Join us on the latest episode of Lead. Empower. Grow. as we sit down with Efen Thao, a former law enforcement officer from Alaska who made a dramatic career pivot to become a successful business builder in financial services.Ef...

April is financial literacy month, and Lead. Empower. Grow. has partnered with the Real Secrets of Money program to highlight the importance of financial educators. We have so many great clips of past guests talking about financial literacy and...

Today's guest is a swerve from last week: our host spoke to a young agent on the rise, Regional Marketing Director Thuan Bui. We had a great talk about how important good leaders and mentors are to an entrepreneur's success — not least because ...

Today's guest is a very experienced business builder, National Marketing Director Tou Vang, who has been an entrepreneur since shortly after he came to America from Laos in 1980. When he finished up his schooling, he started gaining experience ...

For today's episode, we had the honor of speaking to Dah Htoo, a Field Vice President who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Myanmar (or Burma, as it was known until 1989) 15 years ago and started dedicating his life to helping refugees adjust ...

In this captivating episode of Lead. Empower. Grow., we sit down with Cindy Rivera, who shares her insights on perseverance, the importance of financial preparedness and how she navigated personal and professional challenges to achieve...

It's a new season and a new year for the Lead. Empower. Grow. Podcast, and we couldn't have asked for a nicer guest to get 2024 off to a good start than Choua Yang. One thing becomes clear when talking to this National Marketing Direct...

To celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we put together a special montage episode of Lead. Empower. Grow. to feature stories of gratitude that have been shared by our past guests on the podcast over the years.Gratitude is part of our indus...

Today's guest entrepreneur is Area Marketing Director Julie Lor, who was an emcee for one of our General Sessions at this year's Leaders Convention 2023. Julie talked to our host about her life serving her community as a health worker before sh...

Youa Khang, a Senior Marketing Director from Sacramento, is the 2023 winner of First Financial Security's Give Back Visionary of the Year Award, which is given to honor entrepreneurs who impact their community through charity, volunteer work, f...

Today's episode departs from our usual interview format to present a highlight reel of some of the entrepreneurs who spoke at Leaders Convention 2023, First Financial Security's annual summer event where business builders from all over the coun...

Hispanic Heritage Month falls between September 15 and October 15 every year in honor of many Central and Latin American countries who gained their independence in this span of time, and our guest today, Regional Marketing Director Rina Ramos, ...

This brand new season of Lead. Empower. Grow. comes right in the middle of a record-breaking year for First Financial Security, Inc. — and a lot of those records were broken by today's guest. Leyna Nguyen, one of our newest E...

For today's episode, I spoke to National Marketing Director and social media expert Michael Henry, who — as one half of the business team M&M Wealth Associates with former guest Matthew Wu — touched on the importance of having what he ...

In perfect timing with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, our host of the Lead. Empower. Grow. Podcast sat down with Field Vice President Yvonne Nguyen for a lively talk about the importance of shared language whe...

On this special episode, our guest is not only an incredible FFS entrepreneur but also one of the truest testaments to the power of living benefits. National Marketing Director Karen Baker sat down with our host to talk about surviving cancer a...

It's the first episode of Lead. Empower. Grow.'s 2023 season! Today we talk to the one and only Javier Rodriguez, Executive Field Chairman out of Southern California and one of FFS' greatest business builders. Listen as Javier...

On this week's episode of Sales Edition with Andy Cowan, our Director of Sales interviewed Senior Marketing Director Chi Luu from Southern California about how she optimized her referral process to launch her business to the Top 15 in ...

On this inspirational episode of Lead. Empower. Grow., Regional Marketing Director Shenita Jones — you might know her better as "S.J." — came on the show to talk to me about her beginnings in financial services: from her life as a seri...

On today's episode, Regional Marketing Director Vicki Diep of Team Resilience in California sat down for a great conversation about bringing life insurance to the Asian community and changing the face of insurance in the process. Vicki is dedic...

Welcome to the first episode of Sales Edition with Andy Cowan, our new Lead. Empower. Grow. mini-series featuring our very own Director of Sales interviewing top leaders about how they reach such high sales numbers.Our...

Sean and Kim Weaver run their business as the perfect pair: Sean, a pastor, is the people person while Kim, a former engineer, runs the numbers. Together, they protect families from potential hardship by making sure they have the financial solu...

On this episode, our Lead. Empower. Grow. host sits down with Michael Hatter, a Senior Vice President who will be leading a sales panel at the upcoming Leaders Convention 2022 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on July 28. We we...

Our guest today is Matthew Wu, who sat down with Lead. Empower. Grow. for an educational discussion about what it means when inflation rates rise, uncertain market conditions and how it all combines to affect retirement planning. A for...

Our guest today is Alan Guerra, a minister from Southern California who started a business to provide financial security to other pastors and their congregations. Alan spoke to Lead. Empower. Grow. about how he came to see the importan...