The CJ Moneyway Show

CJ Moneyway, Bleav
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Every success story has a journey, and we’re here to uncover it! Join host Corwin “CJ” Johnson as he dives deep into the real-life experiences, challenges, and breakthroughs of entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries who’ve carved their path to success. From personal struggles to professional victories, *The CJ Moneyway Show* reveals the untold stories and key insights that can inspire you to take action and create your own success. Tune in for engaging conversations, powerful life lessons, and behind-the-scenes moments that offer a blueprint to achieving greatness. #TheCJMoneywayShow #StoriesBehindTheSuccess #Inspiration #SuccessJourney #Entrepreneurship #RealTalk

  1. 1d ago

    He Built Financial Freedom—Then Remembered What It Was For | Brent Bowers

    Brent Bowers entered real estate searching for financial freedom—but the deeper motivation was family. After serving more than eight years in the Army and facing repeated time away from those he loved, Brent began building an exit runway. Traditional rental properties brought repairs, evictions, debt, and frustration. Vacant land introduced him to a different model—and ultimately changed his direction. In this conversation, Brent joins CJ Moneyway to discuss his earliest land deals, direct-mail strategy, seller financing, military systems, affordable-housing opportunities, and the consistency required to build something over time. But this episode goes beyond real estate. Brent speaks candidly about scarcity, overconfidence, costly mistakes, neglected due diligence, and realizing that a business supposedly built for his family could still take him away from them. This is a conversation about land, leadership, faith, humility, and remembering what freedom was supposed to provide in the first place. Educational notice: This conversation shares personal experiences and general information. It is not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. Real-estate transactions involve risk, and results vary. Guest Bio Brent Bowers is an Army veteran, real-estate investor, educator, and founder of The Land Sharks. After more than eight years of military service and extended time away from his family, Brent pursued real estate as a path toward greater financial and personal freedom. He now focuses on buying and selling vacant land and educating other investors about the asset class.  Key Episode Takeaways Small victories can create long-term momentum. A career transition requires a runway—not merely an exit date. Military systems, preparation, and consistency can transfer into entrepreneurship. One unsuccessful investment model does not mean every model is wrong. Assets that appear undesirable may hold alternative forms of value. Early success can tempt an entrepreneur to abandon the controls that created success. Due diligence becomes more important as confidence grows. Financial freedom is incomplete if it does not restore time and presence. A business built “for the family” must be evaluated by how it affects the family. Humility protects both relationships and decision-making. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    He Built Financial Freedom—Then Remembered What It Was For | Brent Bowers

  2. 3d ago

    Bill Blankschaen The story God gave you still requires your courage

    What if the next chapter of your life requires movement before complete clarity? On this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show, CJ sits down with Bill Blankschaen, Founder and Chief StoryArchitectof StoryBuilders and author of Your Story Advantage. Bill shares how he moved from ministry and education into storytelling after realizing that someone else could lead the school, but no one else could fulfill the writing assignment he believed God had placed inside him. The decision came with real pressure. Bill and his wife saw both incomes end on the same day while raising six children. Instead of hiding the uncertainty, they gathered the family, opened the Psalms and began walking through the season together. Bill studied the craft, developed proposals, wrote and kept moving until one opportunity became a business devoted to helping other people clarify and multiply their message. CJ and Bill also confront the quieter barriers that keep meaningful stories hidden: imposter syndrome, the Confidence Trap, the belief that familiar experience has no value and the spiritual drift that can begin after success creates comfort. In this episode: • Why calling does not always arrive with a complete plan • How a family can practice faith without pretending fear is absent • The preparation required after taking the first step • Why your “normal” experience may contain uncommon value • Confidence, humility and authenticity among high-level leaders • How testimony can break the isolation many men carry • Why success can weaken the disciplines that sustained the struggle • How to turn a lived story into service, impact and legacy https://www.linkedin.com/in/billblankschaen/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  3. 6d ago

    Ben Cena A book is not the business - it is the bridge

    Most entrepreneurs begin a book with a topic. Ben Cena believes they should begin with a job. On this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show, CJ sits down with publishing strategist Ben Cena to examine howexperts can use nonfiction books to strengthen authority, attract qualified opportunities and preserve knowledge beyond their lifetime. Ben shares how a move from personal training into self-publishing developed into work with entrepreneurs, coaches and thought leaders. He explains why book royalties are rarely the complete business model, why audience research should come before drafting and how the title, cover, formats, keywords, advertising and next-step offer must work together. CJ presses the conversation beyond publishing mechanics. What does a bestseller label actually mean? How should an author measure the book’s contribution to revenue? When does niche positioning create relevance rather than limitation? And what should someone write if the real goal is allowing future generations to understand the life and principles behind the name? In this episode: • Why a book needs a defined business or legacy purpose • Royalties versus authority and client opportunity • Audience research before manuscript development • How titles and covers shape discovery • Amazon advertising and measurable acquisition • The difference between retailer availability and shelf placement • Why bestseller and revenue claims require precision • How a book can preserve your thinking for future generations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  4. Oct 21

