- Get super clear on where you are at
and where you are wanting to go.
In this educational episode,
I'm going to address what is the first step
in wealth creation.
Get ready, it's probably not what you think.
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So I'm Doug Andrew and I've been a financial strategist
and a retirement planning specialist now,
for nearly five decades.
And I have met with thousands of people.
I've been blessed in my life
to have spoken over 90,000 hours in my life
at teaching concepts to audiences.
I've been also very blessed
to have authored 12 books thus far.
And so there is something that I absolutely love doing,
and that's helping people get clarity.
Now, when you're about to go on a trip somewhere
for the very first time, what is the most important piece
of information you need to know?
Most people blurt out where you're going,
or how to get there.
Nope.
When using a GPS, it uses triangulation
and it does that by honing in on three
out of about 30 satellites that orbit this earth
for that very purpose.
Once it has clarity on where you are at
within two square feet on this globe,
then you program in where you're wanting to go
and it will show you all kinds of ways
to get to your desired destination.
The freeway, the scenic way, the byway,
also where to refuel your car or yourself en route.
So when people ask me,
"Doug, what is it that you like to do?"
I enthusiastically respond,
"I like to be the OnStar button on their dashboard of life."
You see, I like to help people get extremely clear
on where they are at in every area
of their life or dimension of their life,
and then get clarity on where they're wanting to go.
Then the path to get
to their desired destination can be easily mapped out,
how to live the life they want to lead.
Now, a very good friend of mine,
strategic coach, Dan Sullivan, told me one day,
"All progress begins by telling the truth."
Sometimes the hardest person to tell the truth
to is ourselves.
As a financial strategist,
and retirement planning specialist now,
for nearly five decades,
I can usually look at somebody's tax return
or six numbers on a financial statement
and within two minutes,
I can tell where they are at financially,
how much of a fortune they're missing out on,
and what they know and what they obviously don't know,
how long their money's gonna last.
The fact of the matter is you don't know what you don't know
because you can't be aware of something you're not aware of.
Now, you can also tell where somebody's at
by where they're at physically.
We make choices in our life regarding exercise
or lack of exercise, nutrition or lack of nutrition
that puts us, at a cellular level, not at ease,
what we call dis-ease, that all too often results
in what my good friend Tony Escobar calls death
by lethal ingestion.
He says, "Maybe because of weapons of mass consumption."
Well, you can also tell where somebody's at
by where they're at financially, intellectually,
spiritually, emotionally,
but all progress begins by telling the truth.
And once you have clarity on where you are at in every area
or dimension of your life, and then you get clarity
on where you wanted to go, the path to get
to your desired destination can be easily mapped out.
So one of the things that I'm very passionate
about is helping people develop a GPS to get clarity
on where they are at.
This is where I help people understand their goals,
set goals, vision for a brighter future, develop plans,
and also systems so that they get super clear
on where they are at and where they're wanting to go.
Then I love to show them various ways to get
to their desired destination.
And so if you would like to get clarity on where you're at
and where you're wanting to go, especially financially,
but in what we call the three dimensions of authentic wealth
'cause life is more than just about money.
Too many people accumulate their wealth
at the expense of their health, let's say.
Later in life, they're spending all their wealth trying
to regain their health.
That's sort of silly.
Some people accumulate their financial wealth
at the expense of relationships
with their spouse, their kids, their grandkids,
or their God or whatever their belief is of a higher power.
And at the end of the day, they're always asking
what was all this for?
They might have millions of dollars,
but they're bankrupt in other areas of their life.
So I am very passionate about helping people get clear
on where they are at in their financial dimension,
but also with their foundational assets.
This would be your family, your heritage,
your relationships, your faith, your beliefs,
and also clarity on where you're at intellectually
with your education, your wisdom,
your experiences, your alliances, your methods, traditions.
And then once you get clear on where you're at
and where you're wanting to go, then you can focus
on all three dimensions of authentic wealth.
This is like a three-legged stool
and so many people are wobbling just
on one leg, just the money, money, money.
So I love helping people take the wobble
out of their life so that they are balanced
because when you have clarity on where you're at
and where you're wanting to go, that gives you energy.
When you have balance that takes the wobble
out of your life, that increases the velocity
in which you achieve your goals, your destination.
And then when you have clarity and balance,
you have a much greater focus on what matters most.
When you focus on what matters most,
that increases the accuracy
in which you'll achieve your goals.
With clarity, balance, and focus,
you'll have much greater confidence
in every single relationship.
Confidence is the greatest gift I can give anyone.
Confidence attracts opportunities,
lack of confidence repels opportunities.
So if you would like to learn more about this,
I would love to gift you a copy of one of my books.
This is my most recent best-selling book,
it's called "The Laser Fund."
It's actually two books in one.
If you're wanting to get super clear
on where you were at and where you wanted to go financially,
I would recommend this book to you.
There is one chapter in there
that talks about the other two dimensions.
Otherwise, I have this book called "Entitlement Abolition"
that talks about all three dimensions,
the financial, foundational, and intellectual assets.
And so you can go in and claim a free copy of this
and there's an option there
if you want to also add this book to it.
But here's how you can claim your free copy to this book.
You simply go to laser fund, laserfund.com,
or click on the link below
and you contribute a nominal amount towards
the shipping and handling, I'll cover the rest of that cost
and I'll pay for the book.
I will fire out a hard copy to you
and while you're in there,
claiming your free copy of this book,
it's 300 pages, it retells for 20 bucks on Amazon,
but I'll gift you a copy.
When you're in there, check out if you like to listen
and learn or watch and learn.
There's options there for audio or video.
Also, we teach educational webinars on a weekly basis,
they're free.
You can even schedule an appointment
with an IUL specialist to see some illustrations
of how you can optimize your financial assets
and minimize taxes.
But this is not about me.
This is about you and your brighter future.
So claim your free copy of the book.
When you're in there, if you'd like to also look
at the other two dimensions,
add this book and I'll fire these books out to you.
And this is really for you, your brighter future.
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