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Podcast Episode Notes: How 2025 Changed How We Think About Money
Episode Overview In the final episode of 2025, hosts Damien Jordan and Timeyin Akerele celebrate a year of financial insights and fun discussions. They answer listener questions, reflect on their favorite episodes, and indulge in humorous banter about hypothetical confrontations with animals. The episode also features a significant announcement from Timeyin, setting the stage for future content in 2026.
Hosts
- Damien Jordan: Personal finance YouTuber and financial educator
- Timeyin Akerele: Co-host and finance enthusiast
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Key Topics Discussed
- Favorite Episodes of 2025
- Helen Miller from the IFS: Impressive insights into finance and strong communication skills.
- Philip Roscoe on Index Funds: Challenging conventional views about index funds.
- Tim Harford: Engaging stories and lessons from an economist's perspective.
- Tom Ashworth on Self-Employment: Valuable insights for self-employed individuals.
- Glenn Arnold on Warren Buffett: Deep dive into Buffett's investing journey.
- Proudest Moments of 2025
- Sustaining and growing the podcast despite challenges.
- The ability to employ staff and maintain a stable business environment.
- Mistakes Made in 2025
- Over-leveraging in crypto trading leading to significant losses.
- Filling spare time with too many activities instead of focusing on a few priorities.
- Long-term vs Short-term Mindset
- Importance of delayed gratification versus enjoying the present.
- Personal anecdotes about spending and saving behaviors.
- What Changed Their Minds?
- Insights from various guests leading to shifts in perspectives on financial advice and strategies.
- Realization of the value of consulting financial advisors.
- What They Want to Do in 2026
- Engaging more with the audience through live podcasts and incorporating real-life stories.
- Potential for a finance festival to foster community engagement.
- Hypothetical Questions
- Duck-sized bear vs Bear-sized duck: A humorous debate on which scenario would be preferable.
- Reflections on fears and humor in financial discussions.
- Market Predictions for 2026
- An overall positive outlook on the stock market, with a focus on long-term investing.
- Intent to continue purchasing stocks regardless of market fluctuations.
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Sponsorships & Promotions
- British and International Franchise Exhibition: Encouraging listeners to explore franchise opportunities.
- TaxZap: Reminder for listeners to file tax returns before the deadline.
- Vanta: Promoting company compliance solutions.
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Contact Information
- Email for listener feedback: makingmoney@getmost.co.uk
- Email for sharing financial lessons: ruth@getmost.co.uk
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Conclusion The episode serves as a reflective capstone to 2025, highlighting key learning moments, personal growth in financial literacy, and setting the stage for continued exploration of wealth-building strategies in the upcoming year. Damien and Timeyin encourage listeners to share their experiences and stay engaged, promising exciting developments in 2026.
Final Note Listeners are reminded to approach financial advice with caution and to conduct personal research or consult a financial advisor for tailored advice.
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Call to Action
- Share your thoughts and financial lessons for the upcoming year!
- Engage with the podcast on social media for updates and interactive content.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONew Year's Joke Exchange
1:04 to 3:00
Hosts share jokes and engage in playful banter to celebrate the new year.
“I won't say, I don't think we splurged out on these crackers, guys.”
Favorite Episodes Reflection
3:00 to 6:40
Discussion about their favorite podcast episodes and notable guests of the year.
“Ah, so I'm one of those people that I have no concept of time.”
Personal Growth and Challenges
6:40 to 10:00
Hosts share personal experiences and how they've grown through challenges.
“you learn about him in school and like everyone knows Warren Buffett but like deep diving into his life, his mistakes, his growing up, how he changes an investor over time.”
Proudest Achievements of the Year
11:39 to 14:02
Hosts discuss their proudest moments and accomplishments from the past year.
“I'll put my Christmas hat on while you get that question out.”
Engaging with Content Creators
14:02 to 15:06
Discover the importance of understanding audience engagement and sharing personal experiences in content creation.
“Yeah, but which is a great challenge and a thing to do for yourself.”
Trading Mistakes and Lessons Learned
15:06 to 16:04
Learn from personal trading mistakes involving high leverage in crypto and the importance of long-term investing.
“And I was doing really well for like the first half of the year crypto trading.”
The Struggle of Productivity and Hobbies
16:04 to 18:12
Explore the challenges of balancing productivity, too many hobbies, and the pressure to always be active.
“So, I think one thing that I do that I need to stop is I fill spare time with what I see as productive activities.”
Learning to Prioritize Life Goals
18:12 to 19:58
Understand how to prioritize meaningful goals and accept limitations to achieve a balanced life.
“That's why I say you're like the most like inspirational guy because you do not stop.”
The Balance of Spending and Saving
19:58 to 21:32
Discuss the challenge of managing spending habits while ensuring long-term financial growth.
“I mean, being like a black flutist with like Flutist with a chain and all your swag is pretty cool, mate.”
Investing Mindset and Strategies
21:32 to 23:08
Learn about different investing strategies and the mindset needed for effective long-term financial growth.
“from the long-term impact of compounding.”
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Implementing Financial Changes from Lessons
23:08 to 28:00
Hear about practical financial changes made after engaging with experts and recognizing the importance of long-term planning.
“My partner told me the other day, she's like, I've been tracking you this month and you spent 147 pounds on takeaways.”
Personal Finance Shifts
28:00 to 28:38
Learn about changes in investment strategies and portfolio management.
“Mate, we've had every top economist on the planet on and they just told me to buy a global index.”
The Role of Bonds in Business
28:39 to 30:01
Understand the importance of bond funds for short-term savings and business liquidity.
“So that's a big change for my like investment portfolio, I'd say.”
Life Insurance and Financial Security
30:02 to 31:05
Explore the significance of life insurance and risk management in personal finance.
“Not anything, I'm not liking to it like Roman is, you know, Roman Nikisa.”
Making Provisions for the Future
31:06 to 32:25
Discuss the importance of wills and planning for dependents after one's passing.
“No, I'm going to sort it out eventually.”
Insights from Podcast Guests
32:26 to 34:24
Reflect on how podcast guests have influenced perceptions about money and finance.
“Yeah, but it's good to have a little cry sometimes.”
Changing Views on Financial Advisors
35:55 to 37:06
Learn how interactions with financial advisors have reshaped perceptions of their value.
“On the point which I was actually trying to make before my leg exploded, have you changed any of your previously held perceptions?”
Self-Image and Confidence
37:07 to 39:48
Explore discussions around personal appearance and the choices made for self-improvement.
“Mate, once I start drinking, everything gets a bit loose.”
Future Aspirations for the Podcast
39:49 to 42:00
Discuss ideas for future podcast episodes and engaging with the audience.
“I think a lot of people, there's a lot of taboo or like just general.”
Exploring Live Podcast Ideas
42:00 to 43:20
Discussion about the potential for live podcast episodes and audience interaction.
