StackedLife - Authorized Infinite Banking
StackedLife is the podcast for smart savers hungry for real, proven financial strategies. I'm John Perrings, an Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner. In this weekly podcast, I cut through the noise to deliver practical, principle-based strategies rooted in IBC that work regardless of market conditions. If you're done with status quo advice and want to grow your wealth and income with safe, foundational strategies, this is your roadmap to financial independence.
Episodes
The legendary Trent Fortner helps people see the dangerous, hidden corners present in almost everyone's financial picture. We get into the numbers to prove that whole life insurance is about 1/2 the cost of term insurance, if you know how to calculate it accurately using financial math.
If you're an agent who's been in the business for 30 days or 30 years, you'll get a ton out of Trent's upcoming workshop. Learn more about ...
The trendy obsession with "efficient policy design" in the whole life insurance and Infinite Banking space is cutting policy owners’ financial potential off at the knees.
The mindset is based on a fundamental misunderstanding: the belief that the growth of a life insurance policy works like an investment account, where more money early on means more money later. In reality, everything in a whole life policy is an actuarial ...
In this episode, we tackle the paralysis that keeps people from starting with Infinite Banking: not knowing what to do with your policy once you have one. It’s important to understand that strategically capitalizing, in and of itself, *is* the strategy. You don’t need a master plan to start because when you have cash, opportunities have a way of finding you.
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1. Get a free one-on-one Financial Assessment
"Invest for the long term" is one of the golden rules of Wall Street. But with conventional investing, it's really just a justification for the volatility and loss of control that come with locking your money in the market for decades, hoping everything goes right, on returns that aren't even what they claim. This episode breaks down the trap and what actually thinking long-term looks like when you maintain control and liq...
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt around whole life insurance keep people stuck in analysis paralysis, unable to move forward with Infinite Banking, despite its proven track record. But understanding where this "FUD" comes from and why it's largely overblown helps us understand that it's actually really hard to mess up a whole life insurance policy.
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1. Get a free one-on-one Financial Assessment
2. Get my free weekl...
Most people struggle to free up cash flow because traditional financial planning locks their money away in illiquid accounts and debt payoff strategies, leaving them vulnerable when opportunities arise and unable to capitalize on the moments that matter most.
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1. Get a free one-on-one Financial Assessment
2. Get my free weekly newsletter with exclusive content on financial education
3. Free mini-course: Supercha...
Conventional financial "planning" is a misnomer: it relies on an unstable foundation of market variables, gives up control, and follows the herd. Learn three timeless principles of a financial strategy based on certainty and control that allow you to stop chasing risk and build your own banking system.
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1. Get a free one-on-one Financial Assessment
2. Get my free weekly newsletter with exclusive content on fina...
High-interest debt can feel like an impossible treadmill. This episode explains why traditional debt payoff strategies often leave you broke and vulnerable, and reveals a powerful method to eliminate debt while simultaneously building your wealth and income.
Topics Discussed:
- (00:00) - Stop Prioritizing Debt
- (01:59) - Negative Impact on Longer Loan Terms
- (03:49) - The Economics of Debt
- (04:57) - The Biggest Challenge...
Conventional financial advice tells you to take on risk in the hopes of "outpacing" inflation and rising prices. But this often reduces your cash flow today and makes the problem even worse. This episode breaks down how to combat the struggle of rising prices by using the Infinite Banking Concept to control your capital, use safe leverage, and build new, reliable streams of income.
Topics Discussed:
- (00:00) - 20: Bea...
In this episode, I'm talking with my StackedLife colleague, Adrienne Patel, about her journey as a business owner and real estate investor. We talk about how the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) accelerates those endeavors and helps to create multiple income streams for her and her family. You'll hear practical tips for getting started, planning for retirement, and leveraging IBC for business growth.
Topics Discussed:
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Many people get caught up in the financial tactics that sometimes go with Infinite Banking, but they overlook the unchanging principles that make strategies sustainable.
This leads to reactive decisions and vulnerability when markets shift, leaving them without control over their money.
Topics Discussed:
- (00:00) - 18: Stop Chasing IBC Tactics
- (00:45) - Starting Over After Market Crashes
- (01:51) - Principles vs. Tactic...
Whole Life insurance premiums are not as "locked-in" as people sometimes fear. Listen in to learn how to scale premiums down during a cash crunch and, more importantly, scale premiums up to accelerate growth. Especially important topic for those implementing The Infinite Banking Concept.
Topics Discussed:
- (00:00) - 017 How to Scale Premium Up and Down
- (01:51) - How I Have Used Whole Life Flexibility, Personally
- (03:2...
Average rates of return are a dangerous illusion based on flawed statistics. In most cases throughout history, real returns were lower than market averages, and the difference was in the millions.
LINKS:
1. Get a free one-on-one Financial Assessment
2. Get my free weekly newsletter with exclusive content on financial education
3. Free mini-course: Supercharge Financial Growth with Whole Life
4. Work with me: Schedule a consulta...
Discover how Currence acts as the "operating system" for Infinite Banking by automatically capturing every dollar that enters your life and reversing the flow from unconscious spending to unconscious saving. Learn how this technology separates your consumption choices from your income, enabling you to build wealth effortlessly while maximizing the effectiveness of your whole life insurance policies.
LINKS:
1. Learn more or ...
Is term insurance to blame for the fact that every generation essentially has to start from zero, financially?
In this episode, I break down the real financial math behind term insurance versus whole life insurance, revealing how a seemingly 'cheap' $1,100 annual term premium can actually cost a family over $43 million across three generations. I'll show you why comparing these two types of insurance requires understanding ...
In this episode, I explain why typical financial planning advice has created a modern-day macro bubble where everyone is buying the same assets at any price, and how Infinite Banking is a principles-based approach that provides guarantees and control instead of relying on market variables and hope.
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1. Get my free weekly newsletter with exclusive content on financial education
2. Work with me: Schedule a consultation
In this myth-busting episode, I'll translate the complex math behind whole life insurance returns into language everyone can understand.
Using real numbers and my favorite financial calculator, I'll show you why comparing whole life insurance to other investments without accounting for taxes, fees, and death benefits is like comparing apples to oranges—and why this misunderstood financial tool might deserve a second look in...
Control is the most powerful benefit of Infinite Banking, yet most people overlook it. Find out why it matters more than any interest rate or dividend.
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2. Work with me: Schedule a consultation
- (00:00) - 011 Why Control is Infinite Banking's Superpower
- (01:20) - Why the Biggest Problem is a Lack of Control
- (05:50) - The Solution ...
In this episode, I tackle one of the most common questions I receive: "How much money do you need to get started with Infinite Banking?"
In addition to some hard numbers, I explain the practical ranges, introduce my "Goldilocks Rule" for finding the perfect policy balance, and share strategies for kickstarting your IBC journey regardless of your current financial situation.
Whether you have a few hundred or a few hundred th...
Most people know life insurance has a tax-free death benefit, but that's just scratching the surface of tax advantages.
In this episode, I break down the three powerful tax advantages of whole life insurance and explain how the Infinite Banking Concept leverages these benefits to create tax-efficient financial strategies. I'll teach you about tax-deferred growth, tax-free access via policy loans, and strategies that can dra...
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