SmartStart Personal Finance
Create your best financial life
I coach people to overcome financial frustration and confidently create their best lives
Imagine A Better Financial Future…
Being in control of your finances
Banishing arguments about money
Subduing credit card debt / school loans
Spending money without guilt
Effortlessly paying bills
Knowing you're making the right moves
Seize Your Opportunity
As a professional wanting to thrive financially, you can organize yourself around The Financial Success Formula and launch yourself toward financial success.
The key is to start early. Get oriented, take control, make plans, and start investing in yourself and your future before too much life happens and your opportunity fades away.
How do you start? Well, you can get ideas from internet articles (aka random clickbait and come-ons) or talk to people you happen to know (aka a small random sample). But will you know when you’ve got the information you need to make a smart plan? Will you have the confidence and bandwidth to implement your plan? How much of your life will you spend second-guessing yourself?
Let me humbly suggest that you don’t have time to mess around like that.
Here’s an idea: get a mentor who’s lived the full cycle from new grad through decades-long working life to financial independence. Leverage templates and a step by step process crafted to maximize financial awareness and execution simplicity. Gain an advocate who understands where you’re coming from and who’s focused on setting you up to win. Get up and running as fast as you’re willing to go.
Let me help you launch.
Free Resources
Check out these free resources for building your best financial life
Watch: My Video Series
Follow my channel on YouTube for insight and actionable steps in creating your best financial life.
Read: My Personal Finance Blog
I periodically post articles and resources on my blog to help you make the most of your finances.
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FAQs
How does financial coaching/mentorship work?
I start with a free, no pressure 30-60 minute consultation to get to know you and your situation while letting you see me in action. We talk about improvement opportunities and possible next steps. I don’t ask for a commitment but I do try to provide new insights. If you do decide to work with me, then we embark on a 3-month program of 8 working sessions (at least 9 hours working with me) plus homework. After that you can either go forward on your own or continue working with me on a monthly basis for on-going accountability and growth.
What results can I expect?
Most clients experience relief and growing confidence soon after they start working with me. After completing my 3-month program they have a strong sense of direction for their finances, a clear strategy and plan, and are successfully executing their plan. Clients go from haphazard juggling of paychecks, bills, and spending, to a calm and controlled monthly process. They go from guilty spending and constant bank balance vigilance to flexible, guilt-free spending with the knowledge that their financial plan is on track. They go from high stress and constant conflict over money to mutually respectful positive and effective communication with their partner.
Can I trust you to work in my best interest?
Yes! I’m not making a living from this (I’m successfully “retired”). I don’t sell any financial products and I don’t get compensated for making referrals. My goal is to help you get on the path to success, whatever that means to you, period. I genuinely get a kick out of helping people help themselves. “Personal Finance” is fun for me and I love helping clients find their way.
What do you charge?
I currently charge $997 for a 3-month program. Thereafter, clients may continue working with me on a month-to-month basis with the cost dependent on how frequently and how long we meet.
Why should I work with you rather than some other coach?
Because I’ve been there and done that, having put my kids through college and achieved financial independence after working 35 years in the corporate world. I lived the same basic wealth-building approach I teach my clients, and now I live comfortably off my investments. Of course there are lots of good coaches out there, but not many have the perspective of having personally implemented the full life-cycle. I teach and implement solutions that work for real people in the real world.
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