Proposed Changes for Financial Reform
43:20 to 45:20
A discussion on five impactful changes to improve the financial system.
“oh this is a great one Billy Fish 342 great question And what are the top five changes you'd make if you were in charge?”
Radical Political Ideas
45:20 to 48:20
Ideas for political reform and enhancing government transparency.
“I would introduce the pension from life thing.”
A Childhood Experience in Nigeria
48:20 to 54:28
T shares a personal story about his experience at a military camp in Nigeria.
“What more is, what more important than talking to the people that voted you in?”
Reflections on New Year's Resolutions
54:28 to 56:00
Discussion on setting goals versus traditional New Year's resolutions.
“So I think it's pretty pointless and you might kind of just send yourself in a direction you don't want to be in.”
Improving Podcast Engagement
56:00 to 56:49
The hosts discuss their resolutions for increasing engagement with their audience, particularly on YouTube.
Studio Changes and Future Plans
56:50 to 57:15
The hosts contemplate potential changes to their recording studio and the future of their podcast.
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:01If you have the itch to start a business or try something new this year, have you considered looking at a franchise? Unlike starting from complete scratch, you're buying into a proven business model from brands like McDonald's or Anytime Fitness. Of course don't just leap into one. If you think a franchise might be the kind of career change that you want, you're going to need to do some proper research. One place you can learn more about this is the British and International Franchise Exhibition. It's completely free to attend and it's at the Olympia, London, on January 30th and 31st. You can speak with different franchises, find out about the financials and how it all works, and just figure out if it's a good fit for you.
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1:04All I do is win. I don't know what's in here. Let's get yours. You can have that little weak side. Yes, he rigged it. He set me up. He rigged it. I don't even know what I got. I won't say, I don't think we splurged out on these crackers, guys. In your house, they come with like Laboutons and stuff. I don't know. What is that? Is that even a game? Is that thicker? Yeah, next time I'm getting the crackers. Who got these crackers?
1:31I'll put a little... Tell us a joke. There you go. I didn't get a joke in my one. Oh, wait. The stickers don't even stick. Oh, my God. What happens to elves that are naughty?
1:47Detention. Some kind of plan was with that. I don't know. Go on. Santa gives him the sack. What? What? Santa does what? Not that sack. You were wrong. Mental, mate. That's his skill, making that dirty. No, well played. Well played. Oh, he dismisses them. Yeah, they get fired, but the sack of presents. Bloody hell. What's green covered in tinsel and goes ribbit, ribbit? I have no idea. A mistletoad? That was all right, actually. I like that. Celebration times. We've got some no seco or some fizero. Zero percent alcohol. Let's get started. Come on, pop that bottle, mate. Pop that bottle. Let's get some of these questions popped as well.
2:33We've got some great listener questions. Don't take my eye out. I'm aiming at you. No, don't. Look, you work out, man. Let me shoot at your stomach. It's a loaded gun, that. Don't aim it at me. Yeah, we need you to be looking good. You are the talent. Pop! Yeah, you ain't got no talent. Oh, my God. Three, two, one. Wait. He can't open it. He can't open it. Three, two, one. Wait. Three, two, one. Happy New Year. Merry Christmas. You filthy animals. there you go my dear oh cheers mate my dear let's get this show on the road our first question oh wait let's cheers it up first cheers men of class and soft to 2025 and to 2026 yeah i'm just like see you 2025 right first question let's go rock and roll So, Lemon Vlog says, what was your favourite episode of the year?
3:36Ah, so I'm one of those people that I have no concept of time. So I don't know what happened in this last year, basically. In the sense of, you could tell me something was three years ago and I believe you. You could tell me it was six months ago and I believe you. So I can't just pick it from this year. So I'm just going to spit some episodes at you that I think I like, that I think we don't talk about on a regular basis. One that I do know was of this year is Helen Miller from the IFS. Twice. Yeah, twice. But her first episode I thought was really good. I like that because what you see there is a woman that had to step into some very big shoes in Paul Johnson, a guy that was kind of like an institution within finance, journalism and that landscape.
4:20And I think she just stepped into that and owned that position. I dare say that she's like, raised the bar you know if you look at the comments that she gets on our episodes she's really kind of she's made that her own and i think like that's i'm kind of jealous of that she's such a good communicator and she's got a good head on her shoulders so yeah it's a good combination you can throw any question at her and she just comes back with a balanced well reasoned and thought out and succinct answer which is so hard i mean we just sit here waffling waffling shooting from the hip just freestyling it yeah i also philip roscoe the problem with index funds he he had the really nice nice wow my stickers for these crack crack crackers man um the the he's the guy who had like a uh butterflies on his shirt oh yeah yeah it's a colorful shirt yeah and i also like the tim harford one it's tim harford i believe is that there's one i forgot which was about annuities that wasn't him you talk about it all the bloody time i know i've forgotten his name no no no no no that's not tim harford no no tim harford was the guy he's like an economist and he does the bbc and stuff and he was just full of interesting stories i think that's one of the ones where kind of just just let the man talk you know he he's great uh he's better than us and i those are i guess that i picked those two because i wanted to shine a light on episodes that I think we don't talk about very often.
5:42You know, you talk about your annuities all the time. I do not. You, no. I can't remember who the guy, I'm terrible with names. I like that, you know. Names and dates I'm not good with, but we talked about annuities and it was something I didn't know anything about and actually like, for something I thought was going to be the most boring thing of my life, I was like, I find it really interesting. So I think it's something that people don't really think about or talk about our annuities. And then of course, you know me, I love my self-employed episode, Tom Ashworth. I think it didn't really resonate with many people because obviously most people are not self-employed, but I found it like so useful and transformative.
6:16But you know who I really liked? The use don't matter, mate. Impact does. Impact does, yeah. So, you know, like the people in the comments are like, oh, I needed this. It's never going to fly out the gate because one in eight people are self-employed, I believe, in the UK. So it's a small group of people anyway. Yeah. And then, of course, a recent one we did, Glenn Arnold, just because it was like all about Warren Buffett. and you hear about him, you learn about him in school and like everyone knows Warren Buffett but like deep diving into his life, his mistakes, his growing up, how he changes an investor over time.
6:49I'm not even sure that Glenn Arnold episode is going to be out yet, mate, but people can look forward to that. You've got something to look forward to in 2026, guys. It's got the T cosine already on it. Yeah, exactly. And I love the books. I'll do a little book review. Next question. Bonkers about Alice. I once says, I want to hear how you two put up with each other. Oh, that's a nice one. Get yourself a man that says he's bonkers about you. Imagine. I like to think that his partner's called Alice and he's just mad about Alice. Bonkers about Alice. I'm going to go first on this one. Go on then.
