Helping you transform your K-12 math lesson plans by building confidence in effective teaching practices, guiding you to transform your math curriculum, and inspiring classroom strategies to engage all students. As a teacher are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans where students don't want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? As a mathematics coordinator or leader are you wondering how to support teachers when implementing engaging math lessons that fuel ...
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Are you wondering whether your financial plan is going to lead to that wealthy Canadian lifestyle you envision for your future? Over the last 5 years, former mathematics teachers and serial entrepreneurs Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr have been implementing alternative wealth building and income tax strategies that have allowed them to transition from high net income to high net worth. Now, they seek to share these Canadian Wealth Secrets to empower the creation of a financial future that allows yo ...
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Your Will Isn’t Enough: The Overlooked Gaps Putting Your Wealth at Risk
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49:02Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you certain your family and your business would stay protected if something happened to you tomorrow? Most business owners assume a simple will is enough—until a crisis exposes gaps they…
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How Much Do Canadian Business Owners Really Need To Retire?
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12:14Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here How do you know if you can actually afford to retire as a Canadian business owner — and are you sure the “freedom number” you’re chasing is even the right one? Most business owners have buil…
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Inside One District’s Journey to Define Math Critical Thinking
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18:45Your math vision prioritizes critical thinking, but can everyone on your team describe what that actually looks like in classrooms? In this episode, you’ll sit in on a real conversation between our team as we unpack a problem of practice. Yvette shares her experience coaching a large district where critical thinking appears in their math vision but…
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A Warning on These Two Popular Wealth Building Books
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31:48Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you relying on popular wealth-building books but still unsure how to actually follow their advice without stressing over every dollar? This episode breaks down two of the most influentia…
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Is Critical Thinking Just a Buzzword in Your Math Action Plans?
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25:05Do you say your math program prioritizes critical thinking, but struggle to see it in action across classrooms? Many districts include critical thinking as part of their math vision. It is a powerful goal and one that prepares students to engage with complex ideas and make thoughtful decisions. However, teams often lack a shared and practical defin…
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Your 60/40 Investment Portfolio Is Not Actually 60/40. A Canadian Business Owner Case Study
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42:18Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you an incorporated professional sitting on hundreds of thousands in your corporate account—but too nervous to invest it? Many business owners find themselves in this exact bind. You’ve …
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Why Your Math Goals Might Not Be Working — and What One Team Changed
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18:36Is your school or district chasing improvement—but feeling like nothing sticks? You're not alone. Fragmentation and unclear goals might be the reason you're not seeing real change. In this episode, we go beyond theory and dive into a real-world case study of a school leadership team that thought they were aligned—until a simple conversation around …
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How To Legally Pay Less Tax as a Canadian Business Owner
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21:21Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you unknowingly letting taxes drain your wealth—even after years of business success? Many Canadian business owners build impressive portfolios, yet still lose thousands each year to unn…
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Does Everyone Know What Fluency in Math Means? Understanding The Math Coherence Gap
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25:25Have you ever left a team meeting feeling confident everyone was working toward the same math goal, only to realize later that each person defined success in a different way? This episode explores how that kind of disconnect can quietly stall school improvement in mathematics. A school team set out to strengthen math fluency with clear objectives a…
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How to Build Your Own Pension as a Canadian Business Owner
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24:32Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Should you keep your pension—or build your own? If you’ve left a teaching or public sector job to start a business or invest independently, the idea of commuting your pension can feel intimi…
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How One School Used the Stages of Implementation to Drive Real Change
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20:15You’ve got a strong teacher, strong strategies—and still, the innovation stalls. What gives? In this episode, we tackle what’s really behind resistance in math PD and why most implementation efforts collapse long before proficiency is even possible. Building on our last episode, we unpack how a school we support used the five implementation stages—…
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My Money’s Stuck in My Corporation — How Do I Actually Use It Tax Efficiently?
