Got inspired to share a quick message with you Journeyers today! While the Actuarial Journey podcast remains on hiatus, you can continue on your journey with Nemo through some of the other projects that have come to life since! Pioneers, Outliers, and Mavericks podcast: It's about the INNER JOURNEY that innovative and influential leaders continue going through alone to later produce the OUTER RESULTS that the rest of the world sees. Conversations with the world's most innovative leaders across a multiple fields sharing their stories and experiences choosing to pursue impact that goes outside, above, and beyond the status quo.   How it applies to you: For many of us, choosing to be successful in our actuarial careers can feel like an insurmountable journey. We may have support from friends/family, or we might feel as those we're one of the few /only that are choosing this path. This podcast isn't about how far one chooses to go, or even where it's applied.  Empjoyment podcast (https://empjoyment.com/itunes) Interviews and insights to support non-technical career changers to get a role in tech.  How it applies to you: While the specific industry is different, a lot of the underlying principles remain when it comes to career changing, learning a new skillset/expertise, and maintaining your quality of life throughout the journey of your career Empjoyment Pioneer Journeys (https://empjoyment.com/youtube) Videos of Nemo sharing thought leadership to support Pioneers, Outliers, and Mavericks in navigating the wilderness that comes with stepping out of the settled land and exploring new and different frontiers. How it applies to you: With everything from Facebook lives to small group discussions to real-world coaching, these journeys are resources geared to help you gain insights over information and to remember who you truly are over learning to be someone you're not. Check out https://empjoyment.com for more support!  

Time for some real talk... Some times it's really REALLY hard to find the motivation, the passion, the burning desire to keep moving forward on our journeys to success.  Whether you're in a dip right now, just got out of a dip, or have yet to experience your first dip along this journey, this episode will be a guide to 3 principles that you can use to get you back on the path. It's not easy and it's not glamorous, but it sure is worth it. If you don't mind, Nemo will also share some of his recent challenges with feeling Up to the challenge of success and the steps he's currently using to overcome them. We're all in this together - Let's do this!   Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/63 for the session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  Join the ACTUARIAL JOURNEY COMMUNITY: Join the Actuarial Journey Trailblazer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Take action to start using these skills and more along your actuarialj journey through this global learning community of aspiring actuaries (aka Trailblazers) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.  

About Today's Guest Stephen Camilli, FSA, has been with ACTEX since September 2013 and is currently Vice President of Actuarial Publications and Content.  He has taught mathematics at both the high school and university level. He has served as Director of International Risk for UNUM, working in Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and Tokyo and has experience in pension consulting with Hewitt Associates. He co-founded a network of food banks in Argentina, is fluent in Spanish, and has worked as a translator, interpreter and literary agent. He has a Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/stephencamilli for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  Join the ACTUARIAL JOURNEY COMMUNITY: Join the Actuarial Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Take action to start using these skills and more along your actuarialj journey through this global learning community of aspiring actuaries (aka Trailblazers) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

About Today's Guest Nitya Shekar works in Learning & Development at AppNexus, designing and facilitating programs focused on “smart skills,” including emotional intelligence, team effectiveness, good management, and personal and professional growth. She is also a Co-Active coach currently getting her certification through the Coaches Training Institute. Originally from Houston, TX and now based in New York, NY, her background is in Psychology (Rice ’07) and Law (Harvard ’10). Nitya is passionate about the mind sciences and hopes to branch into neuroleadership and other brain-based human capital work. Her other interests include improv and travel. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/nityashekar for the session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  Join the ACTUARIAL JOURNEY COMMUNITY: Join the Actuarial Journey Trailblazer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Take action to start using these skills and more along your actuarialj journey through this global learning community of aspiring actuaries (aka Trailblazers) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link https://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

THE WAIT IS OVER: INTRODUCING ACTUARIAL JOURNEY 2.0! Actuarial Journey is back and better than ever with Actuarial Journey 2.0 (AJ 2.0). Listen to this episode to get some insight into what you can expect from Actuarial Journey moving forward (all good things)! AJ 2.0 is dedicated to helping you TAKE ACTION, today and every day, along your actuarial journey. We’ve launched new courses and programs, revamped our online learning community for aspiring actuaries, and have a ton more lined up for you including a steady stream of new podcasts! Ready to be a part of the AJ 2.0 movement? Head on over to www.actuarialjourney.com/community now to find out more about how we’re helping each other succeed along our actuarial journeys! Use these resources to move forward in YOUR actuarial journey today! Join the ACTUARIAL JOURNEY COMMUNITY:Join the Actuarial Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Take action to start using these skills and more along your actuarialj journey through this global learning community of aspiring actuaries (aka Trailblazers) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES:Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE:Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.  