7:22So how do we put up with each other? Right. You annoy me when you're late and you're always late. Like always late. But I met you in Shay Bar, what, like 2007, circa 2007 on a dance floor in a grimy little bar in Stockton on Tees. And, you know, ever since then, I can honestly say that you're one of the only people in my life that I'm just happy when I'm around you. You know, like you're a good energy. It's not a challenge to put up with you. You made me the godfather of your child, which is like a true honor. And I respect and admire the fact that you sat in that seat knowing absolutely nothing about finance.
8:04Zero, didn't escort. I'm just sat in front of economists and some of the biggest heads on the planet in the game and just try to race to the challenge. And I don't think many people could do that. I don't think they would even try. So, yeah, it's not that hard for me to put up with you in that sense. Like I said, you're always late and I wish you weren't. That's not my fault. It's a Nigerian culture. Google it. Like, in Nigerian culture, we are just late. It's my evolution. You can't go against thousands of years of evolution. It is what it is, mate. Yeah, I hate him. It's full of shit. Always got a spin.
8:35Yeah, yeah. But no, yeah. So yeah, not a challenge. Always a pleasure, mate. Like I really enjoy your company. And I think you're one of those people that, I think it's rare in life that you find people that enhance your mood and boost you rather than drain you, you know? Best PR guy ever. Yeah, so now go on, say some nasty shit about me. Yeah, shh. I was about to say the word I always call you, SC. I would say, I don't have to put up with you. The only annoying thing about demo is that when we're on holiday, like we've been to Poland, we've been to um octoberfest and like every time on holiday this guy's still working like he'll be taking business calls i'm like we are on holiday we're walking my opponent he's just on the phone for like half an hour just like closing deals and doing business but you know that's that's always be closing always be closing i love because we're both from a sales background i do love your work ethic like we had a little business in durham when we were in uni when i was up in manchester actually and like it's easy it's easy being friends with you you're very like inspirational your dedication to your graft is crazy like i can call this guy on a sunday and he'll be like i'm making a video like so it's very inspirational um i feel like you need to enjoy yourself a bit more but you start getting getting to it but i say if there's anyone that like kind of gives me you know when you're just like slacking around you probably don't but like sometimes you're just like you're just a bit down and then like i might you might pop up on my tv on youtube or like you might just text me and i'll be like i'm going like you just give me like energy to you know do better I sent you that voice note, you know, with the music coming in the background.
10:04That guy, just like, you know, the Indian guy you always tell me. Oh, yeah, I want to make a million. Yeah, he's like, oh, he's slacking brother and all this. I don't know, he's like a hustle guy, isn't he? It's funny. And he always plays Drake's Stay Scheming. Yeah, like a hustler mindset guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I sent you that clip where I was, it's podcast time, bitch. And I said Stay Scheming in the background. Yeah, and he's always like, when you're on holiday, after one day of holiday, I need to get back to work. He literally embodies you. So, T, tell me the riskiest thing you've ever done.
10:38Mate, the cameras are rolling. I can't do that. You're trying to get me cancelled. I mean, most of my risky things were probably in my teenage years. But one thing I could say about finance risks, definitely invested in stocks with zero research, just because my friend told me to. His research was, trust me, it didn't go well. Wow. So clearly risk affects you in both your personal and business life. And that's why we're really happy today to be partnering with Vanta. They automate a lot of risk processes and help you see the risks in a centralized platform so you know what really needs your attention.
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11:42I want to get the next question.
11:47Such a fat head. Oh, what are you most proud of this year? You want to go first? hmm yeah um the fact that everyone's still got a job everyone's still getting paid winning that's pretty good uh yeah yeah we know i mean i'm really you know i said i said before i'm really bad at kind of understanding dates and times i'm also really bad uh uh looking back on things and being like oh that was good or celebrating them do you know i mean um I just think another year still in the game. So most social media influencers, people, YouTubers, the career lifespan is about five years. So I'm beyond that now.
12:29Book the trend. And we're still growing, still getting bigger in that sense and not compromising on our morals and the way we do things, you know, still doing it. The DTM way. All right. I've got a few. Obviously, I'm the guy now. I'm pretty damn humble. Under the guidance of Damien and the advice, you said, you know, set up your social media presence. So I'm really happy. I got my Instagram, T is making money. My TikTok, T is making money. I do not understand TikTok, but I'm doing it anyway. But I would say the thing I'm most proud of this year, apart from obviously the podcast still growing and people DMing me and like engaging, would be I did 30 days of calisthenics and finance.
13:10You can see it on my Instagram. What's the Instagram, just in case people don't know? T is making money. But I really did it just, not just to be healthy, like exercise every day for 30 days, but really to get more confident on camera because obviously I used to ramble very, I still do a little bit, but I used to ramble and speak really quickly and be nervous on camera. So I thought if I do 30 days, filming myself talking about finance, I'll get more comfortable in front of the camera. So it's reps over perfection. It's that kind of, you just got to lift a lot of reps and yeah, you've got the, it's like an advantage, but it's also a disadvantage in the sense of you get people looking at your content anyway because you're on the podcast, you know, not that you don't deserve it, but that's like an added layer of pressure where it's kind of, you're learning a martial art and then a thousand people are turning up to watch you train for your first session and you don't need that.
13:57You want to be able to get good in private. Yeah, I'm improving like in live time. Yeah, in real time in front of the audience. Yeah, but which is a great challenge and a thing to do for yourself. I think the key thing is, you know, understand why people follow you, engage with your content. And I think we had conversations, didn't we, about saying you don't need to be an expert. You just need to be, this is kind of what I learned this week. And now watch this muscle up. You were hanging upside down. That's some of the best content I've seen. You're just upside down on the rings going, you know the vibes.
14:27I'm not sure I know this vibe. It's just upside down. I thought my phone was upside down. Yeah, you deliver the whole content upside down. Yeah, I got a big headwash after that. Bet you did. Yeah, I was like, one take, get it all out because I'm about to get dizzy. um what mistakes have you made this year none that's i'm him next question reading that stupid ass question don't ask me silly questions don't make mistakes uh yeah what mistakes you made this year oh i don't i don't know let me go first then go on um crypto trading with high leverage oh my days that's something i'm leaving in 2025 bloody hell i got wiped out Trump has not been good for me.
15:15And I was doing really well for like the first half of the year crypto trading. I'm like, oh, I've got this sorted. Buy Bitcoin here, slap on 10x leverage. I'm making loads. And then one tweet from Trump and like, I had like a five grand trade, mate. Ghost. Gone. So yeah, I've left. I think I'm probably like a little bit up in the year, but like I'm just speculating trading. Like you said, I think it was in the Tom Ashworth episode. once you stop like buying things investing like in stocks and like having to watch the market your life became more chilled and like you don't have to worry at night what's going on in the markets you can just invest long term in something global index or something and then not worry about it so in the last few months last month i've been like oh it's peace peace not having to check the charts at 2am to see if bitcoins move so yeah i'd say one of the mistakes was been too much trading this year yeah nice and i felt i felt bulletproof in the beginning i remember we were here and i I was like, man, look at this.
