Gary's Gulch

In this episode I replay a conversation I had for an upcoming Purpose and Cause book I'm writing with other graduate members of Tammi Brannan's Blueprint Process community. We discuss my unique purpose to help business owners, real estate investors and legacy-minded families grow their agency and freedoms. We also discuss a bit of my journey with God and how it has helped me gain focus and specifi...

I've been asked for years to do a podcast on Lessons from my unusual life's journey - Farmer, US Naval Academy, Nuclear Submarine Command, Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, Real Estate and Financial Services. I'm also collecting materials over time to do a book, and this is the result - multi-part Life Lessons presentation across many podcast episodes with a current events flavor. Today we go over wor...

I provide quick takeaways from a fantastic real estate investing event I've attended for many years - Jason Hartman's Empowered Investor Live, and replay a classic training he did for the event many years ago, the 10 Commandments of investing that are as relevant today as they were 12 years ago.   Highlights Powerful client relationships and building lasting connections. Revisiting insightful Meet...

In this last part of our 3-part series on financial life we talk Legacy. I explain how legacy differs from generational financial wealth and how to sustain it long after you are gone. Some of it is about legal structures, but most is about setting the mindset and environment to perpetuate that mindset. Come listen in! Highlights Confidence in U.S. military leadership. Criticism of war profiteering...

I provide a brief sneak preview of my trip report from visiting MidSouth home buyers in Memphis, TN, and Little Rock, AR.  Then I discuss part 2 in our current 3-part focus series, the financial stages of life = Income. Highlights Arkansas: Landlord-friendly laws. Memphis rehabs and new construction. Income phase discussion. Transition to income phase. Trading assets for cash flow. Annuities and f...

In this first of the three-part series on financial phases of life in the 21st century, we focus on growing the assets - How, When and in What order. I also give a trip report from Miami and Vegas and a prelude to the many events I have coming across the US this year. I'd love to connect with you in person for masterminding, drinks or dinner and fellowship. Highlights Phases of adult financial lif...

I start off with feedback on listener questions and comments and then dive into part two of my conversation with Wade Reed on his podcast Wealth Acceleration. We dig into the benefits of Paradigm Life's approach to Wealth Strategy that sets itself apart by occurring through a lens of Certainty, not chance.   Highlights Age and life insurance feasibility. Whole life vs. term insurance. High premium...

In this two part episode, I'm a guest on my friend and colleague Wade Reed's Wealth Acceleration podcast. We discuss how I got to this industry as a 30 year military veteran and someone with no financial expertise beginning from a scarce childhood in farming. It is a great conversation filled with lessons that hopefully will help you on your journey to Agency. Highlights Electric vs. Gas-powered c...

I'm often asked what I learned in the military, or at the US Naval Academy; commanding a nuclear submarine; or as a Division Director for the Pentagon Joint Chiefs. I'll get to those in dedicated future episodes that are in the queue, but today I want to address business lessons and what that shift from W2 earner in the military for almost 30 years to a sales career and business ownership taught m...

This is the third episode in the Cash Flow - Wealth - Protection series and in it I spend time tying the three tenets or elements together to help ensure your continued success. I also update on my upcoming trips with the goal of meeting those of you that will also be there in person for some powerful masterminding and fellowship. Highlights Upcoming travel and connection opportunities Investing i...

This is part two of the three-part series on the vital elements of sustained wealth and agency, Cash Flow, Wealth, and Protection. I begin the episode with some current comments on current events here in week 3 of the Trump administration and all the goodness that is occurring - America is truly healing! Then I get into how to create sustainable wealth with certainty and the all-important question...

This is the first of a 3-part series on the Three Vital Elements of a sustainable personal financial strategy: Cash Flow, Protection, and Wealth. The great Zig Ziglar has many famous sayings and one that applies here is a favorite of mine: Money isn't the most important thing, but it is relatively close to oxygen!  Well, we agree - by money he meant the US dollar, or currency which means money in...

2025 is the year where I have the confidence in myself and my connection to God to finally boldly engage my clients to take necessary action in their financial life to make progress in their wealth, their business, their Agency and their legacy. This may result in some who are clients not wanting to stick around and I'll help them find a better fit however I can, but to achieve greatness, we all h...

Like flipping a light switch, 4 years of American freefall decline has reversed into a Golden Age of growth, abundance and optimism. Freedom and Agency are being strengthened across the globe with God's hand on the shoulder of President Trump and many other great leaders. There is much work to be done in protecting our freedoms from evil and rebuilding the loving, abundant world we all seek. Highl...

We are in tenuous times in America right now leading up to the Presidential inauguration. There has been weeks too long of celebration, relaxing and taking our eye off the ball. We are vulnerable and we're seeing that manifest in the recent coordinated attacks. Please, get focused again. Back to your post as we say in the military. Keep your guard up, prepare for challenges, keep America Great thr...

I'm offering my clients and those interested in my help on their financial journey 30 min in January-February to lay out and strategize the intentions for 2025 and the next 3-5 years. This comes at a tremendous time cost and yet I'm 100% committed and confident it will add value to you and your future.   Highlights Kickoff meetings for clients. Financial health: cashflow, protection, and wealth. W...

In this last segment of my second appearance on the Rich Mind podcast with Randy Wilson, we dig deep into the uses of cash value and how it is pivotal to growing wealth long term for yourself and your future generations.   Highlights Global optimism post-election Optimism in real estate and markets Energy independence and economic outlook Discussion on cash value and its uses Understanding collate...

In this part two of my second appearance on the Rich Mind podcast with Randy Wilson, I discuss the importance and method of Optimizing Cash Flow and discuss Family Banking's role in Legacy and how it works for you throughout each stage of your life.   Highlights Mindset shift and wealth-building. Importance of early financial planning. Family's response to life challenges. Teaching young clients a...

In this part of my second appearance on the Rich Mind podcast with Randy Wilson, I dig into the importance of operating your financial life on two parallel paths, the protection side of which most Americans ignore at their own peril. Highlights Thanksgiving Reflection and Future Hope. The Logic of Listening at 2X Speed. Background and Foundation of Life Insurance. Term vs. Whole Life Insurance Sim...

The AI revolution is developing like most previous disrupting technology trends, with everyone in a scramble to use it more than their competitors. And just like previous cycles, many are making grave mistakes. Tricking your customers into thinking a computer is actually you, the one they trust will destroy your sales and relevance when they find out.   Highlights Misconceptions and recess appoint...

Podcaster and good friend Randy Wilson invited me onto the Rich Mind podcast to discuss generational wealth and legacy. Learn how to create wealth, hold onto it and educate the future generations to do the same. Highlights Wealth vs. Legacy: Defining Key Concepts. Importance of Investing in Yourself. Opportunity Cost: Using Cash vs. Borrowing. Embracing Boring Businesses: Opportunity in Overlooked...

The 2024 election is in the history books. Now it is time to show what true leadership is all about. Come together, embrace those that voted differently than you did and work as a united country to save the world. This means no in-fighting and rather seeing the true common enemy - the spread of evil across the globe that is leading directly to WW3, something that was a foregone conclusion until la...

Financial advisors are perhaps most well known for their milk toast advice to create a 'diversified portfolio of blah, blah and blah'. Business owners don't follow balance and diversification, they Focus just as Olympic athletes and anyone at the top of their field does.  I teach my clients to focus for Agency - listen in to hear why and how. Highlights Voting for optimism and unity. Bringing opti...

I update the Gulch on the hurricanes and make a renewed push for Early Voting. Then I discuss a very misunderstood financial issue - how to grow wealth with certainty and then not outlive your money in retirement. Highlights Eye of the storm: Hurricane Milton impact. Personal experience with rising water surge. Importance of voting early. Two parallel paths: protection and wealth. Exponential grow...

I start with another huge push to bank your vote early - there are 5-6 states already open and we NEED to get all our friends to vote as soon as possible to help those in the swing states trying to get all patriots registered and their vote counted. If you vote, they know they can now focus on someone else! How do you avoid the risks of investing with a crook who will Take your money, an idiot who...