The Financial Effect Challenge – What Is It?

My ultimate hope is to help you make better decisions about your money in your everyday life.

My job is to help my clients balance their budget with the things that they want in life.  My main focus going forward is to help develop people into being financial leaders.  A financial leader helps push their family to new aspirations.

Personally, as a financial leader in my family, I’m pushing myself to be stronger mentally, physically and spiritually, because I believe they are all connected to being a strong financial leader. My hope is to provide you with the head space to lead in other areas of your life as well. That we travel down this journey together.

I’m not perfect.

I may be financially fit, but I know that I can improve in other areas, and in doing so, my financial leadership skills will improve as well.

Do you have your body where you want it to be but struggle with the financial aspect in your life? It’s time to expand your knowledge of how to be a better financial leader. Same goes if you feel you are mentally fit but wish you were down 10 pounds or could fit into those jeans from last year. By working on an aspect of your life, any aspect, I believe it helps to improve in other areas of your life.

I always tell my daughter, if you take care of your body, it will take care of your mind.  Your mind needs to be sharp so that it can experience the ultimate currency which is happiness.

And happiness isn’t achieving a goal, it is the pursuit of a goal, that ultimately makes us happy.

Having something to drive towards tends to make us happier in life.  I believe that if your money, mind, and body is at optimal levels, then material things will begin to lose their value to you.  And if material things begin to lose their value, you will in turn seek other things to make you happy.

I believe that if you are financially, physically, and mentally fit, you will see right through the noise of the day.  You will have more energy to cook for your family.  You will have more energy to do more physical activities with your family instead of paying someone or something to entertain you.  You will ultimately be in the right head space to achieve.

But in order to get where you to want to be I also need you to see what is out there.  I need you to want to make a change.  I need you to want to change your habits.  I want you to want to upgrade your habits.  They say we are nothing more than a bundle of habits.  We don’t have to relearn how to drive a car every time we drive.  Without even thinking, we take our kids to school every day.  Out of habit, we cook the same food on a regular basis.  We watch TV at the same time almost every night.  Habits control almost everything that we do.  I need to get you in the habit of moving forward in order to be a financial leader.  I need you to accomplish a goal and then ask the question, what’s next?  What is next for me? What is next for my family?

• Why the financial challenge?  Because I want to upgrade my habits.  I want to move forward.  I want to get better with my money, mind, and body.
• Why give up drinking? Because alcohol doesn’t control me.
• Why focus on the food that I eat? Because food doesn’t control me and I need the fuel to move forward faster.
• Why run a half marathon? So, I can be sharp at the end of the day, not just in business but with my family.
• Why cook for my family and spend time with my wife and children? To prove that I can do it all.
• What does this have to do with money? Everything.

Money is the tool needed to give me the head space to pursue the ultimate currency of happiness.  I don’t need to spend my money on frivolous things.  What I need to do is to continue to fight to be a better man today then I was yesterday.

I run, because I need to continue to run towards something.

I eat plant based, because my mind needs to think towards something.

I manage my money properly, so that I can continually think of new ways for my money to work for me.

If you upgrade your habits, physically, financially and mentally, you will find that you will be happier.  If you are happier, then you will find more happiness in your work and personal life.  If you find that you are happier in work and with your finances, then you will find that you will make more money. Do all of this, and I guarantee you will become a better financial leader.

So, I am pursuing this challenge to prove to myself that I can change my habits; that I can upgrade my life even more and accomplish more things.  So that I have the energy to continue to think about the things that I am passionate about.  I can be more present in the moment and enjoy the life I have around me.  I want you to challenge yourself to do the same things.  I believe that when you are not stressing about money, all other things tend to fall into place.  By being a financial leader and taking care of my money, mind, and body…

I am aiming for the ultimate currency of happiness.