Robert Kiyosaki is the author of the famous book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. His book has been referenced countless of times from financial experts all over the world. Robert has appeared on shows such as Bloomberg News, CNN, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He has been on Jason's show twice and today he talks about the biggest scams in our modern society. 

Key Takeaways:

2:15 – The real scam is when you don't know anything about money. 

8:10 – The biggest scam is when you invest in the stock market. The brokers are the ones who are always making money. 

11:52 – What's really happening in the stock market is the CEOs are buying their own stock and drying the market up to try and dube you that the market is doing well and to invest. 

18:26 – Robert talks about his investments and his debt. 

20:25 – Being successful in school doesn't make you rich. 

24:50 – The biggest scam is the lack of financial education in the school system. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://www.richdad.com/

Michael Novak is a journalist, novelist, diplomat, and an American Catholic philosopher. He has written and edited more than 45 books since 1961. Novak has touched on issues as vast as human rights and welfare reform to sports and television. Pope John Paul II called Novak his friend and Margaret Thatcher has praised him dearly for his work. He appears on the Solomon Success show to talk a little bit about his time with President Ronald Reagan, his opinions on abortion, the democratic party, and more. 

Key Takeaways:

3:55 - China and Indian alone have raised half a billion people out of poverty. A good 70% of the world is no longer poor. 

9:15 – Michael talks a little bit about how he started and his work with Ronald Reagan. 

14:15 – Michael breaks down what a good speech should consist of. It should open with some humor, talk about the current pains of the people, share facts not many people might know about, and what action you're going to take to fix this. 

18:45 – Michael makes a comparison between political parties back in his time and now. He believes in today's current time politics has become much more bitter. 

23:00 – Michael used to associate himself as a democrat, but that changed when the democratic party started to supported abortion. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://solomonsuccess.com/

http://michaelnovak.net

Key Takeaways:

2:40 – Jesus was always asking questions. It's important to always ask questions. 

7:15 – If you're governed by things, there's never enough. 

10:00 – What is the Christian way of investing? Hawkins explains a little bit more about this. 

13:10 – You have to start early to investing and to just get started. That's the important thing, just start. 

16:30 – If you want to see where someone's heart is, see where they're putting their money. 

18:10 – When Hawkins received his paycheck, he's always make sure a 10th of it went to the Lord. 

19:30 – God looks at how you get your money, how you guard it, and how we give it. 

22:25 – Book proceeds and donations goes to Hawkins's ministry that helps retired pastors and widows who are living near poverty level. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://www.solomonsuccess.com

The Jesus Code by O. S. Hawkins

http://www.guidestone.org

http://oshawkins.com/

Dr. Calvin Mercer appears on the Soloman Success show to explain a little bit about what transhumanism is and what exactly defines a 'human'. He talks about some of the future problems transhumanists might face when the technology allows you to modify your body in extreme terms and have it help you extend your life. He currently resides in North Caroline and has been teaching at the East Carolina University since 1985. 

Key Takeaways: 

7:25 – Fundamentalists are often anti-science and Dr. Calvin believes that it's going to get very complicated in the near future when more powerful technology is available and more people question what being human is. 

12:00 – The transhumanism community used to talk a lot about immortally. They understand that this subject can create problems for extremely religious groups because it gives them the image that they're trying to play God. 

13:40 – Many people are fine with enhancing yourself, but are not okay with enhancing your genetics that can affect future generations. 

16:20 – Dr. Calvin finds that women are less likely to be open to different therapies and technologies that would make them live for over 100 years.

18:00 – A lot of the transhumanism communities consistent of computer engineers and other people in the technology field. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://www.jasonhartman.com/cw-290-%E2%80%9C100-how-the-coming-age-of-longevity-will-change-everything%E2%80%9D-with-sonia-arrison/

http://www.ecu.edu/religionprogram/mercer/

Jeff DeGraff joins the show today with Jason Hartman. DeGraff is a professor for the University of Michigan's Ross Business school and has worked extensively in teaching innovation. Today, he joins the show to talk a little bit about his new book called, “Making Stone Soup: How to Jumpstart Innovation Teams” and how it can help you succeed in your business venture. 

