Ideal Life & Money Academy

Hosted by Mike Staunton & Jason Lam

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June 8, 20265 min

15 Years Without Debt Payments, Here's What I Learned

✅ 15 years debt free and 9 years of travelling: Here's how I did it 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Your last day in debt starts today! 💠 What would life be life if you didn't have debt payments? 💠 Know where you are today: Net Worth 💠 What are you expenses? 💠 Can you increase your income? Decrease your expenses? Or BOTH? 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Budget & Debt Elimination Course: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/ilmabudget 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to start living your Ideal Life!!

May 25, 202616 min

The Real Reason Some People Escape the Rat Race (& Why Most Can't!)

✅ Do you have (or want) flexibility when it comes to your time and finances? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 The best way to have flexibility is low expenses and being debt free! 💠 If you could choose to not work for 3 months? Would you do it? Could you do it? 💠 Wish you could go from full time to part time? 💠 Have enough wealth to survive 4 weeks? 4 months? 4 years? 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/investing 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to start living your Ideal Life!!

May 11, 202623 min

Your Last Decade Before Retirement—Don't Make These Mistakes

✅ Be sure to figure these things out before you retire! AND if you are retired, it's not too late to complete the check list. 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 How to have a plan once you decide to retire!💠 Does this change your timeline? Are you able to stop working full time earlier? 💠 Are you able to cut your hours per week to just 10 hours a week? 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/investing 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to start living your Ideal Life!!

April 20, 202612 min

Stop Letting Financial Experts Guilt You — Here's How to Spend Without Regret

✅ Do you find you have spending regrets? Does everyone else tell you how to handle your money? What if every spending decision didn't have to feel like guilt or sacrifice? In this episode, Jason breaks down the concept of opportunity cost — and why understanding it is actually the key to spending more confidently, not less. You'll learn: ✅ What opportunity cost really means (and why it applies to every dollar you spend) ✅ The simple "two hands" visualization exercise to make smarter decisions in real time ✅ Why your value system matters MORE than what financial experts tell you to do ✅ The 24-hour rule that has saved Jason tens of thousands of dollars ✅ How to spend extravagantly on what matters — and cut deeply on what doesn't ✅ Why there's no right or wrong answer — and how to give yourself grace Whether you're choosing between a vacation and your retirement account, or dinner out vs. your emergency fund — this video gives you a practical, values-based framework to make decisions you can actually feel good about. 👉 Join the Ideal Life Money Academy: www.sentinelcoaching.com/ilma 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Budgeting & Debt Elimination Course to gain control of your money and start living your Ideal Life: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/ilmabudget

April 5, 202612 min

Unexpected News? Here's Your Game Plan

✅ Have you ever received unexpected news that threw you off balance in your day? 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 #1 - see it as it really is! How bad is the situation? Did your spouse die? Lose a job? Or just lost your car keys while you were on the couch? 💠 Have a priority list of what needs to happen next. 💠 Find cash, cut or cancel things to keep money in your pocket/bank account.   💠 ILMA Budgeting & Debt Course 👉 www.sentinelcoaching.com/ilmabudget 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to start living your Ideal Life!!

March 22, 202610 min

Your Complete Investing Roadmap | Roth or Traditional?

✅ Easy to follow investing steps to get started today!👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 NEVER invest in something you don't understand!💠 Follow the 5 Steps of Financial Freedom💠 Invest 10-20% of your income into future acccounts (think 401k, IRA's, Superannuation)💠 Choose a brokerage: Vanguard, Fidelity, or Charles Schwab💠 Open this account!💠 Link your bank account so you can send money to your brokerage.💠 Determine how much money you want to send. AUTOMATE this!!💠 You can invest in either retirement or non-retirement accounts💠 Choose an investment by joining our ILMA Investing course 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Investing Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/investing  

March 8, 20267 min

Emergency Fund First or Pay Off Your House? Here's What Works

✅ Do you want to know what to do with their money AND in what order they should do things in?!?! 👇👇 @IdealLifeMoneyAcademy 🙏🙏 Watch The Video & Don’t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share 🧡 💠 Follow the 5 Steps to Financial Freedom!  💠 You will become debt free  💠 You will get a fully funded emergency fund  💠 You can invest for your future  💠 You can pay off your house early 💠 Be sure to check out the ILMA Budgeting Course to start investing years sooner: 👉 https://www.sentinelcoaching.com/ilmabudget 💠 Don't forget to subscribe to ILMA for weekly content to get you to start living your Ideal Life!!

February 22, 202612 min

My favorite word reduced my financial stress!

✅ My Favorite word is Anticipation, here's how it helps me reduce my financial problems... 💠 I'm a planner, I like knowing what to expect. Don't get me wrong though, there is a LOT that I either can't plan for, or don't want to plan for. We all need some kind of uncertainty in life to keep it spicy! 💠 But when it comes to money, I like to anticipate everything I can. Because if I can anticipate it, I can plan for it. That's why I came up with my system for Anticipation Funds. This systematic process is how I rarely touch my Emergency Funds. 💠In this video, I walk us through how I think about this and the system I use to reduce my financial problems and hardly ever have to dip into my Emergency Fund 💠 If you need help getting organized with your money, check out the ILMA Budgeting & Debt Elimination Course and start living your Ideal Life now

February 9, 202610 min

There is a difference between being lonely and being alone

✅ How do you fight loneliness? 💠 Loneliness is real for many people. But there is a difference between being lonely and being alone. But how do you know the difference and if you really are lonely, how do you fight it? 💠 In this video, I walk us through the difference and the sure way to combat loneliness 💠 If you want to get control of your money and start living your Ideal Life, check out the ILMA Budgeting & Debt Elimination Course

January 25, 202610 min

Why we are naturally bad with money

✅ It's not YOU, it's your THINKING! 💠 You and I are naturally bad with money because of the way we think. It's our narrative. We think about the negative things far more than any positive thing that happens 💠 So, my challenge for you is to create a Positive Financial Journal. It doesn't have to take more than 2 minutes a day, but for 1 week, at the end of each day (or throughout the day if you prefer), write down 2 or 3 positive things that happened regarding your money. Then, at the end of the week, see if you think about the negative things as much as before. 💠 It's really difficult to win with money if all you think about and dwell on is the negative. So, let's do the work to rewire our brains! 💠 If you want to start winning with money, be sure to check out our Budgeting and Debt Elimination Course