    Kevin Rayner: The Choice That Saved His Life and Changed His Family

    Kevin Rayner says his mother’s decision to send him away from Gary, Indiana, changed the course of his life. He also says it took writing a book to understand how much of home he lost in the move. Kevin joins fellow Gary native CJ Moneyway for a conversation about memory, danger, family and the work of telling a story responsibly. He remembers a childhood community marked by Black pride and close neighborhood ties. He also recalls becoming involved in gang life as the environment around him changed. After a confrontation in which someone pulled a gun and attempted to fire it, his mother sent him to Minnesota. Kevin believes that choice gave him a future he might otherwise not have had. For years, he focused on what the move made possible. Writing The Flight of a Home Town Son brought him back to a different truth. He was not there to watch his father grow older in the same way; he saw his mother only across long gaps; he did not see his grandmother again before she died. He describes realizing that these losses had remained buried beneath his gratitude for surviving. The book began partly with younger relatives in mind. Kevin wanted them to know the city he remembered before judging only the Gary they had inherited. He also wanted his experience to offer a warning about choices and a reason to believe a different life could be built. Readers have since asked him how he published, and Kevin says he shares what he learned freely. CJ brings his own Gary memories to the discussion, creating a conversation between two men who know the city as a place of people and relationships rather than a headline. The strongest moments arrive when nostalgia makes room for complexity: a mother’s protective decision can be the right one and still leave a son with grief. Near the end of the supplied excerpt, Kevin describes using an AI assistant to plan a future book release. The tool surfaced steps he had not considered. CJ likens AI to a tractor that can spread seeds more widely while the person remains the farmer. That thread is promising as an author-workflow. This episode is about honoring the people who intervened, preserving a hometown’s story and creating something useful from a life Kevin had to rebuild. His account of the firearm incident and family timeline is presented as his recollection, pending guest review for final release. Topics • Gary’s community and Kevin’s memories of growing up there. • The confrontation and his mother’s decision to send him to Minnesota. • The complicated grief surfaced by writing about family separation. • Why he wrote for the next generation. • Sharing publishing knowledge and testing AI for release planning. Kevin Rayner, CJ Moneyway Show, The Flight of a Home Town Son, Gary Indiana memoir, Gary Indiana author, leaving home and family, writing through grief, author origin story, Black community Gary, family intervention, resilience and legacy, writing for the next generation, author AI tools, book launch planning Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Kevin Rayner: The Choice That Saved His Life and Changed His Family

  5. Oct 19

    Aurora Winter: Why Your Expertise Is Not Enough Without the Right Message

    Your expertise may not be the problem. The problem may be the way you are communicating it. On this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show(TM), CJ Moneyway sits down with Aurora Winter - media strategist, author, publisher and former film and television writer-producer - to explore how clear messaging transforms knowledge into authority, opportunity and business growth. Aurora shares the story of a struggling business that had a valuable offer but an overwhelming presentation. Instead of creating confidence, approximately 100 pages of information created confusion. According to Aurora, the breakthrough came when she reduced the offer to seven words: "Five weeks of sun, fun and tax shelter." The product did not change. The message did. CJ and Aurora also discuss what she learned from working across Silicon Valley, Hollywood, entrepreneurship and publishing; why a book should begin a relationship rather than end one; and how leaders can use artificial intelligence without surrendering their authentic voices. In this episode: ● Why more information can create less understanding ● How to develop a clear and memorable business message ● What Silicon Valley and Hollywood can learn from each other ● Why books should connect to a larger business strategy ● How YouTube, podcasts and websites serve different purposes ● Why websites and email lists remain important owned assets ● How personal stories strengthen authority ● Why AI makes authentic human experience more valuable Aurora's 2026 book, Turn Words Into Wealth: 7 Ways to Make 7 Figures as a Thought Leader, presents her approach to connecting books, video, podcasts, artificial intelligence and business strategy. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. Oct 14