16:09Look how much I've made. I'm sick. And you're like, ooh. And then, yeah. I was like, take your profits. Yeah. I took it. And then Trump took it. Then Trump took it. So, yeah. Long time investing is my goal now. How about you? So, I think one thing that I do that I need to stop is I fill spare time with what I see as productive activities. And I get a real itch to be productive. I'm only really satisfied if I feel like I'm making progress. So obviously we've got the YouTube channel, Damien Talks Money, the podcast, the newsletter, and all of the associated things that I do with that. Full-time job, three businesses, semi-busy.
16:54I box twice a week. I do calisthenics three times a week. Go for a morning run. I learn guitar. You've got to bring that on a podcast one day. Yeah, yeah. And I'll bring my flute and we can have a little deal. You played a flute! You played a flute full of fast and outrageous. I made it big dogs, grade six flute. I played in the Winchester symphonic, what's it called? Symphony Orchestra or something. Philharmonic? For something, symphony orchestra. Just some nonsense at grade six? Yeah, mate. That's a high grade. I wanted to play the drums and my mum's like, learn the piano. I'm like, cool, learn the piano.
17:29And I'm like, I want to play drums. Cool, learn the piano. Yeah, so I learned the piano. She's like, I want drums. She's like, learn the recorder, learn the recorder. I want drums. She's like, learn the flute. I learned the flute. I want drums she's like your mum's a dick mate yeah I know I was like forget it I don't even want to play music anymore my little brother comes along I want to play drums here's some drums I'm like what so he's just got drums you learnt like seven instruments trying to learn to play the drums yeah I never got it so yeah still can't play the drums you should learn drums mate but I'm a good flutist flutist flutist flutist don't argue with a man that's grade six flute flutist that's what it's called I'm pretty sure imagine if I'm wrong no it's a flutist might be I'm 99 % cut that yeah cut that if it's not right a flautist that's wild so yeah you do a lot go on I just I like I fill the time with things and then I just find myself running around like a like ah just so busy and then it'll be like oh I've got an hour on a Saturday there let's learn some new things do you know what I mean and I think when I had my hair transplant I couldn't leave the house so I had to stop all those things and it felt really good.
18:36It felt good? Yeah, it felt pretty good. Because you don't stop. That's why I say you're like the most like inspirational guy because you do not stop. You just keep going. I don't know if it's kind of like a good thing to be like. You're very productive but it's like when do you actually chill? Yeah, I mean I don't enjoy chilling. You know what I mean? Like the idea of sitting and watching something on Netflix kind of makes me itch. I love it. Like at the end of the day, never daytime but like if i don't know work at the end of the day watch like an episode or something and then yeah but i know that that's healthy and that's something i should do but yeah um so taking on too much too many projects too many things and too many hobbies and trying to you know you've always been like that though yeah i think you think it's getting worse yeah yeah there's a book i can't remember what it's called but it's um it's like 10 000 weeks or whatever it's one of these books about how you've got a limited amount of life um and the books kind of the theory of it really is you need to come to terms with the fact that you can't do absolutely everything and you just need to say these are the things i'm going to do and like master them or nail them so don't beat yourself up about the fact that you've always wanted to learn guitar just be like i ain't going to learn guitar get rid of that do you mean and be like but what i am going to be is an excellent dad an excellent podcaster excellent kind of runner you know and just be like okay those are my things i like coffee so i'm gonna master the art of making coffee and don't spend your whole life beating yourself up about the things of going i wish i'd done that i wish i'd done that because it's completely impossible someone in the comments is gonna name the book and probably tell us i butchered it all but i need to do a bit more of that i think but i do just kind of i still got images of myself with a guitar just pulling up to a fire firing barley and being like oh a campfire just like oh and then you come out like the electric flute oh did you not know i was a fluxonator what are they called it's really hard to be swag with the flute though like i try i don't know have you seen have you seen anchorman doesn't he play like a is it an oboe or he plays like the electric flute or something and he dips it into whiskey and sets it on fire and blows it out i do not remember that for Madkab, but I will spin the block on it.
20:54I mean, being like a black flutist with like Flutist with a chain and all your swag is pretty cool, mate. That is some good content I can make. Yeah, we're bringing the flute back, guys. Bringing the flute back. Could you actually just play a flute now if we whip one out? I mean, it's been a while, but yeah, I'm pretty sure. Well, lucky for you. Thank you, I can't imagine.
21:20Legendary. That is so good. Oh, investing one. Anonymous86 says, once we're on the investing train, so much emphasis is placed on delayed gratification with the hope that we'll benefit from the long-term impact of compounding. Hell yeah. But Damien, do you have principles or framework that help to ensure you don't place too much emphasis on the future and enough on the short-term and median term? And T, how have you approached developing a longer-term mindset since starting the pod? do you now have an idea of minimum amounts to save and invest avid listener because they know they know our characters yeah um so for me personally i've discussed this before i think but like one thing that helps is a rule of once i go above a certain level of income which is like how much i earn anything above that it's like a 50 50 thing uh 50 say 50 spend so that i can make sure that i enjoy stuff um yeah and i always try and remind myself that i cannot remember how much the best memories in my life that i have i can't remember how much they cost i can remember at the time thinking oh this is costing a lot and you know when i went to thailand in my in my 20s a lot was probably like a thousand pounds now i would think oh that's super cheap but the feeling of oh it costs a lot was there but i don't remember the amount i just remember the good times yeah so i think that's a lot of the things where i kind of sit there and go oh this is going to be a lot of money i think no this is going to be an amazing memory and in 10 years time i won't think oh god it cost me three grand that i just think what a good time nice one um obviously i have no problem with spending money and having fun um but for the long-term mindset it's crazy because i i always think i'm doing better and i'm like i know i'm investing more into my lisa pension um got some savings every month i try to it change it changes it's not the same so like no i don't have a rule or like a set thing but like some because i get paid in commission as well i get basic salary and commission so if i have a good month i put as much as possible into saving and investing um and i just live off my basic salary but even though i've got all these like tips and i try and tell myself okay i've saved more a lisa pension all these things um and like budget, like we talked about the budgeting episode.
23:39My partner told me the other day, she's like, I've been tracking you this month and you spent 147 pounds on takeaways. And I generally was like shocked. I thought it was probably gonna be like 50 quid or something. So it helps having your partner involved, but like, I think habits is still hard to break. And we talked about the budgeting thing a year or two ago and we went through our statements and I had a lot of takeaways in there. And I still revert back to like, you still have your habits. So if you like going out drinking on the weekend, you're still gonna do it. So now I try and go out less on the weekend so I can go on more holidays.
24:08For me, holidays are really important, spending time with the family, traveling. So try and sacrifice other things so that I can do that. But for the long-term investing, it's easy. Just every month, try and put in as much as possible because I know I've got, I'm behind, I guess you would say behind, or like I've started late. So I need to put in more money now so that my pension pot can be bigger. So yeah, I try and save as much as possible, but still got to enjoy the good times. So yeah, no fixed number. If I have a good month in sales, I put as much as possible into the pension because I don't need it to live.