Actuarial Journey Podcast will return in January 2016! However, there's still a lot of great podcasts (and now BLOGS) over on the Actuarial Journey website (www.actuarialjourney.com) IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL BE ACTIVE IN THE FREE JOURNEYER COMMUNITY FOR ASPIRING ACTUARIES. Get your invitation before spots fill up: www.actuarialjourney.com/community Nemo and other aspiring actuaries just like you are in there daily to answer questions and support one another as we take ACTION along our Actuarial Journey. Click the link to get your invitation while available! Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE ACTUARIAL EXAM WORKSHOP: Claim your spot on the next online workshop now! Go to www.actuarialjourney.com/webinar to sign up.: Come learn with us LIVE as we go through an actuarial exam workshop specifically tailor to help give you the framework and foundation to pass your exams quickly while still having the time for other things in your life. This is something all aspiring actuaries should attend! FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills)

  ACCOUNTABILITY CHECK-IN! This episode focuses on the ACCOUNTABILITY portion of Actuarial Journey's mission of providing Guidance, Support, and Accountability to aspiring actuaries. My question for you: Are you putting what you're learning here into action? Find out how you act on more of what you learn during today's episode Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/58 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Also You don't want to miss the Online Actuarial Exam Workshop that we're holding which is geared to helping you make the move for knowing what to do to ACTUALLY DOING IT!  Join us for an upcoming webinar where you can learn about that and more about the Trailblazer Community & Actuarial Exam Mastery Program: https://www.actuarialjourney.com/webinar Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE ACTUARIAL EXAM WORKSHOP: Claim your spot on the next online workshop now! Go to www.actuarialjourney.com/webinar to sign up.: Come learn with us LIVE as we go through an actuarial exam workshop specifically tailor to help give you the framework and foundation to pass your exams quickly while still having the time for other things in your life. This is something all aspiring actuaries should attend! FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills)

Today's guest is Wendy Liu, FSA, the Head of Global Employee Benefits Solutions for Zurich Insurance. Wendy shares how she entered the actuarial field, provides insight on some of key areas she feels has led to her success, and also gives her take on the industry as it currently stands.  By the end of the episode, you'll understand why you should just "go for it" and how that can improve your career and your life.  Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/wendyliu for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE ACTUARIAL EXAM WORKSHOP: Claim your spot on the next online workshop now! Go to www.actuarialjourney.com/webinar to sign up.: Come learn with us LIVE as we go through an actuarial exam workshop specifically tailor to help give you the framework and foundation to pass your exams quickly while still having the time for other things in your life. This is something all aspiring actuaries should attend! FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills)

