7 Life Lessons from Oilfields to Retirement How Emotional Baggage Impacts Your Finances Episode 231 (Chad is based in Alaska) In this conversation with Chad Hufford we explore: • Why Conventional Wisdom Often Fails in Financial Success • The Role of Emotional Baggage in Financial Decision-Making • The Influence of Financial Media on Misconceptions • The Importance of Shifting Perspectives for Financial Independence • Building a Financial Blueprint for Success • The Difference Between Income and Principal in Financial Freedom • Focusing on What You Can Control in a Volatile Economy • The Role of Trust and Relationships in Financial Advising • Retiring To, Not From: The Importance of Purpose in Financial Independence • The Power of Analogies to Simplify Complex Financial Concepts About our guest, Chad Hufford: Chad owns a boutique financial planning firm, Vertitas Wealth Management. He partners with Dave Ramsey as one of his SmartVestor Pros. He is the author of Forging Financial Freedom. He is born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. You can get your copy of his book along with the free bonuses here www.forgingfinancialfreedom.com (https://www.forgingfinancialfreedom.com/single) ----- Excerpts from this conversation with Chad Hufford: Delighted to be talking with you and I somehow I just think just living and growing up in Alaska is got to give you a different view of the world. Do you agree with that? Well, quite literally, it gives me a different view of the world. We're so high up on latitude that, yeah, every everything's different up here. But, you know, I think it's been actually really powerful for me. You know, one of the things we talked about in previous conversations is, you know, when we try to have an intended message come across, sometimes we do have to change somebody's perspective in order to see it clearly. And I think, coming from Alaska, we do automatically have such a different perspective. It just It lends itself to the reframing or reshaping of somebody's paradigm or perspective, and it's just, it's a wonderful place to live. It's not always easy 35 degrees this morning on my drive into the office. But you know what? It's beautiful, and it's home- and that's 35 degrees Fahrenheit. I guess we just started the fall, ended this summer? Yeah, summer here ended a few weeks ago, I think, if we're being honest. But yeah, 35 degrees Fahrenheit. So like one, one degree, two degrees Celsius, it's, it's, it's crisp out there. But you know what we had? We had a huge black bear come through our yard. The other day. We had a lynx outside. And where we live in Anchorage. it's 300,000 people. It's a normal town. We're now out in the boonies, but we live on the very edge of Anchorage, so we get wildlife in our backyard all the time. And it's such a blessing. ----- ----more---- Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We’ll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self. In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more. Your host is George Torok George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He’s fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success. Connect with George www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com (http://www.speechcoachforexecutives.com/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/ https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills (https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills1) https://www.instagram.com/georgetorok/