Ep. 378: Design Your Life So Success Is Automatic with Jim
Most people think they fail because they lack discipline. That is false. They fail because their environment is perfectly designed to pull them off course. In this episode, Jim breaks down why willpower always loses, h...
Ep. 377: The Furnace: Building Your Capacity for 2026 with Jim Oliver
Everybody wants bigger results in 2026—more money, more freedom, more impact. Almost nobody wants the pressure that actually builds the capacity to handle it. In this episode, Jim breaks down the “furnace” moments of l...
Ep. 376: 2026 Starts with Identity: How to Have Your Best Year with Jim Oliver
In this solo episode, Jim resets the 2026 “best year ever” series and takes you back to the real starting line: identity. This isn’t motivation, resolutions, or another empty goal-setting rant. This is a structured, id...
IBC & Charitable Giving
By Ryan Griggs Background This article expands on a topic I first raised on this blog three years ago. That article highlights some of the features of dividend-paying whole life insurance and observes the fact that non-p...
Ep. 375: Design Your Inner Operating System for an Unstoppable 2026 with Jim Oliver
Most people are trying to “goal” their way into a better year. They set resolutions, white-knuckle new habits, and wonder why everything falls apart by March. In this episode, Jim breaks that pattern wide open. 2026 wo...
Ep. 374: How to Stop Overpaying Taxes with Chris Shockowitz
Most business owners, investors, and high-income earners are losing money—not because they’re bad at making it, but because they’re bad at keeping it. In this episode, Jim sits down with tax strategist Chris Shockowit...
Ep. 373: 10 Success Habits of Top Performers with Jim Oliver
In this episode of Breakaway Wealth, Jim breaks down 10 universal success habits every top performer uses—whether they realize it or not. From structured mornings to time blocking, from health optimization to rapid-fir...
Ep. 372: Vision, Chaos, and Calling Out Your Own BS with Adrian Koehler
In this episode of Breakaway Wealth, Jim Oliver sits down with leadership coach Adrian Koehler—a former pastor and prison leadership trainer who now coaches founders and “type A dickheads” who feel the weight of respon...
Ep. 371: The Illusion of Wealth: Why People Stay Broke with Jim Oliver
In this solo episode of Breakaway Wealth, Jim Oliver dismantles one of the biggest lies in finance: that income equals wealth. He shares hard-earned lessons from his early career in financial planning, where assets mea...
The 10-Minute Ownership Practice: Build Evidence, Not Excuses
Most people say they want freedom. But when you look at their day, it’s chaos. No scoreboard. No evidence. Just motion that feels like progress. Here’s the truth: if you can’t measure ownership, you’re renting your poten...
Ep. 370: Relationship Intelligence: The Million-Dollar Skill with Dr. Erin Wilson
In this episode of Breakaway Wealth, Jim Oliver sits down with Dr. Erin Wilson, a powerhouse in leadership development and the creator of the “NAP Framework” for strategic rest. Together, they unpack relationship intel...
Ep. 369: The Massive Power In Radical Incrementalism with Dr. John Oberg
In this episode of Breakaway Wealth, host Jim Oliver sits down with Dr. John Oberg, founder of Priscina Health, a behavior expert, and a healthcare innovator, to explore the direct link between health and wealth. Dr. O...
Ep. 368: Legacy Over Luxury: How Tim Rexius Scales 5 Companies and 6 Kids
Jim sits down with Tim Rexius — Omaha entrepreneur, fitness pro, and founder of Rexius Nutrition and Omaha Protein Popcorn — to talk about scaling life without losing your soul. From bodybuilding stages to global brand...
Ep. 367: When the Headlines Scream No: Finding Hidden Yield with Tom Dunkel
In this episode, Jim brings on Tom Dunkel, founder of Eagle Capital Investments, co-founder of U.S. Mortgage Resolution (11k+ loans transacted), real-estate investor, and author of The Wealth Builders Playbook. Tom lef...
Cultivating a Capitalist Identity in a Saving Nation
Let’s skip the pep talk: you already know the system is rigged. Banks profit from your deposits, Wall Street skims your returns, and the average “retirement plan” is a leash disguised as security. So the question isn’t w...
