Decoding Wealth: Built on the Side

The biggest check of his career hit on a Thursday. By Saturday, De Echols was sitting alone in a new office in South Carolina feeling absolutely nothing. In Episode 4 of Decoding Wealth: Built on the Side, De opens up the Emotional pillar of the FRESH Method — and gets honest about what happens when high achievers bury everything that doesn't look like productivity. From the eleven-year-old on the...

You can't do this alone — and you were never meant to. In Episode 3 of Decoding Wealth: Built on the Side, host De Echols opens up the Relationship pillar of the FRESH Method with the Three Circles framework (inner, middle, outer), two questions that cut through the noise in any relationship (is this person feeding me or draining me?), and a hard-earned personal story about the day someone he love...

What if money was never the point? In Episode 2 of Decoding Wealth, host De Echols unpacks the Financial pillar of the FRESH Method — not by teaching you to budget, but by reframing the deeper question most of us never ask: what is money actually FOR in your life? De introduces the four real jobs money has in a healthy life, tells the story of the June 2023 promotion that moved him to South Caroli...

Welcome to Decoding Wealth. In the debut episode, host De Echols shares the personal story that led to the creation of the FRESH Method — a five-pillar approach to wealth that goes far beyond a bank account. From the South Side of Chicago, to being sworn into the Navy on the pitcher's mound at Comiskey Park, to an eleven-year climb through the trucking industry — recruiter, recruiting manager, ter...

You hit the number. Got the title. Bought the house. And somewhere in a quiet moment, you asked yourself — is this it? Decoding Wealth is the podcast for working professionals, blue-collar wealth builders, truckers, and anybody building something real on the side of a demanding career. Host De Echols — Navy veteran, trucking industry leader, founder of a Real Estate company and a marketing coachin...