  Journeyers! It's been quite some time since we had some 1-on-1 time and, after having a great Journeyer Community Hangout this weekend,  I wanted to take today to sit back and just chat with you all. Today, I want to share with you some of the top books that I recommend for your actuarial journey. These books all speak to some of our biggest focuses at Actuarial Journey: productivity, success, and living a lifestyle of your choosing while succeeding in your career,  Here are the recommendations - Listen to the episode to find out why I find each of them to be important. THE LIST 1) The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson 2) The One Thing by Gary Keller 3) How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 4) The War of Art by Steven Pressfield 5) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill   I'm also going to toss out a bonus book that I didn't mention on the podcast that in retrospect deserves at least a shout out BONUS: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey   We're starting the Actuarial Journey Book Club and the first book is The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. Get started on it now, and we'll have a book club follow-up in mid-November!   We're also hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on Monday Nov. 2nd! Sign up at https://www.actuarialjourney.com/webinar to get details about this and upcoming webinars. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Part 2 of the conversation with Viktor Antonius, ASA on How Well-Defined Goals Drive Success! About Today's Guest Viktor Antonius is a health actuary at a consulting firm in Philadelphia.  He has three years of consulting experience and has worked on a variety of assignments including: health care reform projections, retiree health care strategy, health care pricing and budgeting, actuarial valuations and union negotiations.  Viktor is currently an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and received a B.A. in actuarial science from the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/viktorantonius for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Part 1 of the conversation with Viktor Antonius, ASA on How Well-Defined Goals Drive Success! About Today's Guest Viktor Antonius is a health actuary at a consulting firm in Philadelphia.  He has three years of consulting experience and has worked on a variety of assignments including: health care reform projections, retiree health care strategy, health care pricing and budgeting, actuarial valuations and union negotiations.  Viktor is currently an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and received a B.A. in actuarial science from the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/viktorantonius for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Part 2 of the conversation with Alex Barker on Making Success Habits stick ! About Today's Guest Alex Barker is the chief life alchemist at 66DayExperiment.com. He experiments on his life and business, like reading a book a day, or making healthy habits stick. By day a pharmacist, by night a hero to his 2 daughters and wife. His mission is to help men and women find a disciplined approach to success in life and business at 66DayExperiment.com. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/alexbarker for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Part 1 of the conversation with Alex Barker on Making Success Habits stick ! About Today's Guest Alex Barker is the chief life alchemist at 66DayExperiment.com. He experiments on his life and business, like reading a book a day, or making healthy habits stick. By day a pharmacist, by night a hero to his 2 daughters and wife. His mission is to help men and women find a disciplined approach to success in life and business at 66DayExperiment.com. Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/alexbarker for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Part 2 of the conversation with Sandy Donovan on Effective Communication! Effective communication continually in noted as a key business skill for success as an actuary. Today, we'll learn from someone who helps others become more effective with thier communication and ultiimately get more of what they want! About Today's Guest Sandy Donovan is a Keynote Consultant and owner of Clearly Influential where she helps small business owners and entrepreneurs deliver powerful and conversational keynotes.    Sandy uses a combo of quick blog posts, in-depth expert interviews, weekly(ish) newsletters, (plus a range of premium products) to support you while you gain the confidence and know how you need to package up and showcase your content in front of a crowd. (Basically, you’ll become a public speaking pro in no time).  Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/sandydonovan or www.actuarialjourney.com/50 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Effective communication continually in noted as a key business skill for success as an actuary. Today, we'll learn from someone who helps others become more effective with thier communication and ultiimately get more of what they want! About Today's Guest Sandy Donovan is a Keynote Consultant and owner of Clearly Influential where she helps small business owners and entrepreneurs deliver powerful and conversational keynotes.    Sandy uses a combo of quick blog posts, in-depth expert interviews, weekly(ish) newsletters, (plus a range of premium products) to support you while you gain the confidence and know how you need to package up and showcase your content in front of a crowd. (Basically, you’ll become a public speaking pro in no time).  Visit https://www.actuarialjourney.com/sandydonovan or www.actuarialjourney.com/50 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Ever wonder how an exam question came to be? Why are they so hard? Who dreams up what they should be? Today, we're continuing our conversation with John Popiolek who shares his experiences as an actuarial exam grader and writer. While he's not speaking on behalf of his employer or the SOA/CAS, his insight is something many Journeyers will find useful! About Today's Guest John Popiolek has been a pension actuarial consultant since 1987. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and after completing his FSA has served as an exam writer and grader. He lives in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife and daughter.  Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/johnpopiolek or www.actuarialjourney.com/49 for the session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

About Today's Guest John Popiolek has been a pension actuarial consultant since 1987. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and after completing his FSA has served as an exam writer and grader. He lives in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife and daughter.  Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/johnpopiolek or www.actuarialjourney.com/48 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Let's continue our conversation with Aman Jetha as he shows us how building relationships looks like in action.In the prior episode, we heard all about Aman's Actuarial Journey. This episode, he'll share his tips and experiences building relationships and being a part of actuarial communities and how he went about doing that.  Visit https:/www.actuarialjourney.com/amanjetha or https://www.actuarialjourney.com/47 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. About Today's Guest Aman is an actuarial "boomerang". His path includes roles in benefits consulting, music performance, teaching, and finance. Having gotten all of that out of his system, Aman is part of a rotating actuarial student program at a health insurer. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Looking to understand how building relationships looks like in action? Aman Jetha shares how building relationships has helped lead in to success in today's interviews. Visit www.actuarialjourney.com/amanjetha or www.actuarialjourney.com/46 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. About Today's Guest Aman is an actuarial "boomerang". His path includes roles in benefits consulting, music performance, teaching, and finance. Having gotten all of that out of his system, Aman is part of a rotating actuarial student program at a health insurer. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

The other day, I was talking to two friends who recently changed careers to become actuaries. We were discussing how they actually got their jobs (one full time and the other internship) though they did not start down the actuarial path right after undergrad.   The answer was the same for both of them – building relationships from informational conversations.   That’s really great news if you’re a person who is comfortable engaging strangers. But what if you’re not one of those people. How can you still build great relationships, especially at in-person events like career fairs or the IABA annual meeting (https://www.actuarialjourney.com/iaba15)   Today’s episode dives into that question for all of you Journeys.   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/45 for the session highlights and accompanying resources. **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to:   •Identify three techniques to building relationships as an introverted person • Apply one of three techniques at your next career fair Want more help with your actuarial journey? FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "Community" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey.