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24:12Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here How can you access the wealth trapped inside your corporation—without triggering a massive tax bill? Many successful Canadian business owners hit a surprising wall: their company’s thriving,…
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Five Phases of Implementation Every Math Leader Needs To Know To Overcome Resistance
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29:19Still stuck “talking” about change, but not seeing it in action? The real roadblock to change in math may not be teacher resistance—it might be your system. Based on Jim Knight’s powerful article in Educational Leadership, “Moving from Talk to Action in Professional Learning,” this episode reframes what looks like math pd resistance in schools. We …
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How This Canadian Business Owner Turned Idle Cash into Opportunity Capital
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7:42Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Is your corporation’s cash sitting idle, costing you opportunities — but pulling it out would mean a massive tax hit? Many Canadian entrepreneurs find themselves stuck in the corporate cash …
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How to Build a Math Plan That Survives Leadership Changes
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20:23What happens to your math improvement efforts when you leave the role? Many school and district leaders assume that lack of time or teacher buy-in is the biggest barrier to sustainable change. But the real threat? Fragility—the risk that everything falls apart when key people leave or switch roles. In this episode, we unpack the often-overlooked is…
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The Wealth Secret 92% of Canadian Business Owners Miss: A Joint CWS, PE Gate, Gauvreau Tax & Law Advisory Mastermind
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1:07:54Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are your company’s retained earnings sitting idle — or worse, being eaten away by unnecessary taxes? For many business owners, retained earnings feel like a double-edged sword: a sign of suc…
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The Biggest Threat To Sustainable Math Improvement - Your Guess Will Be Wrong!
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8:39Why does your math plan feel like it resets every time someone new steps in? You’ve seen it happen: a coordinator retires, a coach changes roles, or a principal moves on—and suddenly all the momentum in your math plan disappears. Teachers feel like they’re starting over (again), and it’s back to square one. It’s not a motivation issue. It’s not eve…
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Why Moving Abroad Could Cost You Six Figures in Exit Taxes
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20:27Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you a Canadian business owner trying to make sense of what it really means to build — or leave — wealth in Canada? Whether you’ve thought about packing up for a lower-tax destination or …
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Math Fluency in Action: Observing What Proficient Students Actually Do
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52:59What does it really mean to be fluent in math—and are we measuring the right things in our classrooms? Math fluency is often reduced to speed drills and memorization—but true fluency goes much deeper. In this episode, we unpack the key differences between fact fluency, computational fluency, and procedural fluency—and why it matters for both teachi…
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The Ultimate Canadian Guide To The Smith Maneuver
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10:02Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if your mortgage could actually build your wealth instead of just draining your bank account every month? Most Canadians think of debt as something to eliminate—not something to harness…
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Why Your Math Coaching Model Isn’t Working — Insights from Jim Strachan
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27:21How do you know if your district’s mentoring and coaching efforts are actually making a difference? Too often, system and instructional leaders focus on program delivery but miss the deeper question: how do we monitor and support the real impact of our math mentorship and coaching practices? In this episode, Jim Strachan returns to explore how lead…
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The Pass-Through Structure: How to Grow Corporate Wealth in Canada
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14:38Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if you could pull money out of your Canadian corporation, grow your wealth, and dramatically reduce taxes—all at the same time? Most successful incorporated business owners in Canada fa…
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Making Durable Decisions in Math Leadership | A Sustainable Math Practice Case Study
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18:57Fidelity matters, yet rigidity can stall growth. In this follow-up episode, we revisit the balance between fidelity and flexibility in math improvement and explore how two district partners faced this exact challenge. You will hear how they committed to implementing with fidelity, ensuring consistency, clarity, and shared language, while avoiding t…
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The 3 Lessons Every Canadian Business Owner Needs to Build Wealth Inside Their Corporation
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7:20Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if the cash sitting in your holding company could quietly become your biggest wealth-building engine? Many Canadian entrepreneurs reach a point where income isn’t the problem—efficiency…
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When Fidelity in Math Improvement Turns Into Rigidity & How To Avoid This Costly Mistake
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24:35Implementing with fidelity matters—whether it’s adopting a new math resource, embedding a routine like number talks, or structuring PLCs. But fidelity is not the same as rigidity. When we cling too tightly to practices, they can outlive their usefulness and prevent innovation. In this episode, we draw from research, including Janice Fraser’s concep…
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I’m Earning Six Figures… So Why Don’t I Feel Wealthy?
