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 Time We Have 79.5 years It's 954 months That's 4,134 weeks Which is 28,938 days This is how long you'll live. It is the average N. American life span. As our kids age and my wife and I grow older, I think about this a lot. But, before we dive into my thoughts on this, here's a word from our wonderful sponsor this week: Sponsored by: Superhuman AI...
5 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. James Clear said: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. It's one of the most powerful statements I've heard for radical ownership, which to me is the greatest driver of our success. But first, a word from this week's sponsor: Sponsored by: Brain.fm Transform Your Focus With Brain.fm We know you’re always on the hunt...
12 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. Laziness is a Superpower I've always said I'm Lazy. From the outside, people say I'm very productive and when I hear them talk about what I've achieved personally, professionally and financially, I guess they're right: CFO Father Ironman Ultramarathon Wrote a 1st novel Launched a Podcast 30-Year Relationship Achieved a high net worth Started a real...
19 days ago • 7 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. Options A good life is filled with options. The more options, typically the better. I was thinking about it this week when I talked with my youngest son. But first, a word from this week's sponsor: Sponsored by: Brain.fm Transform Your Focus With Brain.fm We know you’re always on the hunt for tools that genuinely improve your life—which is why we're...
26 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. 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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...
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. 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...
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. 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...
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. 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...
2 months ago • 3 min read