Effective Communication is the ultimate purpose for gaining and strengthening your communication skills.    At it's core, effective communication is any way that you communicate where the intended audience understands the indended message. This episode focuses on 3 Key Principles for Effective Communication that will help you along your Actuarial Journey. Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/44 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**  After this episode, you’ll be able to:  • Apply 3 key principles for achieving effective communication Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Communication skills represent a skillset that actuarial companies are looking for the employees at all levels to develop further.   At Actuarial Journey, our focus is on Communicating Effectively, and developing and applying the communication and other business skills that allow for that. To accomplish that though, we need to make sure we're starting from the same foundation and debunk some common myths people have about verbal, written, and visual communication.   Download the 'Avoiding the 3 Myths of Effective Communciation Roadmap' that will help you navigate your way around each of the three myths with a checklist of options.Just click this link, http://www.actuarialjourney.com/43download, to add this roadmap to your actuarial toolkit.   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/43 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to:   • Identify 3 Myths about communicating effectively • Utilize at least one technique for each myth to avoid it Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Today, we'll discuss how actuaries and aspiring actuaries can go about developing business skills at work, school, and in their extracurriculars.   Download the Business Skills Development Cheat Sheet that capture some ways you can build and demostrate your business skills. We're even added a few more examples as a bonus. Just click this link, http://www.actuarialjourney.com/42download, to add this cheat sheet to your actuarial toolkit.   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/42 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify past and current experiences where you have build business skills • Take inventory of the skills that you currenlty have • Seize and Create opportunites to both develop and apply new businsess skills   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

“Business skills” are often brought up as something that actuaries need to have in order to be successful. The question is: What business skills matter for actuaries?  This was laid out in the Actuarial Talent: Supply and Demand Study that was performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), and Canadian Institute of Actuaries. During this episode, I share some of the takeaways I gathered from reading the report and discuss how you can apply them on your actuarial journey going forward. Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/41 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.  **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify common business skills that actuarial employers desire from entry level and mid-level career actuaries • Understand some of the trends and challenges for actuaries in the  Healthcare, Life Insurance, Property and Casualty, and Pension space and how these business skills apply within the context of their businesses Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Today, I share the top lessons I picked up from the job hunt during my career change that apply universally. Whether you’re considering becoming an actuary or curious about what else you can apply your actuarial background to in your career, this episode is sure to deliver value. Let’s do this! Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/40 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Understand 5 insights to keep in mind when looking for a job • Differentiate yourself from other candidates going for the same job, even without direct experience • Build confidence that you are good enough, your experience is relevant, and that you will have success in your career   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

It's been a while since the last episode of Actuarial Journey, but it's back and better than before! Take a listen to this episode as Nemo Ashong shares what led to this break, and what steps you can take as you study for actuarial exams and apply for entry-level actuarial jobs to avoid losing momentum. Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/39 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Apply three techniques to help you keep up your momentum when you feel like slowing down • Identify 3 amazing books that can help bolster your ability to achieve throughout your SOA/CAS actuarial career • Participate in shaping the direction of Actuarial Journey through more community events and opportunities   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Passing exams while working can be difficult, but it's also one of the most consistent realities of pursuing your actuarial credentials.    Whether your Actuarial Journey takes you down the path of Life, Health, Pension, Property and Casualty (P&C) or Reinsurance actuary, being able to maximize your study days and the actuarial study program your company offers is a key component to getting through the exams quickly and achieving your work/life balance.    