Key Takeaways: 

• 1:35 – Companies are struggling with innovation on a team level and his new book, Making Stone Soup, talks about some of these challenges and how they can over come it. 
• 4:25 – When you look at the history of innovation, most of these come from conflicting ideas or completely new hybrid ideas to try and make something better. 
• 7:15 – Forget the 80/20 rule. Innovation uses the 20/80 rule. 
• 11:25 – When you look at the patent timeline, it is more incremental than ever before. Jason asks, “Is it because everything has already been invented?” 
• 15:00 – Remember, you're catering to a completely new generation. Millennials experience the world in a completely different way now. 
• 20:00 –  DeGraff breaks down the four important elements that make innovation happen. 
• 23:00 – Tip: Focus on something that works. Do not focus on trying to fix something that's broken. 
• 27:00 – You can not start something new unless you give up something you're currently doing. We simply can't do it all at once. 
• 28:15 – As you are trying to build or invent something for the first time, remember that you need multiple versions of it before you can truly succeed. 

Bill Cheney joins the show today with Jason Hartman to talk about economics. Bill Cheney has been a chief economist for John Hancock for the past 27 years and shares a bit of his expertise on what he thinks about the GDP, CPI, and hedonic adjustments. You can find more information about what he does over at www.johnhancock.com/.

Key Takeaways:

2:15 – It's harder to calculate who's really unemployed as more and more people take on solo-gigs.

9:40 – People are getting better and are feeling less worried. Slowly but surely, there are less things people are concerned about.

13:50 – Is the stock market overvalued? It doesn't look that far out of line if corporate profits keep raising, but if they fall, then yes they would be.

15:45 – The economy is expanding. We have a healing economy, but not a healthy economy yet.

20:00 – Are people able to afford more stuff? The answer is yes, which is why inflation is being adjusted accordingly.

24:20 – The point of the CPI is to measure how much better our lives really are. 

Rabbi Aryeh Spero is President of Caucus for America and author of, "Push Back: Reclaiming Our American Judeo-Christian Ethos." He's also a columnist for The American Thinker.

Rabbi Spero discusses what the Bible teaches about capitalism. He was the first Rabbi to endorse Ronald Reagan because he believes Reagan's ideology ties into the business principles as stated in the Bible and Torah. Rabbi Spero thinks Judeo-Christian values make people better Americans and capitalists. 

Rabbi Spero then talks about whether the Jews are experiencing a second Holocaust in Ukraine. 

Rabbi Aryeh Spero is a theologian and a political and social commentator. He is author of Push Back: Reclaiming Our American Judeo-Christian Spirit. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, National Review, New York Sun, Human Events Weekly, Newsmax.com, N.Y. Daily News, American Thinker, TownHall, Policy Review, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Judaism, Tradition, Midstream, Jewish World Review, and the Jewish Press. For over ten years, Rabbi Spero was a columnist for Human Events, and he currently writes a blog for CNS News.  

Rabbi Spero has spoken in front of the National Press Club, the National Women's Republican Club, and CPac. He has testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee, and has addressed organizations including The Heritage Foundation and the Freedom Coalition. The first rabbi to publicly endorse Ronald Reagan, Rabbi Spero is an acclaimed public speaker, inspiring diverse audiences. He also has been invited to lecture by departments of economics at various colleges.  

Rabbi Spero has appeared on a number of Fox News programs, including The O’Reilly Factor, Fox and Friends, America's Newsroom, Megyn Kelly, Neil Cavuto, Stuart Varney, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, Bill Hemmer; MSNBC, C-SPAN, WOR-TV, NET, FOX Business News, Glenn Beck TV, Scott Rasmussen's What America Thinks, and elsewhere. He also has been interviewed on radio across the country, including NPR, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Tom Marr, Steve Malzberg, Dick Morris, Wall Builders, Andrea Tantaros, and many others. He is a regular, featured commentator for American Morning News (TRN) on issues regarding Israel and the Middle East, the Jewish community, and religion and morality, and is called upon for commentary by The Blaze.  

Since 2002, audiences and talk show hosts and masters of ceremony have fondly referred to Rabbi Spero as "America's Rabbi," and Rabbi Spero hosted his own radio program, where his by-line was "America's Rabbi." He has been invited to inform policy-makers, candidates, and elected officials in the halls of Congress, and in the Executive, regarding the moral and religious dimensions of policies and legislation under consideration. 