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18:02Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if you’re earning over $300K a year, saving diligently, and still feel like your wealth plan isn’t enough? That’s exactly where Roman found himself — solid income, strong net worth, and…
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How to Sequence Math Tasks: Thin Slicing in Building Thinking Classrooms Explained by Peter Liljedahl and Kyle Webb
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35:44How do you move your students from confusion to confidence—one question at a time when Building Thinking Classrooms? If you've ever found yourself wondering how to keep every student engaged without oversimplifying your math lessons or overwhelming your class with complexity, you're not alone. Many math teachers face the challenge of designing less…
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Smart Exit Planning: Protecting Your Wealth and Legacy With Karl Sigerist
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45:21Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you building your business for today’s profits—or for tomorrow’s payday when you exit? Many entrepreneurs pour years of energy into growth but overlook the steps that make a company trul…
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When Tools Steal Thinking: Rethinking Technology Use in Math
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35:21In this episode, we dig into the tricky question every math teacher faces: When is a calculator a helpful tool—and when does it actually rob students of valuable mathematical thinking? Yvette shares a personal story about a conversation with her son on whether he should use a calculator for an upcoming test. The discussion quickly expanded: is a lo…
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Holding Company Hype: What You’re Not Being Told
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23:29Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Should you really set up a holding company for tax savings—or could it actually cost you more in the long run? Many Canadians hear that incorporating is the golden ticket to tax efficiency a…
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Going Narrow in Math Improvement: A Practical Playbook from One District
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20:33Math improvement plans don’t gain traction just by naming priorities—they gain traction when districts commit to going narrow. For one small district, that meant resisting the urge to spread resources across every grade and instead doubling down on a focused goal: supporting grades 3–5 teachers with the consistent use of problem strings to strength…
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How Whole Life Policies Unlock Liquidity and Growth for Business Owners
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23:42Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you letting too much of your business’s hard-earned cash sit idle when it could be working for you in multiple ways? As a business owner, you know the importance of having liquidity—an e…
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Fear, Pressure, and the Struggle to Truly Commit to Math Priorities
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22:45District math improvement plans can’t succeed if we try to do everything at once. For meaningful change to happen, leaders need to go narrow. In this episode, we explore why narrowing focus is so difficult for districts and schools, even when everyone knows it’s the right move. We unpack the fears leaders face—picking the “wrong” focus, pressure fr…
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Wealth Analysis Paralysis: When Too Many Wealth Options Hold You Back
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25:45Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you doing “all the right things” financially, yet still wondering if it’s enough—or what to do next? That’s exactly where Victoria, a 40-year-old dentist, finds herself. She’s saving agg…
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Beating Initiative Fatigue: How to Filter Math PD Opportunities without Overwhelm
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18:24Do you ever feel torn between staying laser-focused on your math goals and chasing all the new opportunities that come your way? Whether it’s a conference, a webinar, or a brand-new resource, unexpected opportunities can be energizing—but without a clear filter, they can also overwhelm teachers and derail your district’s math improvement plan. List…
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Is Manulife One a Wealth Shortcut—or a Debt Trap?