Even if you're not working as an actuary yet, this episode is full of insight that you can use to get the space, respect, and support you deserve while studying from others in your life. Let's do this!   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/38 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Describe what a STUDY BRAND is • Implement the 3 Phases of delivering a successful study brand   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover 5 methods that you can employ to deal with a feeling of overwhelm • Choose ONE of those steps to implement the next time you are feeling overwhelmed   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Feeling overwhelmed seems to come with the territory of making any major change in life and pursing any major calling. As we know, the Actuarial Journey is a marathon, not a sprint, and sometimes the volume of what we need to do for work, fitness, family, and fun can feel a bit much.   It happens to us all along our journey, whether you're applying for an actuarial job, studying for an SOA/CAS exam, working for as an actuary in insurance/consulting, or pursing a career change to actuarial work. Today's episode, I share an experience where I felt that way and the 5 steps I typically take when dealing with overwhelm.    Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/37 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover 5 methods that you can employ to deal with a feeling of overwhelm • Choose ONE of those steps to implement the next time you are feeling overwhelmed   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Wondering how to become an actuary? Mitch Baidinger breaks down the barriers by sharing how being proactive and building a network of actuaries cleared the way for him start his journey as an actuary.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/mitch or  http://www.actuarialjourney.com/36 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. About Today's Guest Mitch graduated from Indiana University in 2009 with a B.A. in Mathematics.  He has been working for CNO Financial Group for a little over 5 years and served in several different actuarial roles including Life & Annuity valuation, Health Valuation and more recently Asset Liability Management.  He lives with his wife on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "Community" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle   FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Building Actuarial Journey has had many parallels to my actual exam experience.  So, given that connection, and since I like to keep things real with you Journeyers, in this episode, I share some of the lessons that I’ve learned from working on Actuarial Journey and working with you Journeyers. It’s definitely a raw look into this experience. Download this episodes' accompanying resource the "Motivation GPS Worksheet": http://www.actuarialjourney.com/35download Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/35 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover the 5 takeaways that you can apply to your journey • Uncover a process for staying motivated and continuing to believe in your ability to be successful as an actuary Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Welcome to PART 2 of our discussion on Actuarial Study Groups!   We'll be building on the last lesson by focusing on how you can actually form and structure your own study group. I've seen people attempt this on various forums and I'll share with you how you can better ensure a successful study group on today's episode.   Want notes? Interested in joining a Study Group? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/34 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   By the end of this episode you'll discover: 1.) 3 different purposes of study group 2.) Important elements every study group should have in place 3.) Key items to ensure group success   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Today we’re going to discuss an under-utilized study resource that is readily available for each of your journeyers.   This resource is ideal for Journeyers who: • Desire cost- effective and time-effective ways to study • Find themselves getting stuck in their understanding of the material and spending way too long trying to figure things out • Struggle with finding the time and motivation to study • Feel isolated while studying   What is this resource? Study Groups. This is the first episode in our mini series on Study groups and we’ll start it off by taking through why being a part of a study group can be useful to you in the first place. You’ll learn how it can  benefit you and what you may have been missing out on while studying.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/33 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: 1. Understand why trying to be the lone journeyer might be hurting your studying 2. Introduce a different method for those people who could learn differently and / or faster through interaction  3. Inspire and motivate you to find a study group to put into your study practice 4. Empowered you with 5 reasons to help you add study groups to your actuarial exam toolkit   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

