experience of doing it, the, the, just a crazy things that people can latch onto that didn't mean anything to you. They seem normal to you, but they change something in somebody else. And that's true. um not even because the unique person that Philip is, or maybe the unique person that it's just because people are unique. You just, there's things that feel normal to you that strikes someone. And so anyway, I hope the conversation was encouraging, um I'll thank you on Philip's behalf because he always does, but I'll thank you for listening. I think it's um it's it's it's good to see um such a unique community of folks um kind of growing and learning and being encouraged by each other through something that can feel disassociated, but as um as a matter of practice actually kind of ties us all together. It does. Yeah. So your podcast is Live From The Path. It's one of the ones I listen to. yeah So if you wanted to know more, i think it's great. And I do think that, so in my maturity, I feel like marriage was the first thing that God used in my life to be like, oh boy, like I need to be humbled. And yeah he used that tool in my life to really refine me. And then the next thing was ah children. Yeah. is oh man like you see things and sin issues in your own life through your your kids and you're like don't do that it's not going to serve you well yeah that's right right the third thing though is is my business and there's other things too but like big things yeah like the lord has taught me and humbled me more in those three things than ever yep and so
00:36:07
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it's encouraging for me to say that this podcast has evolved, evolved and almost like a journal over our career path at uncommon wealth partners. yeah Um, it's changed and it's it's going to change and to be able to have these things as kind of a, even a checkpoint, even the every hundredth episode, it's interesting to be able to reflect on the last in and the, in the history of, yep um, so thanks for.
00:36:31
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interviewing me yeah you're all right all right well you've listening to the uh uncommon wealth podcast my name has been uh has been foost and i've been talking with philip ramsey and i'll uh i'll let you sign it off because otherwise it wouldn't be the show without it it would it be though yeah uh i will say thanks i the 300th episode is is a milestone and yet it almost feels like just the beginning. So no matter where you're at, I want you to just be encouraged that you can have joy even in the mundane. And and then there's milestones in your life that you can get encouraged and kind of get more momentum and going. And so I hope this is, one, an episode just to encourage you.
00:37:08
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And two, I'm grateful that you're on the journey with us. So thanks for listening. You've been listening to Uncommon Wealth Podcast. Until next time, go be uncommon.
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