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The Lifebuilder Weekly is for ambitious people who are done sacrificing the life they want for the business or job they have.
Each issue helps you get clear, cut distractions, and build your work around the life you actually want…not the other way around.
Success shouldn’t cost you your life. We'll show you how to make sure it doesn't.
My role in life has become clear over the years.
It's basically to say the unpopular things that no one wants to say out loud.
So I'm going to absolutely ruin some click-baity YouTube videos for you right now...
But you need to give up on the idea...
I was a guest on a podcast recently and the host hit me with a question I get a lot.
"That's the problem...I have no idea where to start! How do you figure that out?"
Unfortunate fact:Â Most people are overwhelmed with too many decisions to make eve...
If you've ever paid any attention to the personal finance world, you've heard some stat around how 2 out of 3 people don't have a budget.
I mean...how could that be?
They're so important. They're so easy. They're totally free.
None of that matters...
What is a money system? In the larger economic world, they call them "monetary systems".Â
It's simply a set of policies, frameworks and institutions that impact creation and the flow of money.
If you're screaming "explain it to me like I'm 5", then...
 ”An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends.” – Benjamin Franklin
What is so important about money that presidents, poets, philosophers and the Bible have to talk about it so much?
It's all over the place in all of recorded history.
Money...
You probably first heard the term "velocity" in high school physics or watching a Top Gun movie.
Velocity is speed + direction.
When we are talking about money, the idea of the "velocity of money" is something people never really discuss.
The conc...
I just turned 36.Â
If I could travel back in time 10 years ago and tell myself 3 lessons to help me get rich faster (and no, something uber-specific like buy bitcoin isn't what I mean), then this would be my advice.
Lesson 1 - More Buying, Less Sel...
Millionaire? Billionaire? 6-figure salary? Nope.
None of these are the most important financial milestone and it shows in too many people's mindsets.
This is why everyone is barely making enough to maintain their existing lifestyle.
The most impor...
Let's face it.
Almost everything you have learned and adopted about money came from people who aren't millionaires.
So if you have a goal to build financial wealth, that'd be like taking advice from a fat personal fitness trainer about dieting best...
"The permanent results come from you having to suffer." - David Goggins
I had decided that things needed to change. We were skimming by on a month to month basis. Most of our money was going to paying off $265,000 in student loans.Â
Everything was ...
My dad has been doing marriage counseling for over 34 years. He has seen it all.
And one thing that he sees more often then Seinfeld re-runs are arguments between married couples over money.
Marriage is a massive contributor to wealth building. Stu...
Financial freedom is the personal finance buzz term everyone overuses.Â
But what does it actually mean?Â
Turns out, there are multiple levels you can reach and its important to understand where you are so you understand what you are working towards...
The Notorious B.I.G. hit the nail on the head when he said "Mo' money, mo' problems."
But in response to this philosophical rap lyric, the question should be asked: why does more money cause more problems?
It's because more of anything maginifies p...
 I created a concept that I'm hoping blows your mind a little bit.
Okay, I'll settle for a mindset shift.
After years of working with people on optimizing their finances and designing the life they truly want, I've found that there is a fundamental...
 All the big financial gurus don't tell you about this step when they tell you to pay off debt.
I wish I knew why because it reduces your overall debt load and how quickly you can pay it off.
Everyone should be NEGOTIATING their bills and their deb...
 Haters gonna hate.
I try not to engage trolls but a recent one was actually a well-known person with a decent following so I felt compelled to engage and crush his weak argument about my post.
In a LinkedIN post, I said if you were 30-50 years old...
 I quit. Well, sort of. Let me explain.
There's a common factor I find with people when I'm coaching them.
They think they have to go from sitting on the couch to running a marathon within a few days.
Sure, this sounds ridiculous, but when you hea...
6 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Building Wealth
I study the rich. Why?
Because they do things the poor don't do and just as important...
They DON'T do things that the poor do.
As with any pattern in life, there are fundamentals and patterns that ...
 Ever heard of the SMART framework for goal-setting?
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Relevant
- Time-bound
It's one of the most widely known frameworks for people trying to set effective goals. And its not bad if you don't have a goal framewor...
 Fear and uncertainty can take hold when you don't know how to speak a language or understand certain words.
In the Harry Potter series, everyone refuses to say the name of Voldemort which only gave him more power over them. That is, until The Boy W...