    Chef Don Bowie: From His Mother’s Kitchen to Building Taste

    What turns a meal into a memory? Chef Don Bowie grew up in Houston watching his mother cook full meals after working long days, sometimes following work that had already kept her in a kitchen. He remembers the food as one of the clearest ways she showed her children love. Years later, after he had worked in restaurants himself, Don came to understand the effort behind that daily act. It became a model for the feeling he wanted guests to find at Taste Kitchen + Bar. In this conversation on The CJ Moneyway Show, Don and CJ begin with family. Don describes the scratch-made meals, his mother’s consistency and the role his father later played in cooking and opening a soul-food restaurant. He says he resisted a culinary career for a time. The experiences he gathered elsewhere would eventually help him define a restaurant of his own. At Red Cat Jazz Cafe, Don learned about the room beyond the plate: the welcome when a guest walks in, customer service, beverages and the role of live music. He later worked with the Sweetie Pie’s brand as it entered Houston, where he observed what public recognition can do for opening demand and why an established name still needs an experience worth returning for. Before opening Taste, Don says he joined Flower Child for a short period to study how a large hospitality operation built repeatable systems. That experience helped him think through the work behind multiple locations: roles, standards and coordination. His own launch in 2019 aimed to offer Houston a fuller-service, food-led brunch experience that could welcome people throughout the week. Don resists the idea that Taste happened overnight. He recalls periods of rebuilding and starting again before he reached a concept that connected with guests. CJ brings his own reflections about learning business systems and what it means to take responsibility for decisions made throughout an organization. The central question reaches beyond restaurants. Don’s mother could personally make a meal feel like care. A founder who wants to offer that feeling to many guests must build a team capable of delivering it consistently while respecting the people doing the work. The episode explores where hospitality begins, how experience is designed and what ownership asks of a leader. Topics • The daily meals through which Don felt his mother’s care. • Why the full guest experience extends beyond the dish. • Lessons from front-of-house work and live entertainment. • The purpose of studying large-scale systems before opening Taste. • Why a 2019 launch represented years of preparation.  Taste’s official website: https://www.tastehtx.com/ • The CJ Moneyway Show: https://cjmoneyway.com • Listen on podcast platforms: https://pod.link/1707761906 Chef Don Bowie, CJ Moneyway Show, Taste Kitchen + Bar, Houston chef, southern comfort food Houston, restaurant hospitality, hospitality leadership, restaurant systems, Flower Child chef, Red Cat Jazz Cafe, Sweetie Pie’s Houston, seven day brunch, chicken and waffles Houston, hospitality and family, restaurant entrepreneurship 3rd Ward, 5th Ward Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Chef Don Bowie: From His Mother’s Kitchen to Building Taste

  7. Oct 12

    50 YEARS OF BRANDING TAUGHT HIM THIS

    What does five decades in branding teach you about why some businesses earn trust while others lose it? On this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show(TM), CJ sits down with veteran brand strategist and author Brandon Coleman Jr. for a conversation that moves from athletics and fatherhood to storytelling, faith, personal branding and the promise every business makes to its market. CJ Moneyway Media(TM) - Brandon Coleman Jr. Post-Interview Package Page 2Brandon traces his path from growing up as the son of a Hall of Fame basketball coach and competing as a ranked tennis player to discovering advertising while watching Bewitched in his Texas A&M; dorm room. That unexpected spark became the beginning of a career spanning roughly five decades in branding and business. At the center of Brandon's philosophy is a simple definition: "A brand is a promise wrapped in a delivery." He explains why logos and campaigns are secondary to alignment, why every customer touchpoint must reinforce the promise, and why disrespecting an established market can damage trust that is difficult to recover. CJ and Brandon also go deeper into fathers and sons, discipline, purpose, Christian faith, storytelling, personal brands and the responsibility to build something truthful. Transformational Conversations. Built For Purpose.(TM) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    50 YEARS OF BRANDING TAUGHT HIM THIS

  8. Oct 9

    LEADERS DON'T NEED MORE INFORMATION - THEY NEED BETTER RECALL

    What good is consuming more information if you can't retrieve it when you actually need it? On this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show(TM), CJ sits down with Steve Kahle, technology executive, fractional CIO/CTO and author of Leader Recall, for a conversation about memory, leadership, faith, systems and the difference between consuming knowledge and actually retaining it. Steve traces his fascination with memory back to bartending through college, where remembering customers' names, drinks and personal details helped him build genuine relationships. Years later, his Christian faith led him into Scripture memorization and deeper study of memory science. That journey eventually exposed a larger leadership problem: executives consume enormous amounts of information CJ Moneyway Media(TM) - Steve Kahle Post-Interview Package Page 2through books, podcasts, meetings and technology, yet much of what they learn never becomes usable long-term knowledge. Steve breaks down his Capture-Catalog-Recall (CCR) framework and explains how tools including Anki, Notion and simple capture systems help him preserve insights and deliberately move important information toward long-term recall. CJ and Steve also go deeper into faith, the story of Joseph, entrepreneurship, stewardship, cybersecurity, AI, first-principles thinking and why the information you retain may ultimately matter more than the information you consume. Transformational Conversations. Built For Purpose.(TM) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    LEADERS DON'T NEED MORE INFORMATION - THEY NEED BETTER RECALL
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Every success story has a journey, and we’re here to uncover it! Join host Corwin “CJ” Johnson as he dives deep into the real-life experiences, challenges, and breakthroughs of entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries who’ve carved their path to success. From personal struggles to professional victories, *The CJ Moneyway Show* reveals the untold stories and key insights that can inspire you to take action and create your own success. Tune in for engaging conversations, powerful life lessons, and behind-the-scenes moments that offer a blueprint to achieving greatness. #TheCJMoneywayShow #StoriesBehindTheSuccess #Inspiration #SuccessJourney #Entrepreneurship #RealTalk

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  • Creator
    CJ Moneyway, Bleav
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    303
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 The C.J Moneyway Show
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