Building Your Money Machine

Success depends on the mindset we use to face life and approach our goals. If your mind is wired for mediocrity, how can you ever expect to create success? Changing the way we think is not easy because it doesn't matter how many times we are told how good we are if we have a mindset that continuously gets in the way of our goals. Some people believe that changing one's belief is almost i...

Welcome to Money Mentoring Over Coffee, a live session where I answer your burning questions about money and creating your Affluent Life. My goal with this session is to give you the knowledge you need to continue making educated financial choices. QUESTIONS ON THIS EPISODE: 02:28 I just sold my house, what should I do with the funds? 10:42 Should I max out my 401k before going into other investme...

Building connections is an important part of life. Our connections with friends, family, or business can positively or negatively alter the course of our lives. Today’s guest is Lou Diamond, who teaches us all about connections and communication as entrepreneurs. Wanting advice on how to prepare before getting on a stage, podcast, or before a sales conversation? Then this episode is for you! Get r...

I think creating a business is one of the best ways to create a life. I mean think about it...doing something you love while making a difference to others at the same time you're making money. Too often we decide to go into business because we want to make a difference AND we would then have complete control and freedom to do what we want in our life. I don't know about you but maybe you...

What do you need to do to build wealth in your 60’s? This special Wealth By the Decade series that was born out of your questions and requests to understand the specific things to focus on depending on your age. In each episode I breakdown the key theme of the decade as well as the primary focus and priorities for the decade that drive wealth. This is about you getting right on the path to financi...

Today I’m talking to my dear friend, Chris Harder, about how we can lead a rich and wealthy life beyond just accumulating money. If you don’t know Chris, he is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and business advisor. But more importantly, he is focused on impact and generosity through entrepreneurship and how to create lives that are full of richness. We both believe that wealth creation is less...

How Entrepreneurs Really Build Wealth! I don't have to tell you that your business can be your most powerful wealth building tool... But if you are solely focused on your business as your wealth, as powerful as it is, it becomes the single point of failure for your financial future. The fact is that it isn't just wealth we want to think about, it is about making sure we are living a rich...

What do you need to do to build wealth in your 50’s? This special Wealth By the Decade series that was born out of your questions and requests to understand the specific things to focus on depending on your age. In each episode I breakdown the key theme of the decade as well as the primary focus and priorities for the decade that drive wealth. This is about you getting right on the path to financi...

The way we see opportunities is different for everybody. Some will see them as a risk, some as luck, and others will see a crisis and turn it into something positive for them. As an entrepreneur, you need to understand what's happening in the financial world so you don’t fall into the trap of making emotional financial decisions. Even if you have a financial advisor, their role is to help you...

Are you getting good advice from your financial advisor How do you know you have a good financial advisor? How do you choose a good financial advisor? Often advisors work in a company that ties their hands on what they can offer you. They also can have biases based on their corporate requirements or even how they are compensated. The only investments that should be in front of you are those that a...

What do you need to do to build wealth in your 40’s? This special Wealth By the Decade series that was born out of your questions and requests to understand the specific things to focus on depending on your age. In each episode I breakdown the key theme of the decade as well as the primary focus and priorities for the decade that drive wealth. This is about you getting right on the path to financi...

Should I Pay Down My Mortgage or Invest? Another great question that I answer along with others in this episode. I do a live Q&A episode of my show on Instagram weekly called, Money Mentoring Over Coffee . This episode is a segment of that show where I answered specific questions that would be available to those that couldn’t attend.  Enjoy and if you have any questions join me on my lives or...

The Steps to Financial Freedom...it's a question I get at least a few times a week. As much as I want to help you get to financial freedom, I am more excited about getting you to live an affluent life. Affluence is often confused with opulence but they aren't the same at all. The fact is that an affluent life has 4 factors to it and only one of them has anything to do with money. Once we...

What do you need to do to build wealth in your 30’s? This special Wealth By the Decade series that was born out of your questions and requests to understand the specific things to focus on depending on your age. In each episode I breakdown the key theme of the decade as well as the primary focus and priorities for the decade that drive wealth. This is about you getting right on the path to financi...

Sometimes it seems like it’s easier to create excuses than solutions. When it comes to money, I see my students constantly finding the same excuses to avoid taking full control of their financial future. Throughout the years, I've found that there are seven recurring excuses that people use to avoid going after their dreams and goals. I have also found, however, how to break through them so y...

Making a Lot of Money Doesn't Guarantee Wealth! In fact, the amount of money you make has far less to do with your ability to create wealth than you think. A recent study of over 10,000 millionaires (Dave Ramsey) showed that the majority of millionaires in the study were making  less than $150,000 a year. Too often we are solely focused on on acquiring assets instead skill sets. It is the ski...

What do you need to do to build wealth in your 20’s? This special Wealth By the Decade series that was born out of your questions and requests to understand the specific things to focus on depending on your age. In each episode I breakdown the key theme of the decade as well as the primary focus and priorities for the decade that drive wealth. This is about you getting right on the path to financi...

Social media has become a big part of our daily lives. We’re constantly sharing and consuming information from all over the world, which ends up becoming part of our routines, habits, and thoughts. Although we think it doesn’t affect us, it does. Social media has created a phenomenon in which we’re comparing ourselves to other people all the time because we’re thinking about social media metrics a...

Your business is not a good wealth plan! Here’s what know if you’re anything like me, you came into your business because you wanted to serve but you also expected it to give you freedom and wealth. Quickly you find yourself on the treadmill running hard and fast with everything invested (time, effort AND money) but with very little wealth or freedom. It is the biggest mistake and misconception mo...

Get ready to welcome one of my very first guests to the show, Bobby Goodwin, who was part of my “money plan workshop” . Today we’re discussing how this workshop helped him get on his journey to financial freedom. You’ll hear about how he turned the tables and grabbed ahold of his financial ship, little by little, by creating a plan, tackling debt, and starting to work on creating wealth. Bobby is...

You need to give your money a purpose beyond the currency it represents. The fact is that those that have a purpose behind their money find that their ability to create wealth is higher. My guess is that at some point you have wondered about your purpose, meaning, and what will make you truly happy. Finding that answer and the why behind it is not always easy.  The reality is money is simply one o...

The Gift in Cancer... That is an odd statement for sure. But the reality is that the lessons that came from my cancer journey were huge and completely shifted my perspective and my life.  It allowed me to see the need to be financially free and to be able to live a "get to" life vs a "have to" life. We are all given a limited number of slices of life to live...the question are...

This is a very special episode because I am for the first time talking to my son about his financial journey. But we've never really spoke deeply about what it was like for him to be raised under my wing. Jeremy talks about how he approached money, wealth and business...and life. Jeremy and his wife Kamie are 32 and 30 years old with 3 homes and a multi million dollar net worth. At 14 years o...

I don’t need to tell you that we are having some big shifts in the economy, prices, the stock market, and anything having to do with your money. I get it, changes are part of life. You can’t avoid or fully anticipate them but you definitely can prepare for them. Every choice you make comes with a risk, and your capacity to take on that risk will depend on how well-informed you are. To put it simpl...

How Did I Get Here...Doing What I'm Doing I get asked this question a ton. The reality is none of it was really planned or intentional but somehow I found my path to my calling and you can too. In this episode I give you a glimpse into one of the core pivot points in my journey to where I am and finding path to financial freedom.  It is truly amazing where some of our greatest lessons come fr...