The Wealth Standard – Empowering Individual Financial Independence

We’re halfway through the Season of Liberty and there’s no more timely guest than Kristin Tate. Kristin is a regular columnist for The Hill and appears frequently on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. She is also the author of Government Gone Wild and the new book, How Do I Tax Thee? A Field Guide to the Great American Rip-Off. Kristin has watched her generation not know or care about financial issues and it’s her mission to make them understand why taxation matters. Listen now to hear her advice fo

Carol Roth is a radio & TV personality who is also the New York Time best-selling author of The Entrepreneur Equation. You can see her as she appears weekly on cable networks including Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, & MSNBC. Carol is an advocate for entrepreneurship, small business & she’s been name a Top 100 Small Business Influencer! Patrick & Carol spend some time discussing start-up’s, small business & why so many of them fail. Is it because it’s ea

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Tom McMakin is CEO of Profitable Ideas Exchange (PIE), a leading provide of business development services for consulting and professional services firms.  Tom is the author of Bread and Butter, a critically-acclaimed book that describes his work at Great Harvest Bread Co and how he and his team created a nationally recognized corporate learning community and culture of best practices using collaborative networks. He has appeared on the pages of Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Newsweek, Business Week an

Patrick Donohoe welcomes John Tamny to the Wealth Standard for Liberty – Episode 6! John is the Director of the Center For Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks.  He’s also the Editor of Real Clear Markets, and a Senior Economic Advisor to Toredor Research and Trading. His latest book, The End Of Work, was released in May. John contends that the definition of “work” is rapidly evolving.  Today, more and more people are able to showcase their unique skill and intelligence in

Nobody embodies the concept of “Liberty” better than Lief Simon.  He’s currently the editor of the Off Shore Living Letter and Simon Letter. Lief has lived and worked in 7 countries on 5 continents and has traveled to more than 60 countries. His real estate investing experience began in 1995 with a multi-unit building in Chicago. After selling that building for a total return of more that 1,800 percent in just 30 months, Lief began to diversify internationally. In the decad

Patrick welcomes Ben Way to The Wealth Standard Podcast for Liberty, Episode-4! Ben is a serial entrepreneur, start up guru & best selling author who’s probably best known for his appearance on the TV shows Secret Millionaire, The Start Up Kids and Start Ups: Silicon Valley.  He started his first company at age 15, was a millionaire by 17… and then he lost it all. He currently runs a crypto / block chain company called Digitzs IO as well as several other other tech based sta

Connor Boyack returns to The Wealth Standard for Liberty, Episode – 3! Connor is the Founder & President of a libertarian public policy, think tank called Libertas.  He’s also the author of the popular childrens book series, “The Tuttle Twins”. Patrick & Connor are old friends that spend this episode talking about the principles of liberty, the golden rule, & the importance of remembering that the people control their elected officials and the government̷

How Much Control Does The Government Have Over You? / Liberty - Episode 3

In episode 2 of Liberty, Patrick talks with Author and Producer, James Whittaker. Patrick has been a huge fan of Napoleon Hill for pretty much his entire life and James has just released his second book, Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy.  This book is actually a companion piece to a multi-million dollar film based on Napoleon Hill’s timeless classic.  He’s also a proud co-executive producer of the film. James has been featured in publications around the world – including Entr

Phil Town is the perfect guest to kick off “Liberty”, our second season of 2018! When he was younger, Phil had no interest in finance.  He was actually a soldier who eventually became a white water river guide, until one fateful event changed everything! Fast forward to today, Phil is an investor, a hedge fund manager, has a great podcast of his own that he does with his daughter and he’s written several books about investing! More About This Episode:

The Wealth Standard is proud to welcome Bradley Charbonneau as our final guest of “Life”, Season – 1! Bradley is the author of a fantastic personal development book called Every Single Day. In addition, he’s also written a wide variety of other books, ranging from travel to fictional, children’s books.  It’s pretty unusual for an author to have success with such a broad range of topics.  That’s the reason he’s our final guest of “Life”, S

To say Andrew Yang is a contrarian would be an understatement.  He’s the author of 2 books; “Smart People Should Build Things”, “The War On Normal People” AND… He’s running for President of the United States in 2020! Andrew made his money working in the tech sector, he was involved in several start-up’s and he has a much different take on life.  He has a very interesting perspective when it comes to the way society is evolving, both positive and nega

Patrick is podcasting from The Real Estate Guys, Summit At Sea! The Summit At Sea is a special event & cruise that Patrick has attended for the past 8-years.  This year, he’s traveling with his long-time friend and team member, Gary Pinkerton. Gary has had a career that is nothing shy of historic.  He’s a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served on 4-different ships and is the former Commander of a the top secret submarine, U.S.S. Tucson (SSN 770), where he earne

Surfer, Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker and Author Brian Smith has a fantastic story that exemplifies Life, the theme for The Wealth Standard this season. Brian started his career in Perth Australia as an accountant, but it didn’t take him long to realize he hated it. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to desire more than the status quo. He introduced a product to a market that seemed more than ready for it. However, rejection after rejection led him back to the drawing board. He never gave up and con