Welcome to the Building Bigger Lives Podcast! This episode features Jason Mata, a mortgage education leader who discusses his journey from working in consumer finance to creating Mortgage Educate, which provides homebuyer education classes across the country. Jason explains how he started with small workshops in Sacramento and expanded to working with 16 universities, hosting over 60 classes annually with 150-200 attendees each. He shares his approach to balancing his role as both an educator and mortgage producer, emphasizing his passion for helping clients understand homeownership. The conversation highlights Jason's commitment to education and community service, while also touching on his personal life as a father of two and competitive athlete. The episode concludes with Jason offering advice to others looking to start educational initiatives, emphasizing the importance of consistency, valuable content, and genuine community service over lead generation.

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In this episode of The Building Bigger Lives Podcast, Michael and Kathryn explore the concept of time blocking for entrepreneurial leaders, discussing its practicality and importance in managing schedules and creating consistent habits. They cover various aspects of time management, including the value of white space, establishing routines, and aligning tasks with energy levels and team schedules. The conversation concludes with insights on creating flexible time blocks that accommodate different seasons and life circumstances, while emphasizing the need for clear communication and self-awareness in maintaining productivity.

The episode aims to provide listeners with actionable strategies to manage their time effectively, offering a balance between deep thought and practical execution.

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Welcome to the Building Bigger Lives Podcast. This episode features Frank Blakeley, who shares his journey from a fitness industry background to becoming a successful mortgage professional in Orange County, California. Frank discusses how he transitioned from personal training to mortgage lending after realizing the fitness industry's focus on numbers over client service wasn't aligning with his values. He emphasizes his approach to avoiding burnout through routine management, prioritization, and maintaining a balanced personal and professional life. Frank also explains his decision-making process, which involves assessing whether changes are driven by personal growth or external factors, and he highlights his recent shift to a leadership role where he can mentor other originators while maintaining better work-life balance following his wife's health scare. The conversation concludes with Frank's discussion of his disciplined approach to work, including his consistent use of the Navigator system to track lead sources and maintain productivity metrics.

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In this episode of The Building Bigger Lives Podcast, Kathryn and Michael discuss the importance of choosing a clear and focused theme for business planning, emphasizing how themes help align team members and guide decision-making processes. They explore various strategies for developing and simplifying themes, including collaborative approaches and visual representations, while highlighting the distinction between personal identity and goals.

Michael explains that a theme helps create focus and alignment among team members by ensuring everyone is heading in the same direction. He suggests that the theme should reflect the desired outcome of the year and can be captured in one to five words. The discussion emphasizes the value of a clear theme in eliminating confusion and excuses, and in rallying team energy towards shared goals.

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Today's episode of The Building Bigger Lives podcast features Michelle Berman-Michael, a national keynote speaker and business strategist who helps professionals use social media for revenue-generating connections. Michelle is the founder of Beyond the Method, a platform that helps mortgage and real estate professionals use social media for revenue-generating connections. She discusses her approach to social media strategy, emphasizing that success comes from making less content but focusing on meaningful connections through storytelling and emotional resonance. This helps entrepreneurs start each month in the black and experience the compound effect of their efforts.

Michelle shares how her father's influence shaped her work ethic and approach to business, and explains that her coaching focuses on helping clients overcome resistance to social media by shifting their focus from metrics to actual business outcomes. The conversation explores how storytelling and vulnerability create trust with audiences. Michelle concludes by sharing her 2026 focus on setting clear boundaries while balancing her roles as a mother, wife, and business owner.

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In this episode of the Building Bigger Lives Podcast, Kathryn and Michael discuss strategies for a successful start to the new year, emphasizing the importance of reviewing personal priorities before delving into professional planning, setting clear goals, and maintaining a vision aligned with your values. They explore various planning tools and frameworks, including focus plans, quarterly reviews, and the Core 4 framework, to help individuals achieve their objectives while maintaining balance. Michael highlights the value of a life plan review to align personal and professional goals, using a GPS analogy to illustrate how setting a clear direction can lead to better decision-making and fulfillment. They also touch on the need to adapt life plans as personal circumstances and relationships evolve. The discussion concludes with insights on utilizing downtime effectively, as they encourage listeners to embrace margin in their schedules.

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In today's episode of the Building Bigger Lives Podcast, Jamie Zeitz, a top 1% mortgage originator from Jacksonville, Florida, shares his career journey and approach to the industry, highlighting his focus on impact, growth, and excellence through non-traditional strategies and his background in college athletics. He discusses his personal development routine and mindset training, emphasizing the importance of mental and emotional preparation for his demanding work. He discusses the influence of his father, an entrepreneurial man who ran a cinema. Jamie shares his experience with teaching continuing education classes and his role as a certified trainer for John Gordon.

Jamie also shares insights about his community initiative "Elevate the Elite" and his journey as an educator, concluding with his plans for future growth and fulfillment through teaching and coaching.

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In this episode of the Building Bigger Lives podcast, Michael and Kathryn talk about the importance of getting away, sharing their experiences with coordinating trips around family schedules and school breaks. They offer tips and tricks gleaned from their experiences visiting various destinations, including South Korea and New York. They discuss the benefits of using a large calendar to visualize and plan for extended trips. Kathryn describes how she and her husband, Todd, decide on destinations based on their interests and their children's locations. She mentions a recent trip to South Korea to visit their daughter, Kayla, which was influenced by Kayla's presence there.

They emphasize the value of authentic local experiences and cultural immersion. The conversation concludes with discussions about planning group travel experiences, and the importance of leaving room for spontaneity, while encouraging listeners to prioritize creating memorable experiences through travel.

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