The insightful conclusion to our 2-part conversation with Actuary Exam Tutor.com.    In Part 1, we focused on the journeys of two key people at Actuary Exam Tutor.com - Howard Heller, President and Dr. Geoff Apel, Instructor.    Here in part 2, we're shifting the focus onto YOUR Journey with actionable advice and strategies you can implement into your studying today. Let's Do This!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/AETutor or  http://www.actuarialjourney.com/32 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Founder and president of InteractiveMathTutor.com, Howard M. Heller has worked professionally in student actuarial programs at Buck Consultants and Home Life Assurance Company. Mr. Heller experienced first hand the tremendous difficulty of finding competent actuarial instructors to provide quality personalized instruction in preparing for the preliminary examinations.   Dr. Geoffrey Apel has been teaching a full range of mathematics courses, both graduate and undergraduate, at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois since 2003. During his tenure there, he helped develop their Actuarial Science Program. He specializes in providing instruction for the P/1, FM/2, and MFE/3F exams.   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

You're in for a treat Journeyers. Over the next 2 episodes, you'd get an inside look into the journey of two people offering help to aspiring actuaries - Howard Heller, President of Actuary Exam Tutor.com and Dr. Geoff Apel, a key instructor there.    In Part 1, we'll focus on their Journey and in part 2, shift the focus onto your Journey. Let's Do This!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/AETutor or  http://www.actuarialjourney.com/31 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   Founder and president of InteractiveMathTutor.com, Howard M. Heller has worked professionally in student actuarial programs at Buck Consultants and Home Life Assurance Company. Mr. Heller experienced first hand the tremendous difficulty of finding competent actuarial instructors to provide quality personalized instruction in preparing for the preliminary examinations.   Dr. Geoffrey Apel has been teaching a full range of mathematics courses, both graduate and undergraduate, at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois since 2003. During his tenure there, he helped develop their Actuarial Science Program. He specializes in providing instruction for the P/1, FM/2, and MFE/3F exams. FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle   FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Building on part 1, you’ll discover a step-by-step process to get all your studying done and still have some semblance of a work/life balance for all of you busy journeyers out there Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/30 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: I) Utilize a 3-step framework to actually take control of your work life balance II) Prevent mistakes and lost study times by following bad practices III) Define when you need to study and when you don’t Define what work life balance means to you    Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Let’s face it – it’s really hard balancing studying for exams with all the things we have going on in our lives.    We have so many roles that we play, so many tasks that we need to perform, and so many people depending on us that often times, it’s a major struggle to feel like there’s any semblance of a balance while studying.   The next few episodes are designed to help you maintain control of your life, continue to perform well with work, school, and your family, and of course pass your next exam.  Let’s Do this!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/29 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: •Define what work life balance means to you  •Eliminate the #1 word that is holding you back from achieving your work/life balance   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This is the 3rd installment in the series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach.   Have you ever studied really hard for an exam and then let your nerves keep you from passing on the day of the actual exam?  Unforuntately, I think this happans all too often.    That’s why over the next two lessons we focused on Building Confidence for your Exam Day   This two part series will focus on what you can do ON THE ACTUAL TEST DAY AND DURING THE EXAM. On the last lesson, we covered what you should do to build your confidence leading up to the exam.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/28 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll discover: •The one thing that each exam tests for and how you can use that to your advantage •The #1 key to the way you approach your exam when physically in the room that alone could end up saving you stress and anxiety during the exam and increase your chances of getting that passing score that you have been working so hard for •I also have a special announcement for you so be sure to stick around until the end Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This is the 2nd installment in the mini-series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach. Have you ever studied really hard for an exam and then let your nerves keep you from passing on the day of the actual exam?  Unforuntately, I think this happans all too often.  That’s why over the next two lessons we’re going to focus on Building Confidence for exam day This two part series will focus on what you can do in the days leading up to the exam – That’s this lesson. And in the next one we’ll focus on what you can do ON THE ACTUAL TEST DAY AND DURING THE EXAM Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/27 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover why you should simulate real test taking scenarios • Identify critical components at each of the 3 levels of the exam routine • Create your Exam Routine for the days leading up to exam   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Finding time to study for actuarial exams is difficult! Steve Schwartz shares the insights that he's learned from helping students pass the LSATs to help Journeyers block off the time they need to pass!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/steveschwartz or  http://www.actuarialjourney.com/26 for the session highlights and accompanying resources. About Our Guest Steve Schwartz is the CEO and Founder of LSATBlog.org, an online business that helps future lawyers pass their LSATs and get into law school. Steve has helped hundreds of students with their exams and brings his expertise on passing professional exams to the actuarial world to help Journeyers with studying.    Key highlights: • When it comes to setting up a study plan and tracking your time, GET SPECIFIC – even to the exact day by day progress • For all professional exam takers, studying can get pretty isolating at times.       o Steve recommends finding study group or community of people who are in the same boat as you • Start your exam preparation earlier than you think is truly necessary   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "Community" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle   FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

This is the 1st installment in the mini-series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach. Are you unsure of what topics you need to study and when you need to do it? Do you want to feel more prepared going into each exam? Today's session focuses on 3 things that you can start doing to help you better structure your studying. Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/25 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: o Decide what topics you need to focus on and when,  o Get the most out of every problem that you take so that you’re actually making forward progress instead of just spending time studying without learning. o Know when it’s time to move forward on a problem Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

We’re changing things up today as we’re joined by Deb Model, a former actuarial recruiter. Deb answers some of the most asked questions regarding getting an entry-level actuarial position and shares some valuable tips and strategies for Journeyers to keep in mind.    Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/debmodel or http://www.actuarialjourney.com/24 now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Key highlights: • In addition to consulting vs. insurance, important factors to consider in terms of job placement/market include       o Geographic location       o Number of Exams Passed       o Size of Organization • Ways you can differentiate yourself       o Including an objective       o Show knowledge of exam process (e.g. including exams passed / sitting) • So what if you’re not applying straight out of undergrad       o Obtaining a master’s degree       o Networking        o Exploring options through company websites (especially during timing) • If you choose to negotiate terms when given an offer, make sure you come in prepared. Deb shares how you can do that effectively.   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

