What if you could build real wealth—without sacrificing your time, your energy, or your peace?

In this game-changing episode of The Mind of George Show, I sit down with Chris Miles, founder of Money Ripples and cash flow strategist for entrepreneurs and high-performers who want to achieve financial freedom fast—without grinding themselves into the ground.

Chris shares the real reason most people never build wealth (even if they make good money), how to escape the “accumulation trap,” and why financial freedom has less to do with income and more to do with control.

This episode is packed with truth bombs, mindset shifts, and practical steps to help you stop working for money—and make your money start working for you.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• The biggest myth about financial freedom (and what it actually means)
• Why the “accumulation model” is broken—and what to do instead
• How to create cash flow from your current assets
• How to get out of the financial hamster wheel
• The difference between passive income and leveraged income
• How to design a life of freedom before you hit your “number”

Key Takeaways
✔️Financial freedom isn’t about saving more—it’s about creating better cash flow.
✔️Most people don’t realize they’re playing the wrong money game.
✔️You don’t need to retire—you need your income to be passive.
✔️If you don’t control your time, you don’t control your life.
✔️Invest in things you understand, that cash flow now, and are in your control.
✔️You don’t need a million dollars—you need a different strategy.

Timestamps
[00:00] – The “retire early” trap and why most advice is flawed
[03:30] – Chris’s backstory: financial planner to financially free
[08:00] – The accumulation model vs. the cash flow model
[12:00] – What financial freedom really means
[17:00] – The problem with focusing on net worth
[21:00] – Where to look for leverage and passive income
[25:00] – How Chris hit $10k/month in passive income
[29:00] – What keeps people financially stuck (even if they earn well)
[34:00] – Common mistakes high performers make with money
[40:00] – Simple steps to start building freedom today
[45:00] – Why freedom is a mindset before it’s a number
[50:00] – Final thoughts + the biggest wealth reframe

Your Challenge This Week

• Audit your current income streams: how many are passive vs. active?
• Ask yourself: “Do I want freedom—or am I just chasing more money?”
• DM @itsgeorgebryant and @chriscmiles with your biggest takeaway from the episode—we want to hear what hit home.

Resources Mentioned

• Learn more about Chris’s work and coaching at moneyripples.com
• Download free cash flow tools and get access to his training
• Listen to Chris’s podcast: “Money Ripples”
• Instagram: @chriscmiles

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What if your biggest problem isn’t the situation itself—but the story you’re telling yourself about it?

In this powerful solo episode, I reveal the single mindset shift that transformed how I run my life and business: understanding that your lens is your leverage. I break down how the way you see a problem determines whether it becomes a breakdown… or a breakthrough.

Whether you’re launching a product, navigating tough client calls, or just stuck in a negative spiral, this episode will give you the framework and clarity to change your perspective and change your results.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• The difference between breakdown and breakthrough (and how to shift between them)
• The 4-part perspective framework to regain clarity and control
• Why your business results reflect your mental lenses
• How to apply this mindset shift to launches, team issues, and tough decisions
• Why future-casting and coaching accelerate your perspective training
• How to pause reactive spirals and turn them into strategic moves

Key Takeaways
✔️The problem is rarely the problem—it’s how you see it.
✔️Event → Lens → Response → Result is the formula for personal power.
✔️Disempowering stories lead to disempowering actions—and poor outcomes.
✔️You can’t control what happens, but you can control your lens.
✔️Changing your lens changes your inputs—and that changes your identity.
✔️Perspective is the gateway to progress. Choose it wisely.

Timestamps
[00:00] – The power of perspective: welcome to part two of the mindset series
[03:00] – Perspective as the difference between your prison and your power
[05:00] – Flopped launches, lost clients, failed products—how to reframe them
[07:00] – The 4-part framework: Event → Lens → Response → Result
[10:00] – George’s personal story: the spiral that lost him two clients
[13:00] – How events are neutral until we assign meaning
[15:00] – From hotel events to intimate Airbnbs—when perspective drives pivots
[17:00] – How to identify your current lens and shift into clarity
[19:00] – The power of coaching and modeling new perspectives
[21:00] – Poker players and high performers: reframing “bad hands”
[23:00] – Recap: shift your lens → choose your response → create new results

Your Challenge This Week

• Use the Event → Lens → Response → Result framework with one challenge in your business this week.
• Ask: “What lens am I wearing right now?” and “What else could be true?”
• DM me @itsgeorgebryant with your favorite reframe or perspective shift. Let’s build better reactions—and better results—together.

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In today’s episode of The Mind of George Show, I’m joined by the brilliant Karina Baldwin, a performance psychologist, extreme sports enthusiast, and coach to high-achieving women who want to calm the fudge down and lead from true embodiment.

This conversation is a masterclass on how to regulate your nervous system, build better mental habits, and stay grounded while running your business like the professional athlete you are.

Karina brings Olympic-level insight and real-life stories (including glacier summits and surfing retreats) to help you rewire your thoughts, shift your identity, and reclaim your power… without burning out or breaking down.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why entrepreneurship is a professional sport — and how to train like an athlete
• How Karina’s surfing metaphor can help you master your mindset
• The science of rewiring your brain for high performance (and how fun speeds it up)
• Why staying “calm” isn’t soft — it’s how high performers dominate
• How to detach your identity from your business without losing your drive
• The one test to check if your business identity is healthy (and what to do if it’s not)
  

Key Takeaways
✔️ You don’t control every thought that enters your brain — but you choose which ones to ride.
✔️ Your thoughts are like waves. The more skilled you get, the better you are at choosing the right ones to surf.
✔️ Slowing down isn't a weakness — it’s a high-performance strategy.
✔️ Identity cannot come from business. You must build it first to lead your business well.
✔️ It only takes 15 reps to rewire a neural pathway — if you’re having fun doing it.
✔️ You’re not stuck. You’re just surfing the wrong wave.

Timestamps
[00:00] – Meet Karina: Marine trainer, adventure lover, nervous system queen
[04:00] – Surfing analogy: The secret to thought mastery
[10:00] – Choosing which thoughts to ride
[12:00] – Real client example: Breaking the “I can’t have balance” belief
[18:00] – Reticular Activating System: What you focus on, grows
[23:00] – Science says: fun rewires your brain faster than grind
[27:00] – Identity building through results
[32:00] – Summit mentality: There’s always another peak
[38:00] – Calm the Fudge Down: Why stress is destroying your performance
[42:00] – Nervous system 101: It’s a light switch, not a dial
[46:00] – State shifts: Cold plunges, screaming, and sloth-walking
[51:00] – Slowing down is your power move
[56:00] – Who are you outside your business?
[01:01:00] – How to be a peak performer without being a burnout machine
[01:05:00] – The Ames Scale and assessing business identity

Your Challenge This Week

• Take the AIMs (Athletic Identity Measurement Scale) test — but replace “athlete” with “entrepreneur.”
  • Are you wrapping too much of your worth in your work?
  • Identify one way to reconnect with who you are outside your business.
  • Then go ride the right wave.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

Connect with Karina on:

• Instagram: @trueadventureco
• Listen to her podcast: The True Adventure Podcast
• The AIMs test: Original Study – AIMS Scale

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