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21:26Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if your mortgage, checking account, and line of credit were all combined into one powerful tool—could it really speed up your debt freedom and build wealth faster, or just cost you more…
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How AI Can Help Math Teachers Differentiate Instruction for Every Learner
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28:59How can math teachers harness AI to lighten their workload, differentiate with confidence, and boost student thinking—without losing the human touch? The AI wave isn't coming—it's already here. In this energizing episode, Dr. Nicki Newton returns to share how AI is transforming the way elementary math educators plan, differentiate, and reflect. Whe…
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The Playbook for Balancing Taxes, Retained Earnings, and Passive Income in Canada
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22:41Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you a Canadian business owner sitting on retained earnings but unsure how to invest them without losing half to taxes? You’ve worked hard to build a profitable corporation, but the momen…
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Why Systemic Change in Math Fails Without the Right Bridges in Place
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18:10What does it look like to build Bridges in real time? In this episode, we highlight the story of a district leader who knows she can’t do the work of math improvement alone. She identified her Bridges—instructional mentors and department chairs—and committed to building their capacity in two intertwined ways: Deeply internalizing the district’s mat…
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How to Decide When (and When Not) to Use Leverage To Build Wealth in Canada
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15:19Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Is leverage always the golden key to building wealth—or can it sometimes hold you back? Many entrepreneurs believe that using corporate or personal leverage is the ultimate strategy for unlo…
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Why Math Improvement Efforts Stall Without Clear Bridges
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25:02District math objectives can’t live on a slide deck. For change to happen, they need Bridges—the leaders who translate vision into action at the school and classroom level. In this episode, we explore who the Bridges are (principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, coordinators, and teacher-leaders) and why their role is essential to m…
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Maximizing Your Net Worth With Strategic Salary, Dividends, and Investments
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22:30Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you accidentally draining the wealth-building power of your corporation by pulling out too much income? Many incorporated business owners follow the same personal finance rules as employ…
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How Time Debt Is Derailing Your Math Leadership Goals
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12:03Are you letting daily emergencies steal time from what really matters in your role as a math leader? From a soaked teenager's phone to the all-too-common chaos of K–12 math leadership, this episode draws a sharp parallel between personal emergency funds and the way we manage our time. For many district leads, coaches, and administrators, every day …
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How Corporate Structure Can Unlock Flexibility and Tax Efficiency in Canada
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28:27Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you building wealth through real estate but worried your corporate structure might cost you flexibility—and thousands in taxes—down the road? Many investors think incorporating will solv…
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In this episode, we explore why multi-digit multiplication continues to be the thorn in so many teachers’ sides. We talk about why sometimes we need to step back in order to step forward—focusing on place value, composing and decomposing numbers, and building connections between strategies. We highlight the differences between invented strategies a…
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Canadian Retirement Wealth Without Clarity: The Silent Stress No One Talks About
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27:13Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What if you reached retirement age with over $2 million in assets—yet still felt anxious and uncertain about your future? That’s the dilemma Jasmine faced. Despite years of saving, investing…
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Making Math Progress Visible: The B+ Approach to School Math Improvement
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14:11Are your district's math improvement plans stuck in “waiting for perfect”? What if aiming for B+ work could unlock real progress—right now? Too often in education, big ideas stall while we chase flawless execution. As a K–12 math coordinator, coach, or administrator, you're likely juggling district mandates, teacher support, and the pressure of res…
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The Costly Mistake Canadian Real Estate Investors Make With Their
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27:19Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here Are you overlooking a tax-saving tool worth thousands that’s sitting right in front of you? Many high-income professionals and real estate investors get caught up in complex strategies like …
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Rich Tasks vs. Gradual Release: Do We Have to Choose?
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23:22One of the most frequent questions we hear from district and school math leaders is: “How do I convince math educators to shift from always using the Gradual Release model to lessons that begin with rich math tasks?” This episode is inspired by a recent conversation with a district leader guiding a math task force. While some colleagues leaned on t…
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Turning Idle Cash into a Wealth Engine with Infinite Banking
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21:37Ready to take a deep dive and learn how to generate personal tax-free cash flow from your corporation? Enroll in our FREE masterclass here and book a call here What do you do when you're doing everything “right” financially for your Canadian retirement—yet something still feels off? Ryan is a disciplined, high-earning young professional who’s bough…
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