The actuarial profession is full of assumptions. We’re constantly using these assumptions to value future outcomes and put a price tag on risk   Today I’d like to share 3 assumptions that you might not even realize that can put your chance to pass your next exam at risk.    And how you can deliberately avoid each of these to lower the variance on your chances of passing.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/23 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Want to win a free 30-Day subscription to ADAPT? Find out how at http://www.actuarialjourney.com/win   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify 3 key assumptions that you might be taking for granted when it comes to studying • Choose your response to these assumptions and others like it deliberately • Discover how you can avoid these assumptions derailing your studying Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/22 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   One thing that I really want to help people do is live a balanced and fulfilled life while studying for their exams.    The Personalized Study Roadmap is the best way I know how to help Journeyers schedule their studying without it interfering with their lives.    This episode will walk you through the exact process of creating your own Personalized Study Roadmap   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify the 5 steps to creating a personalized Study roadmap  • And actually use them to Create a Personalized Study Roadmap that      o Takes your life into account      o Gives you an honest picture of where you are in your studying at all times      o Helps your build confidence and find the motivation to study even when you don’t want to • I have a bonus at the end of the episode for those that do, so stick around till the end, and more importantly take action on this! Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/21 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Have you found yourself feeling behind in studying without really being able to pinpoint the reason?    How did you fall behind – you had such a good game plan and you had reasonable goals. Well, that’s the subject of today’s session, understanding how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals to help you make a more effective study plan and help you with your Personalized Studying.    **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to:   • Identify the 5 elements needed to create a SMART goal • Use SMART goals to you set and accomplish concrete goals • Determine if you’ve met your goal definitively • Utilize a very easy metric to determine whether you should study have fun   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Kate Weaver shares how organization is at the core of her succes as Executive Director of the International Association of Black Actuaries.    Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/kateweaver now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Key highlights: Don't let work pile up - take care of business and cross things off your list The 2015 IABA Annual Meeting is August 7-8, 2015 in Downtown Miami There’s an 4 to 5 day in-person Actuarial Bootcamp that focuses on Soft skills in conjunction with the Annual Meeting IABA offers great resources Two programs of mentoring: 1) Traditional Mentoring and 2) the Mentor Resource question – great ways to connect with people who have been through the ropes Networking opportunities including the Annual meeting and Local network This is an organization you can be a part of even before your first designation. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/19 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Have you ever found yourself studying for hours and only to realize that not only have you been staring at the same question for 10 minutes, but you can hardly remember what you just finished reading?    This lesson addresses the assumption that you should study really long hours while miniziming your study breaks.    It seems like it would make sense to just work straight through for several hours right? Unfortunately, there are a lot of benefits that you're not taking advantage of when you approach studying that way.    That's why today's episode focuses on 3 Reasons that you should take more study breaks. They aren't the only 3 reason, but they are 3 you should focus on to start. **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Apply the 3 reasons why you should take study breaks • Utilize one specific strategy to add more breaks to your schedule Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

The Journey Continues in this actionable conversation with Nick Blitterswyk, Founder and CEO of UGE International.    Make sure to listen out for the new format where Nick shares specific tips, insights, and strategies related to his expertise: How to leverage the skills you develop on your journey outside of the actuarial world! Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/nickblitterswyk now to get all of the show highlights instantly! Key highlights: Doesn’t regret spending his time getting his credentials at all – he’s using that professional experience still now Some key transferrable items High Work Ethic Quality Deliverables Importance of written and verbal communication – Don’t need to be a super polished politician; Understand your audience Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/17 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Having the time and motivation to study given all the other things in our lives are two of the biggest roadblocks that you face as an aspiring actuary.  This lesson puts a focus on why you may be having trouble studying when you say you’re going to study, and how starting with YOU in mind can help you overcome that.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Define what’s the end goal for you when it comes to exams – Your Why • Draw from a well of strength for times when your confidence waivers • Identify the things that are most important you that will happen during the time leading up to your exam, so you don’t have to give them up Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

The Journey Continues in this actionable coversation with Nancy Stevenson, Operations Manager of the Actuarial Bookstore.    Make sure to listen out for the new format where Nancy shares specific tips, insights, and strategies related to her expertise: Choosing the RIGHT Study materails for you!   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/nancystevenson now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Some key highlights: • #1 MOST IMPORTANT STUDY TIP AT ALL: Give yourself enough time to study! • Reputation is good, but it’s not everything! Find the style that works for you (Hint: Use the Sample feature on the bookstore) • There are several different styles and formats (online/offline books, formula sheets, online courses, seminars, webinars, etc.) Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

On today's episode, we introduce the series on the 3 Time -Saving Smartcuts to maximize your studying.   The fact of the matter is that we need to study (a lot) for these actuarial exams. In this episode, I share my personal experience with exams and the 3 key strategies I wish I had a better handle on earlier in my journey. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/nickthornley and get all of the show highlights, and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode. Nick Thornley has degrees in computer science from Vanderbilt University and a masters in mathematics from University of Texas at Austin.  Nick has worked at several large consulting firms including 2 of the Big Four accounting firms.   Nick's primary focus is teaming with EY's audit practice to review assumptions used for pension financial disclosures, as well as teaming with transaction services to provide due diligence support. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