24:40So yeah. Nice work, mate. Muchas gracias, señor. That is a weird name. I'm not even reading it. JSims527 says, oh, what a legend. I've been following Tea is making money on Instagram. Also follow me on TikTok for all the insightful tips. But I keep wondering, how is Tea so tall and yet so bad at basketball? this is a lie major skill issue probably this is a lie jokes aside you guys are awesome and i love to hear you speak more about what actual changes have you made in your lives after speaking with so many experts it's one thing to say a piece of advice is good but i'll know it's really good if you actually go out and do it yeah you're like shaq from wish no stop it i'm an elite basketball player if you want to find out follow me on instagram timu michael jordan little sheen michael george yeah sheen shack you're sheen shack right guy yeah um all right you go for it i was just thinking about you being crap a basketball mate i'm not sure what the question was well just some actual how have you first developed a longer term mindset no that's the last question you know wait a little questions you clearly got a long-term mindset you can't remember what the previous question was it's one thing to say a piece of advice is good but i really know it's good if you actually go out and do it what changes have you made in your lives after speaking to these experts i set up a limited company um one of the changes i open my lyser um open my sip uh start looking at annuities but i think it's a bit too early for that um yeah lyser pension yeah lyser sip and selling a limited company which has saved me loads of tax money which i'm happy about um and yeah reading books i guess uh like you learn a lot from the books yeah i learned from a warren buffett book that i've been speculating sometimes instead of investing knowing the difference between speculating and investing and that's pretty important yeah i think um i've like internalized the fact that there is no quick fix to the problems of the uk and i've become more focused on long-term politically viable changes that that can happen that will that will improve the direction of travel so rather than getting sucked in by the narratives I see online of oh it's this or it's that and if we just do this one thing everything will be better I always just think probably not because you know I speak to highly credible highly researched people that say you know there's no one lever we can pull on coming back to the Helen episode so I think I've listened to that and I understand that and And I don't get like, I don't then let little things get me down about the UK when something's not working immediately.
27:29I'm not like, oh God, you know, obviously it happens. The trains being delayed is a nightmare. But also if you fix the trains tomorrow, the country wouldn't just suddenly all be better. So I don't know. I don't know what I'm trying to say, really. I guess I've just become a bit more kind of rational in my view of the UK and probably think it's not as bad as I think sometimes. and the solution is not just like one policy, one change, one social media influencer who's telling me if we just attack this group in this way, your life will be better. Yeah. Oh. Any changes in your personal finances? Mate, we've had every top economist on the planet on and they just told me to buy a global index.
28:13I ain't changing shit. I ain't changing no one. Elway Dibson told me I'm right. I tried to fight the Bitcoin case for a while, but then like after so many people who are way smarter and know way more about this than me, I said, just invest in a global index. I'm like, I say that's a big change. Instead of buying Bitcoin every single month, I still buy a little bit, but I've drastically, you know, reduced how much I buy. I put it in a global index instead. So I probably say instead of like 90, 80 % of my stuff going in Bitcoin now, it's like 10, 20. So that's a big change for my like investment portfolio, I'd say.
28:46It's easy to sing when you're winning. Like in terms of, I think now, even though the S &P 500 and the American markets is delivering all of the returns still, I think even the people that are just all in America are a bit like, should I be for the first time in probably a decade or so? Because it just feels a bit shaky, doesn't it? And like Trump changed people's view of America and how stable that economy is. So no, my investing hasn't really, really changed. I'll tell you one thing, actually. I use bond funds now more than I used to. Yeah, you've got a fair bit in bonds. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I've got that bond money now, mate.
29:26No, I use them for short-term savings goals, liquidity. I mean, I run a business where I employ people. So it's important for me to have reserves because I don't know what's coming. I don't just need an emergency fund for my own living costs. where, you know, if you've got money in the stock market, you can sometimes be like, well, if something really bad goes wrong, I'll just sell us some of that. I can't do that within the business. So I would like to have large amounts of cash that to one side so that we can weather storms for 6 to 12 months. So I use bond funds for that. And in the past, I was always just 100 % equities.
30:00So short-term bond funds. Not anything, I'm not liking to it like Roman is, you know, Roman Nikisa. He's got tattooed bonds on his buttcheeks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. crypto on the nutsack wow boy got yourself some life insurance as well didn't you yeah I did I got life insurance through the business as well because that's like important it's tax efficient but yeah I got key man risk what is key man risk I'm the key man I am the key man if I die there's a risk so if I die William the guy shouting at the back who's looking pretty smug gets a big payout What about me? Sorry, mate. Friends forever. Can't even put me in your...
30:46You're going to get the whole podcast. You take the whole thing over, mate. Welcome to Tears Making Money podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I still have it. So, yeah. And life insurance and things like that. Yeah, I haven't... I've got wills, insurances, those other things of you knew you should do them and you don't, I sorted all of that out. Well done. You're a better man than me. Yeah. You not got a will? I'm just going to be perfect. No, I'm going to sort it out eventually. Actually, that's probably should be my goal for next year, get a will. It didn't take you a whole year. I know, mate, but it's just so, you know what I mean?
31:19I'm a very optimistic, happy guy. It's so morbid. You got some, mate. I don't like listening. You got some. That's the only reason, yeah. Yeah. But I was thinking about the... You also got a whole load of Nigerian family that's going to come out of the woodworks and be like, hmm, get me some of them assets. I like his chain. I like this. I've seen how big that family is mate you need to divvy that up because you get uncles cousins uncle coming in they need to come look after my kid mate yeah well no i mean you just don't want the 19th cousin fifth time removed coming in saying i need i need his shoe collection you know you need you want to carve it up for for the baby and be like this all for him yeah and you want to and what you also want to say is who looks after that and in what way and obviously it makes sense for your partner to just get everything.
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32:02But you might want to make provisions so it's like, well, they get money now to live off, but also, there's money tucked away for him so that when he's 25, they can be like, you know, imagine when he's 25, he gets an amount of cash and a video and be like, you know, What's up? Yeah, I'm your dad. I'm a legend. I was a legend. I'm sorry I couldn't be around, but you know. Yeah, but that just makes me so emotional, man. Yeah, but it's good to have a little cry sometimes. You can sit down and play him like a rendition on the flute, mate. I made a song for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Playing like some 50 Cent on the flute.
32:38I don't know how your mind works, mate. It's amazing. I want to study your brain one day. You're the guy that learned piano, flute, recorder, all just so you could try and learn the drums. Didn't even get my drums. Did any of the guests change your previously held perceptions or views?
32:58Pretty much all of them.