Visit the Caucus for America at www.caucusforamerica.com.

Larry Julian is the author of the best-selling book, "God Is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World." He joins the podcast to discuss how to follow God's principles - to be ethical, moral, kind and generous in a bottom-line world. He explains how people can integrate faith into today's turbulent business environment. 

Larry S. Julian is a successful consultant and speaker who specializes in Biblically-based leadership development and strategic planning. Larry's mission is to help business people integrate their work and faith, transform their adversity into their destiny, and revolutionize their life into their legacy. He's the author of the nationally acclaimed and best-selling business book, "GOD IS MY CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World." His latest release, "GOD IS MY SUCCESS: Transforming Adversity into Your Destiny" helps people overcome the obstacles which keep them from being the success God intended.  

As founder of God is My CEO, Larry addresses the needs of large groups of business people through church retreats and other programs. His Executive Forum helps small groups of business leaders integrate their work and faith and become the success God intended them to be. Through one-on-one coaching and consulting, Larry helps leaders of all levels overcome difficult circumstances to become effective and successful.  

As President of The Julian Group, Larry uses his experience consulting with the corporate, government, and community sectors in successful speaking, facilitating, and coaching engagements. Over the past several years, he's facilitated hundreds of strategic planning retreats, teambuilding retreats and leadership development programs. Larry's unique talent is in bringing diverse constituents together in partnerships with a shared vision and a common purpose.  

In addition to many churches and non-profit organizations, his clients have included 3M, American Express Financial Services, AT&T, BP Amoco, General Mills, Honeywell, Mayo Clinic, PepsiCo, Qwest and hundreds of other large and small organizations. Larry is also a popular instructor at the University of St. Thomas Management Center. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Find out more about Larry Julian at www.larryjulian.com.

Rodney Stark is the Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University and author of, "HOW THE WEST WON: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity." He's the award-winning author of "The Victory of Reason", "The Rise of Christianity", and "God’s Battalions."

In the interview, Stark discusses: 

- The lies teachers tell students about America

- Why the fall of the Roman Empire was a blessing and not a disaster

- Why the Crusades had nothing to do with grabbing loot or attacking the Muslim world unprovoked

- Why there was no “Scientific Revolution” in the seventeenth century

- When political correctness overwhelms historical evidence

Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. Following a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he held appointments as a research sociologist at the Survey Research Center and at the Center for the Study of Law and Society. He left Berkeley to become Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion at the University of Washington. In 2004 he joined the faculty of Baylor University. He has published 32 books and more than 160 scholarly articles on subjects as diverse as prejudice, crime, suicide, and city life in ancient Rome. However, the greater part of his work has been on religion. He is past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He also has won a number of national and international awards for distinguished scholarship. Many of his books and articles have been translated and published in foreign languages, including Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Find out more about Rodney Stark at www.rodneystark.com.

Guy Hatcher is Managing Partner at The Company Coach and columnist for the Christian Post. He's the author of, "Your Future Reflection: How to Leave a Legacy Beyond Money."

Matthew 6:25 says, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?” Using this excerpt, Hatcher explains how people can cope with financial anxiety. 

God’s word states, “Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.” –Ecclesiastes 7:12 NIV. Hatcher discusses how people can use this saying to better manage their investments with wisdom.

Proverbs 13:22 (NIV) says, “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.” Hatcher thinks it is so important for people to leave legacies. He talks about how people can better understand the power of “The Blessing,” and how they can receive and give it.

Find out more about Guy Hatcher at www.guyhatcher.com. 

Visit The Company Coach at www.thecompanycoach.com.

Known as "The Legacy Guy," Author, Speaker and Life Coach Guy Hatcher has spent his lifetime helping families plan their legacy. The man of over 10,000 Kitchen Table Conversations, Guy's unique conversation style makes him part financial advisor, part pastor and part counselor who helps individuals and families extend their legacy to impact the world for generations to follow. 

For over 25-years, his proven approach merges money management, tough love and an honest appraisal of core values that create what he calls "a-ha" moments. 

These moments allow for families to identify all-encompassing plans that not only address a family's heritage and values, but focuses on a person's God-given gifts, embraces purpose and passion and launches generations of impact.