Mindset & Principles

Financial tools work best when they are supported by sound principles and disciplined behavior. Explore the mindset, habits, stewardship, abundance, and decision-making frameworks behind lasting financial freedom and meaningful wealth.

The Economic Value of Certainty, by Les McGuire (Reviewed)

By Rachel Marshall / December 2, 2019 / Comments Off on The Economic Value of Certainty, by Les McGuire (Reviewed)

Les McGuire reveals a timeless truth about the economic value of certainty that goes back as far as scripture.  It’s that to have the highest chance of flourishing, you need certainty, guarantees, and stability.  In Jesus’ parable of the wise and foolish builders, the wise man’s house on the solid rock withstood storms.  He was…

Irrational Change: You Can’t Reason Your Way Out of Something You Didn’t Reason Into (Reviewed)

By Rachel Marshall / September 9, 2019 / Comments Off on Irrational Change: You Can’t Reason Your Way Out of Something You Didn’t Reason Into (Reviewed)

Change is hard, even for people, like me, who get started on new things rather quickly.  Our habits – the way we’ve always done things – end up running our lives, even when we’d like to choose otherwise.  We react defensively to feedback, even after committing to receive and apply it gracefully.  We use poor…

LifeBook: Creating an Extraordinary Life, with Jon and Missy Butcher

By Rachel Marshall / October 15, 2018 /

You are a creator!  You can create and live your own extraordinary life, starting right now. And here are the tools to do so, right at your fingertips!  Jon and Missy Butcher, founders of LifeBook, have embodied creating their own life. And you can do that too. To quote Steve Jobs, “Everything around you that…

Who Are the Financial Experts?

By Rachel Marshall / July 9, 2018 / Comments Off on Who Are the Financial Experts?

How do you know if the advice of financial experts applies to you?  In fact, who are the financial experts?  Does fame or popularity make someone an expert? What about having the biggest stage or the largest reach?  Is it a degree, certification, or credential that qualifies them?  Instead, the litmus test for a financial expert…

The Go-Giver: The Unexpected Secret of Success, with Bob Burg

By Rachel Marshall / May 21, 2018 / Comments Off on The Go-Giver: The Unexpected Secret of Success, with Bob Burg

If you have been reading The Money Advantage blog for a while, you may already know that The Go-Giver book played a central role in How The Money Advantage Began. We are huge fans of Bob Burg and John David Mann’s Go-Giver Series. The Go-Giver is an engaging parable about the unexpected system of getting…

Transform Your Life and Business with the Power of Gratitude, with Kevin Clayson

By Rachel Marshall / March 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Transform Your Life and Business with the Power of Gratitude, with Kevin Clayson

We interviewed Kevin Clayson, author of FLIP the Gratitude Switch.  He has made it his life’s work to empower people with a powerful, tangible formula that puts gratitude to work. Gratitude is a key ingredient in the abundance mindset recipe required for building a life and business you love.  It’s like the yeast in a bread…

What is Prosperity Economics? Part 2

By Rachel Marshall / January 1, 2018 / Comments Off on What is Prosperity Economics? Part 2

Typical Financial Planning vs. Prosperity Economics Prosperity Economics is a wholesome and positive remedy to the limitations, guesses, and fear-based typical financial planning. On the one hand, the typical financial conversation holds an underlying opinion that you should give your money to someone else more qualified than you, put it aside for the future, not…

What is Prosperity Economics? Part 1

By Rachel Marshall / December 17, 2017 / Comments Off on What is Prosperity Economics? Part 1

Prosperity Economics has begun its renaissance as an alternative to typical financial planning.  An increasing number of courageous, conscious, independent thinkers have outgrown typical financial planning. They resonate with a different financial philosophy that provides more control, certainty, and permission to use their money now. For them, the financial status quo has been losing its…

Abundance: Philosophy, Principles and Beliefs

By Rachel Marshall / December 4, 2017 / Comments Off on Abundance: Philosophy, Principles and Beliefs

Your financial life should have come with the instructions: “For best results, abundance thinking required!”  Your financial results are a direct product of your way of thinking about money.  While it’s tempting to jump right into strategies and products and investments, you’ll never outperform your mindset.  You are your greatest investment, therefore exponential results are…

The Mindset Shift

By Rachel Marshall / November 7, 2017 / Comments Off on The Mindset Shift

At 25 years old, Bruce Wehner had chest pains and thought he was having a heart attack.  The crisis caused him to face his own mortality.  He re-evaluated the nobility of hard work, pushing himself, and hustling. Bruce’s backstory highlights two strategic mindset shifts that have developed him into the person he is today. Because…

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