33:05i think everyone's got nuggets of like information and wisdom that that can shift the way you think about things again like i said the the desire of an individual is to believe there's a quick fix to complex problems i've changed my mind on that um the the stuff around i don't know if the episode will be out yet but we spoke to vicky price and she was talking about the fact that the subsidies within government of they take extra tax so they can subsidize services so people feel like their life is cheaper which is just this kind of you take it from the left hand to put it into the right and why is why are trains so much cheaper in italy because they subsidize them through heavier taxes that was kind of like i knew there was subsidies that existed but you know when you just don't someone connects the line for you and goes, you know, just if trains become private doesn't mean they're going to get cheaper.
33:59They might even get more expensive, not private, into the public hand, sorry. That, yeah, I think everyone's got wisdoms and nuggets. I'm constantly kind of humbled by the guests and thinking, oh, probably should have known that. Yeah. I mean, I think for me it's more an overall general theme that there is no quick money. Like I always thought that, oh, my God, I've got the worst cramp in my leg. oh my god oh my god oh my god I'm sorry guys this has never happened before I'm sorry it happens every time we record I don't know what you're talking about no this is a mad one sorry I drank most of it right I drank all of it you didn't spill any of it mate it's fine oh Tomein do you want to hear a fun fact about tax don't get me excited I'm all about tax facts are you I love a bit of tax.
34:53This is new to me. Well, okay, so in 1970, the tax code was around 1 ,500 pages. Now, today, 2025, it's 22 ,000 pages. Hefty. Very. So there's around 10 million words, and there's more written about tax than any other type of law or legislation in the whole of the UK. It's one of the most complicated tax systems on the planet. We know how complicated tax can be, but we've got a tool that can help. Tax App. Tax App make it really easy to file your self-assessment. And if you're one of the 12 million people that needs to do that, the deadline is coming up on January 31st. With Tax App, you don't need to have a lengthy back and forth with an accountant.
35:33And you don't need to navigate the complexities of HMRC on your own. You just sign up, add your info, and they'll guide you through it. So you can submit your tax return in as little as 15 minutes. We've left the link in the description. Prices start from£49. But if you use the code MONEY10, you get 10 % off your first tax filing. That's M-O-N-E-Y-1-0. There's also a QR code on screen if you want to use that. Are you all right there, mate? Yeah, mate, I was a naughty cramp. Naughty, you can't say big legs, mate. On the point which I was actually trying to make before my leg exploded, have you changed any of your previously held perceptions?
36:13Financial advisors, I used to think they were horrible people. Well, not horrible people, I just thought they were not useful and then you can just learn, invest yourself and they were taking money. A bit like the AI advisors. I'm like, they're just taking money to not do anything. But having Lisa Conway Hughes and having Tom Ashworth and having lots of other financial advisors, I learned the value of them. Pensions advisors as well. If you don't, it's not for everything, but if you need to make a big decision, like set up a company or do your pension, it is useful to speak to someone who does this as a full-time career and they can give you actually regulated advice.
36:50Because, yeah, looking on Google does not really get you the best results. You get all these little shysty guys saying, oh, I'm a trader, I made millions, just buy my course and you can make millions too and come swim in my pool. And I'm like, yeah, no, it's a scam. So, yeah, I think financial advisors are very, that changed my perception. You're a top-up, mate. You love a top-up, don't you? You're pouring that loose and far. Mate, once I start drinking, everything gets a bit loose. even on it's not even booze it's this muscle memory mate muscle memory yeah the placebo strung start getting sloppy now next question let's do it okay no more cramps please fraser lang says why did you get a hair transplant i thought you were handsome just as you are oh that's lovely sliding demos dms will love it yeah i appreciate the compliment um yeah i got so what's annoying is i had a hair transplant i wore a hat in one episode but because we filmed so many episodes in a short burst i'm basically rocking a terrible barnet for about six months and i just know in like three months time people are gonna be like hair transplant did not work david i'll be like no no recorded that once ago anyway why did i get it so i am aware of you know my own image because i look at my cat i look on camera all the time and my hair has receded in the in the last uh couple years and i have the ability to do something about it and i think you know if If there's something that bothers you and you can fix it, just fix it.
38:17Do you know what I mean? If there's a noise in the room and it's annoying you, go figure out what the noise is and get rid of it. And I think why not?
38:27Women have lots of things that they do for themselves. And it's not to make, maybe it's to attract men, maybe it's not. But a lot of the time it's just to make them feel good about themselves. Pedicures, manicures, a bit of pampering. And I kind of see it like that. And I think we need more conversation in the man world of it's okay to be like, I don't really like that bit about myself for whatever reason. And, you know, you should love yourself for who you are. But if you think that you have a way of improving your self-confidence, then why not just do that? I think, you know, just do the thing.
39:02Amen. Yeah. I mean, I was growing up, I was always like, why am I so skinny? This is so annoying. Like I want to be a big unit. And, like I, I just didn't work. I was like, I'll go to the gym whilst eating wrong. And I was like, how do I actually sort this out? So I'm like, okay, look into the nutrition. And then I'm like calisthenics. And I tried all these different things. I'm like, okay, calisthenics makes me feel happy. Like I get a bit of muscle, but like it makes me feel comfortable with myself. So whatever it is, like you say, make yourself feel happy and comfortable. Just get it done. Yeah, yeah.
39:31Like styling my hair takes longer because it's receded a bit and a bit thinner. And, you know, I'm going to save time in that sense. And a couple of my mates had it done and the results look good and it shaved about 10 years off them. So I was like, yeah, why not? Yeah. I like how you just were straight up with it. You didn't like try and hide it. No, honestly, it's the best policy. I think a lot of people, there's a lot of taboo or like just general. Yeah, which I think is silly. Like people try and hide it. Yeah. No, I just... Well, I hope that honesty reflects in like everything I do. I'm always just going to sit here and be like, had this done or done this, or this is what I think about this kind of thing, be that finances or my own self-image.
40:08and I'm not going to pretend that sitting on camera all day and looking at myself doesn't make you look at yourself and go, oh God, is that what I look like? You know, and that eats at your mind. I'm human at the end of the day. You know, I'm aware of the scar on my lip. I'm aware that there's a vein on my neck when I talk and there's, my hair's receding and I'm a bit spotty. And yeah, in the next 10 years, I'm going to be looking like Donatella Versace, mate. I'm going to get it all sorted out. They were going to be in the Sistine Chapel. We are all insecure about aspects of ourselves. Even the people that you probably look at and go, oh, I wish I looked like them.
40:43And I'm not saying I'm that person, but I think even the most gorgeous people on the planet, probably even the most gorgeous people on the planet are more insecure because their whole life they've been told that they're gorgeous and the looks fade and they slip. So I think I want to sit here and be honest and say, you know, I have that myself, you know, and I struggle with it. We all do, man. so yeah there you go thanks for calling me handsome i did it he did you all right uh what do you want to do more of in 2026 oh uh oh so if we talk about the podcast i would like more episodes where it was kind of remember amy where it was like a uh it's kind of like one with the audience yeah where we talk about a real life story georgie frost was similar vibes but she's obviously not one of the audience that kind of episode would be great.
