Cubicle Renegade Podcast with Caleb Wojcik

In this episode of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I sit down with Brittney Castro, founder of Financially Wise Women and recently ranked one of the top 5 Certified Financial Planners in Los Angeles. We discuss her journey from working at a big financial firm to breaking off on her own and how she has used her blog to build up her client base over the past two years. Things we talk about in this episode: Why she took a job after college that was basically straight commissions. How she always knew she wanted to be a "business owner". How 50% of her clients come from her blog. What she did to get featured in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. How she has been able to work with her clients virtually in the same way as in person. Why the more information you give away for free the more likely you are to get paying customers and clients. How to get comfortable being on video and what your videos should be about. How to make the leap financially from employee to entrepreneur. You can listen or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to it on Stitcher or using the player right here. Items mentioned in this episode: Financially Wise Women Brittney's YouTube Channel Millionaire Next Door (Book) If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of The Cubicle Renegade Podcast I'd love for you to leave a review of the show on iTunes: Please Click Here to Subscribe or Leave a Review on iTunes Cheers! Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat.

In this episode of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I sit down with Barrett Brooks, founder of Living for Monday to talk all about how to properly land a job or consulting gig you actually want. We cover the twelve steps you should follow to launch your career, directly from his course: Career Kickstarter.

Jaime Tardy is the founder of the Eventual Millionaire where she has interviewed over 90 millionaires for her weekly web-show. I sit down in this episode and pick her brain about what makes millionaires different.

In the sixth session of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I give the proper introduction of who I am. (Something that I failed to do when I kicked off the podcast!) You can listen to, subscribe to, or download the podcast on iTunes. I realized that I never really introduced myself, talked about my background, or how I came to be an entrepreneur (even though I was dead set against it my whole life). In this episode I'll discuss my small town upbringing, four years of building the perfect resumé in college, why I stayed in my cubicle for nearly four years, what I do now for a living, and what 2013 has in store for this podcast.  You can also listen on iTunes or below. If you are reading this in an email just click here. Things I talk about in this episode: (0:30) - Why there has been a gap in podcast episodes (2:02) - Where I grew up and what I did as a kid for work (3:06) - Why college was all about the perfect resumé for me (4:32) - My first "real job" after college and how I avoided lay-offs (8:17) - My failed attempts at being an entrepreneur (9:11) - Why I started blogging (10:07) - What I do for a living now (12:30) - What's next for the podcast Items mentioned in this episode: Fizzle: Honest Video Training for Online Business Builders Think Traffic Expert Enough Traffic School If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of The Cubicle Renegade Podcast I'd love for you to leave a review of the show on iTunes: Please Click Here to Subscribe or Leave a Review on iTunes  Cheers! Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat. There's also a little Jay-Z thrown in the middle.

In the fifth session of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I chat with Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income. You can listen, subscribe to, or download the podcast on iTunes.  I met Pat in person last year at the Financial Bloggers Conference, but I had been listening to his podcast and reading his blog since before I started Pocket Changed in 2010. While Pat gets labeled into the "make money online" niche, his transparency and willingness to help people with learning to do things online should be a model for anyone building a personal brand. In this episode we discuss Pat's less known failures online, how to "be everywhere", what to do when you feel stuck, and how to persevere in the face of failure.  You can also listen below. If you are reading this in an email just click here. Things we talk about in this episode: (1:57) - How Pat got started online before SPI (9:12) - The importance of authenticity online (15:24) - How to "be everywhere" online (20:00) - Personal or non-personal brand? (24:55) - Niche sites, affiliate marketing, and authority sites (28:00) - What to do when you feel "stuck" (35:45) - The importance of experimentation & failure Items mentioned in this episode: Pat's Blog: Smart Passive Income Pat's Podcast on iTunes Pat's YouTube Channel If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of The Cubicle Renegade Podcast I'd love for you to leave a review of the show on iTunes: Please Click Here to Subscribe or Leave a Review on iTunes  Cheers! Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat

In the fourth session of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I chat with Devon Mills of Answering Oliver. You can listen, subscribe to, or download the podcast on iTunes.  I met Devon last year the day before The World Domination Summit and she just got done traveling by herself full-time for three months after leaving her day job. She vagabonded through Southeast Asia, including Australia and New Zealand. In this episode we discuss how she saved up to fund this trip, why she learned that a cubicle is actually what she prefers, and how she wouldn't trade taking this "professional risk" for anything. You can also listen below. If you are reading this in an email just click here. Things we talk about in this episode: (1:55) - 2008 Job Market left her "desperate" for work (3:00) - How Chris Guillebeau changed the way she viewed travel (4:54) - The hardest part about leaving a "comfortable job" (6:37) - Did the fear of leaving stick with her after the leap? (7:14) - How long it took her to save for the trip (8:53) - Who inspired her to travel? (9:54) - Why did she want to travel alone? (14:15) - The importance of "slowing down" while traveling (16:54) - How her definition of work changed on the road (21:50) - Her advice for people daydreaming of quitting a job to travel full-time Items mentioned in this episode: Devon's Blog: Answering Oliver Devon's Round The World Travel Video PC Guest Post by Devon: The Value of Financial Struggle My Post Featuring Devon's Escape Day: “Today is my last day of work…” Legal Nomads A Little Adrift Thanks for listening to this episode and stay tuned for next week's episode with Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income. Cheers! If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of The Cubicle Renegade Podcast I'd love for you to leave a review of the show on iTunes: Please Click Here to Subscribe or Leave a Review on iTunes  Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat