Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Rhythm and Routine This has come up a couple of times in the past week for me. Largely for two reasons: Moving Health concerns Between changing from house --> apartment --> townhouse and finding out I had some health concerns, I dropped my habits, my rhythm, my routine. The problem is, moving and my health concerns were an excuse. I fell for the age...
3 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Quotes that Drive Us They aren't just quotes on my wall. They're the definitions of the man I've become. It's the actions you take that matter. It isn't motivation you need, but discipline. I've often found quotes are something we can build our personality around and I want to share the four quotes I've built mine around. But first, a message from our...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Whose Dream I sat down for coffee with a friend and past colleague recently, and we had a great conversation. She reached out on LinkedIn. I hadn't realized she'd left her partnership role at KPMG, and once I had, I wanted to sit, talk and catch up on life. We'd worked together, and she'd been an advisor while I was in industry. Not to mention, our...
24 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. What Are You Afraid Of I had a call with a friend I met on social media (Twitter) in the last couple years and we were talking about the next steps in her career. There was something that jumped out at me. It wasn't particular to my friend, C we'll call her, it was something I see in a lot of people. Fear. Fear holds them back. Before we dive into the...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Leadership Lessons For the last 20+ years, I've been focused on leadership. It's changed my life in many ways, including climbing the corporate ladder from a first-year accounting student to CFO. Before we dive in, a word from our sponsor this week: Sponsored by: The Rundown AI Start learning AI in 2025 Everyone talks about AI, but no one has the time...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Trying is Failing Monday afternoon, I met with some great colleagues, talking about a special project we had to do. When one of my colleagues was assigned certain tasks, she said I'll Try in response. My spidey senses were triggered. I knew what I had to write about this week. Before we dive deeper into it, lets have a word from our sponsor: Sponsored...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Never Give In I Give In... I whispered those words to myself. If my family was around the corner, I was going to throw in the towel. Luckily, they weren't around the corner and I started to think of one of my favorite quotes, which hangs on the wall of my office. Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small,...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Retirement To retire or not to retire... That is a question I ask myself. It's a question one of our audience members asked about last week, so I thought I'd write about it today and take you through my thought process. Before we dive deeper into it, lets have a word from our sponsor: Sponsored by: AI Tool Report There’s a reason 400,000 professionals...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. I've thought about this quote a lot over the years and even more so recently. Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt. - Juvenal The saying dates from the late first and early second centuries AD and is often used in political contexts. Generally, it refers to politicians trying to keep us complacent by ensuring we're well-fed and have...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. The Janitor Test I've been thinking about this one for a while. Since I read this Twitter Thread: StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent Judging a book by its cover is wildly expensive in this industry. You often have no idea if the person you're meeting has a $100M net worth, or a negative net worth. This lesson hit me hard my second year in the business....
3 months ago • 4 min read