41:37So if you've got an interesting story or you think you want to come and sit here with me and T, definitely get in touch. We'll leave some details below actually on how you can reach out. Or if you think you know someone, yeah, we'll pay for your train, get you a meal deal. What, Tesco's meal deal? Yeah, yeah. We're splurging out on the Make Your Money podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what they get. Look, we're trying to make some money, man. Same place we get the crackers from, mate. We'll get your lunch from. Budget-ass crackers. Yeah. you know what I like to do in 2026 go on I like to do a live episode like with the audience live live live with the audience like they type in questions and like we can see it up on the screen and they'll be like yeah and then we can like respond in real time you know when people go live on Instagram and stuff yeah but like a live episode so the listeners can actually we tell them when it is and then they can all I thought you meant in a live venue that too with like a live crowd audience physically there they would both be cool and our party our finance we're going to start an annual finance festival most of all most of all because the company's called most so yeah i think that'll be cool a live episode uh episode online where people can type comments and then a fest money making money festival i think there's like a there's steps to each of those i think they're all along the progression of the thing so maybe we do a live we're doing it in may guys there you go now you're committed all right uh also next year I might launch a YouTube channel who knows Damio lets me I don't know yeah I got you locked in you're part of my roster it's a preacher contract I take all your revenue I own your son mate if he makes content in 40 years my son's getting paid on that so the fine print of being a godfather yeah yeah got your bloodline mate oh this is a great one Billy Fish 342 great question And what are the top five changes you'd make if you were in charge?
43:29Top five. Top five. That's a lot. So I think I've written some down. Firstly, I'd definitely help self-employed people with some contributions for their pensions. Like all this defined benefit scheme. No, defined contribution schemes. Get it for the self-employed people somehow. So we could have a bit more stability in our retirement. I would also increase the ISA limit for stocks and shares ISA. And I would also bring in that European, the UK fund, like the UK ISA. You can put like five grand tax fee. I like the Brit ISA. The Brit ISA, yeah. You liked that, did you? Yeah, I love that. Five grand in like UK companies.
44:10I think that would be a good way. But you get some benefits as well. That's three. You give me five and I think two more. Let me find this one second. okay so um if the changes that i would make if i came into power first one i'd scrap the triple lock i would never get into power because of that but i think i would i would scrap the triple lock and i would say to people we're going to put up your state pension today we're going to match it to average earnings we're going to increase it to say 30 of average earnings which would actually mean a big increase in the state pension today it would go up by about say eight percent so i'd be oh, that's good.
44:47Hopefully that convinces people. And then I would scrap the triple lot because it's just like a, it's a bad policy long-term. I think that would be one of those things where you would be hated today. And in 40 years, people would be like, no, that was a pretty good thing that that person did. I've also put down that I would reform taxation in a pro-growth way. I'd get rid of stamp duty, maybe introduce a land value tax, reform council tax. Yeah, definitely. So that most people pay less than they do now. and the people at the top pay a lot more. That's what I would do. I would introduce the pension from life thing.
45:24So every child in the UK gets 5K at birth. Yeah, that's a great one. A portion of that is invested into the UK market, which kind of gives that boost to the market. And I would encourage parents to contribute into it if they want. That would become auto-enrollment. I'd maybe even say that they're not going to get a state pension from that point. Lots of considerations around that. It's not a well-thought-out plan, but you know a bit of radicalness i would ban fiscal drag i would make it illegal to ever so i would say that tax bands had to go up in line with a key measure of inflation every year and it's illegal you would go to prison if you ever say we're not increasing taxes on people but you freeze tax bands because it's a lie it's a dirty dirty lie um surprised you didn't say you fix the trains and the internet on the trains yeah i mean this is that's a bit of a selfish one the final thing i would do when i come into power is every week when i come into power that's my boy it's inevitable uh i would address the nation every week on a sunday for a period of time where i sat down and like direct a camera like this i would go here is a problem that i have in my job that I face and here are the potential solutions for it.
46:41So here's what the issue is, what I can do to fix it. And here's some of the winners or losers of that. Just so over the course of a year, they can be like, I understand the compromises that Damien has to make to run this country. I think I understand that better. So one week I'll be like, let's talk about asylum. Let's talk about immigration. Let's talk about how much it costs and the issues and why we have to do it, the laws around it, you know, the international laws that we have to comply with. And why, when we cut foreign aid, do we get more asylum seekers from the countries? Because we're spending less money helping them there, so they come here.
47:15You know, just really radical honesty. Wow. So people could be like, fair enough. You know, I get it now. But like, oh, this week I had Rishi Sunak crying in my office or something. I don't know, just be so transparent. You know, like on 8 Mile where... at the end he's like you know tell them something they don't know about me i would be like that and then the media be like well what are we going to do here because he's literally so many people can clip it up and dissect it and discuss it in any way they want but every week it would just be an hour of me sitting there going this is the problem these are the options and this this is why it's a hard decision i hope you now understand it a little bit better and realize i'm not just trying to be a prick going from new media to new politics yeah yeah because i think like the gen the worst thing about modern politicians are that you feel like they're hiding stuff from you.
48:05You feel like they're trying to mislead you. They're dishonest. And that they're not communicating clearly. And then when you do get people who communicate clearly, like Helen and people like that, people go, oh, that's really refreshing. Yeah. So do that. And like, people go, well, politicians are really busy. What more is, what more important than talking to the people that voted you in? That voted for you. Because you're not actually doing the things. You're not, you're not, you know, down the mines. Yeah, you're not building of trains and like building train tracks all over the show and that's all you do for a living so sit down i'm inspired by the period where we had um covid and they had it just seemed like they were constantly talking about the infection rate and how it and the r rate and why we need to get it down and i think they really got people behind that idea by getting credible like professionals from the medical space to come on and go this is why it's a problem and this is why we need to fix it i would just do that with absolutely everything just shut down shut down everyone else in terms of being able to chat absolute nonsense about things they don't know anything about it'd be very cool yeah be like the queen's speech but like yeah well i'm not i'll be king after i run the country then emperor of the world um very important financial question lee groves would you rather fight a duck sized bear or a bear sized duck duck sized bear I mean I think there's only one answer there right duck sized bear duck sized bear yeah because you can just kick it yeah because you pick it up and hug it and if it hug it it's going to shred up your arms it'd be like cute it'd be like a teddy bear and if it was bad you'd just drop kick it wouldn't you a duck's like this big yeah you do know bears are like vicious animals yeah but come on you've been it can still maul you being this big yeah but I think a bear sized duck you just give it a bit of seed a duck sized A bear-sized duck would be terrifying.
49:57If that wanted to fight you. Yeah, but it wouldn't want to eat you, would it? It should be 100 duck-sized bears or one bear-sized duck. Does the bear-sized duck have the same strength as a normal-sized bear? That's a good point. No, it has a duck strength scaled up. It's mouth would be such an easy question. Yeah, at that level, it's definitely... No, that's why I'm saying it's 100. A baby bear. A baby bear. It'd be cute. You got a massive duck. Mate, it could take a big chunk out of your leg. That's what I'm saying. If it's 100 duck-sized bears versus one bear-sized duck. Mate, 100 duck-sized bears will kill you immediately.
50:35Yeah. Then you're fighting the bear-sized duck, right? Yeah. Yeah. I'm fighting a bear-sized duck. I don't care. What? Just to prove it. I'll have it, mate. I'll just punch him in the stomach. He'll peck my head off. I'll go out like a G. I think his wings would be formidable. Oh, yeah. He can fly as well. That's a good point. He could drown you. just pick you up and dunk you in the pond yeah okay maybe a duck-sized bear i still think they'd be naughty though have you seen that film with leonardo dicaprio yeah that's why i don't want anything to do with bears yeah they're savage savage yeah so even if it's duck-sized it's still going to be pretty savage and they just kind of sit on you and hold you there and keep you alive and take bites out of you and all sorts you take a bit out of my calf slice out of my knee i've already got bad knee nah bear-sized duck please i feel like yeah i feel like the the the steaks there are too one-sided because a duck-sized bear, like I say, you just kick it.
51:26It's gone. Yeah, until it comes back and like just bites, borrows into your butt and just starts, nom, nom, nom. A duck-sized bear would be so cute. You just give it some, I don't know, you give it a caramel wafer biscuit and it'd just sit there like, be your mate, wouldn't it? Like Ted. You just have him on the table just like wandering around, roaming. Yeah. All right, cool. Little bear it is. not financial advice but Damien what's going to happen to the stock market in 2026 I'm going to buy more of it good point going to buy more of it that's it to be honest I don't really care as long as it doesn't go to zero I don't really care I'll just be buying buying buying whatever happens right it's either going to go down and people are going to be like it's never going to stop going down or it's going to go up and people are going to be like oh it's going to go down so you know either way I'm buying either way I'm buying I'm going to buy more of it so yeah whatever happens everyone's talking about this big dip coming I don't care if it comes i'll buy more next question is oh it's one for me i love saber i love saber says i want to hear about t's childhood adventure to a nigerian military boot camp surely that's a story worth telling well let me take you back guys picture this you're a young teenage t having fun in school getting into mischief and you get a little bit of a suspension for being naughty and your dad says you want to mess around in school sending you to nigeria to a military camp and i was like oh he's not going to do it he did it so i'm there for the whole summer uh two months it's called sea school citizenship and leadership camp military camp it's on an island called snake island in nigeria so if you want to go home you can't because you swim in that water and you're getting bitten by all sorts of things so we went on the island did lots of marching sung the national national anthem did some swimming uh did some like assault courses it was fun um got bitten by a lot of mosquitoes um we tried to sneak to the girls dormitory one night and they caught us so they made us like crawl on our knees for the rest of the night back and forth so that wasn't too fun but yeah it was um a good experience i can't say that most people be able to hack it but it is for like kids from age 14 to like 18 so yeah it definitely made me a bit resilient but i always say you can drop me anywhere and i'll be fine so like i was fine i made some friends um but yeah it was it was hardcore uh did make me realize how lucky i am uh to you know have all the amenities be in england like not be bitten by mosquitoes um but yeah i definitely say i don't know if i'd send my kid there um it depends on i think it's a very personal thing depends on how you are like you'd be fine there you'd be there just like just running around having a great time but it's not for everyone it's definitely for like i don't think my my sister or brother could have gone there but like being the firstborn and being like the most troublesome one i think it was it was probably good for me it makes me realize how lucky i was and you know perspective so yeah definitely if your kids are being naughty send them to dougastan for two years they'll be fine send them to uh as Khabib says send him to Nigeria to a military camp give you a bit of perspective in life see ya definitely recommend it guys go check out leadership and military school C school in Nigeria if you're bored and your kids are being naughty send them there Damo your son's a good boy actually your son's a little bit naughty as well yeah I might send him yeah he could do a little bit yeah he could do a straightening out yeah straightening out drop him on the island come back in a month he'll be like daddy I'm sorry for our final question what are your new year's resolutions uh i don't tend to make them anymore i used to be one of those people but now i'm just constantly setting goals and um you know for the for the businesses and stuff so i don't i don't set new year's resolutions um yeah you set goals for the year not really because one thing i've learned from doing what doing what we do is i i had no idea that I would be doing what I do now when I started it.
55:26So I think it's pretty pointless and you might kind of just send yourself in a direction you don't want to be in. You might have targets around profitability and stuff like that, but that's all kind of boring stuff, you know, in terms of growth and revenue and things like that. But yeah, I don't really set New Year's resolutions because I think that kind of implies that you're going to do new stuff. It's just more of the same. Make more content, work out more, you know spend more time with family that same old same old rinse repeat over and over then you die um i would say one thing i've been struggling with since the podcast started which i'm slowly getting better at is of course replying to comments on youtube like getting in the comment section so my news resolution is to comment on every single video we put out in 2026 put comments in in the comment section people listening and watching about Tomem so that we can call him out if he doesn't do it yeah that's a good point yeah guys call me accountable but yeah that's it and then of course growing my social media but I think just generally getting better on the podcast is is the goal yeah that's a good one yeah I'd like to find a place where I sleep well the night before because I'm exhausted now I'd like to find some new chairs yeah in Manchester that was nice that was beautiful in Manchester I slept well I think no I didn't I was comfy I had no backache afterwards yeah no backache relax new solutions some new chairs yeah yeah yeah we might be having to get out of this place anyway mate might be getting sold from under us and where are we going to go up north on the streets podcasts making money podcasts on the streets yeah well we'll have to figure something out I don't know I don't know what the solution will be if you guys got any ideas of where we should record podcasts give us a shout yeah yeah if you're looking to do us a great price in exchange for exceptional company but no yeah we need to look at that potentially so the studio might be changing again who knows we need to figure out a way to end this now mate we've been told to end it in a nice way yeah give us some emphatic powerful motivational ending
57:40see you next year guys see you next year guys
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00:00 - Franchise Exhibition ad
00:39 - Our favourite episode
07:10 - Why we get along
10:35 - Vanta ad
11:39 - 2025 Proudest Moments
14:03 - 2025 Mistakes
21:08 - Long v short term
24:44 - What we’ve changed
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36:00 - What’s changed our mind?
37:29 - Hair transplant
41:53 - What we want to do in 2026
43:22 - What if we were in charge?
49:23- Duck-sized bear or a bear-sized duck?
51:54 - 2026 market predictions
52:29 - T’s military camp experience
54:57 - 2026 resolutions