This episode is all about helping you do well once you get your interview. Actually, scratch that - it's all about helping you CRUSH your interview (and trust me, that's a very good thing!)   You'll learn the Interview Preparation Process and what you should be doing on each step along the path to put yourself in the best position come interview time.    Destination of this Journey: - Apply each step in Interview Preparation Process - Prepare an answer to behavioral questions - Combat fear and lack of confidence - Articulate your Personal Brand and Value-Add in the role    Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Link to Episode: http://www.actuarialjourney.com/gloriaamakobe Gloria graduated from University of Delaware in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and Economics and from University of Pittsburgh in 2010 with a Masters in Mathematics. Since graduating she has worked in the Actuarial and Insurance Managements Solutions practice at PwC and has is working on obtaining her credentials as an ACAS. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Your Resume tells a story to your potential employer. The thing is, is it telling the story your want?    What if you don't have a lot of experience or you never had an actuarial internship or you haven't passed actuarial exams yet?    This episode has got you covered as we explore how you can make your resume highlight your personal brand.   I defintiely recommend watching the accompanying video for this as walk-through an sample resume and highlight key aspects to convey your personal brand visually.   Destination of this Journey: - Incorporate key Personal Brand attributes - Translate Past Experiences to Actuarial World  - Design resume to support story and Personal Brand - Remove inconsistent elements   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/laurenaronson now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Lauren Aronson graduated from Union College in 2005 with a Bachlors Degree in Philosophy and from Boston University in 2006 with a Masters in Actuarial Science.  Since graduating she has worked as a pension consultant over the past 7 years for two large firms and has obtained her credentials as an ASA. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Looking to make a good impression when recruiters come your way?    Today's episode is all about navigating on-campus recruiting and career fairs to create a memorable impression.   Destination of this Journey: - Create a lasting impression during on-campus recruiting events - Approach 3 different on-campus recruiting scenarios with confidence   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/tahirqadir now to get all of the show highlights instantly! Tahir Qadir works as a retirement actuary at a consulting firm. He has five years of experience and recently became a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries on the Quantitative Finance and Investment track. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! One area I see people trip on often is in their follow-up after Informational Conversations. Often times, they can off of pushy, or worse, not even follow up at all.   But isn't the point of the Informational Conversations to get a job? Absolutely and I'll take it one step further -> it's to build meaningful relationships that will help you all throughout your actuarial journey. And this episode will show you how you can effectively follow-up to build the relationship and potentially get more results that you anticipated!   Destination of this Journey: - Avoid pitfalls of bad follow-up practices - Structure effective follow-ups - Take advantage of long-term benefits - Implement a follow-up system today - Identify value-add opportunities   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/nickfox now to get all of the show highlights instantly! Nick Fox received his undergraduate degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 2005, majoring in actuarial science and finance. He has worked with pension plans of all shapes and sizes, consulting with companies and sole practitioners to design, implement, fund, and strategically optimize their retirement benefit programs. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! Want to hold Informational conversations to help prepare for an actuarial career and build your network, but not sure how to actually find people to talk to?  This episode dives into the process you can take fo find people ultimately schedule those important Informational Conversations.    Destination of this Journey: - Utilize one of 7 ways to find people for informational conversations - Contact them through a step-by-step process - Schedule discussions and include relevant information   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/saeedhossain now to get all of the show highlights instantly! Saeed Hossain is an Actuarial Associate with a large mutual national life insurer. He currently specializes in financial reporting and projections. He has previously worked as a consultant actuary with a large consulting firm where he focused on retirement benefit valuation, administration and audit support. He graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science and Accounting and is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! As if it wasn't hard enough deciding to become an actuary, figuring out what TYPE of actuary you want to be and how your past experiences will make you a great fit for the job isn't easy. Especially if you don't know any who is an actuary.    That's where Informational Coversations come into play!   Destination of this Journey: - Identify key elements and best practices - Take advantage of long-term benefits - Structure and facilitate conversation - Create a personalized list of questions   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/maxfeldman now to get all of the show highlights instantly! Max Feldman is currently working as a Property and Casualty pricing actuary, focusing on Marine and Energy risks for a global insurer.    Before joining the Insurance industry, Max worked in retirement consulting for two professional services consulting firms.    Max graduated from The University of Pennsylvania where he studied Economics and Actuarial Mathematics.    While in school, Max worked part time for a green energy startup company. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY: Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/community): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/exams): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/jobs): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link http://www.actuarialjourney.com/skills): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! Your Personal Brand is a key diferentiator for you amongst a slew of other aspiring actuaries.    Join us as we explore how you can create your personal brand to stand out amongst the crowd and deliver a consistent message during the job process.    Destination of this Journey: - Why You Need a Personal Brand - Benefits of a Personal Brand - How to Create, Develop, and Establish Your Personal Brand   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/about now to find out more about what we're all about here at Actuarial Journey and how we plan to help you pass your exam the first time, every time!   Hey there! My name is Nemo Ashong, and I'm the host of Actuarial Journey.   Check out this episode to find out more about what this podcast is about, what led me to this journey, what you can expect going forward, and most importantly, how the insights and lessons learned through Actuarial Journey can help you achieve success with your actuarial career.   Calling all Aspiring Actuaries (aka Journeyers) - Are you ready to embark on a journey?   Here's to your continued success - Journey On!   Nemo Ashong   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.