Mark Willis | Banking on Yourself, Uninterrupted Compound Growth, & Kickstarting Your Future

“The rich plan for four generations, but the poor plan for Saturday night." - Gloria Steinem

EPISODE OVERVIEW:
Have you heard the one about the twenty-something man with a master’s degree who could only find a job cleaning the bottom of elevators? You know, the one where he was in hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt, credit card debt, and all sorts of other debt, and saw no way out.

In this episode you’re going to learn how this overwhelming debt not only brought strife and conflict into his marriage, but how they were suffocated to the bottom of their finances until they figured their way out. Not only does today’s guests talk about becoming his own bank, the power of compound interest, and how he is now able to leave a legacy now to his children, but he’s going to show you how to start Kickstarting Your Financial Future too. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Mark Willis story!

GUEST BIO:
Mark Willis is a man on a mission to help you think differently about your money, your economy and your future. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched everybody lose their retirement savings and home equity in 2008, he knew that he needed to find a more predictable way to meet his financial objectives and those of his clients.

Mark is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM, a THREE TIME #1 Best Selling Author, the Owner of Lake Growth Financial Services, a financial firm in Chicago, Illinois and co-host of the Not Your Average Financial PodcastTM. Over the years, he has helped hundreds of his clients take back control of their financial future and build their businesses with proven, tax-efficient financial solutions unknown to most financial gurus. He has become known as “Not Your Average Financial Planner!”

SHOW NOTES :
Guest Info:
Website: https://lakegrowth.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-DvhKT2EaPFdncLy39LIQ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marklakegrowth/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LakeGrowth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lakegrowth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyouraveragefinancial/

Special Offer for RPP Listeners:
Book a free 15-minute phone introduction strategy session with Mark Willis at https://kickstartwithmark.com

Core Themes, Keywords, & Mentions:
working class, American poor, banks, security, FDIC, traditional banks, alternative, 2008 economic crash, money, slave, budget, managing money, debt, debt-free, CPA, seminary degree, finance, cash, sugar-high of finance, mindset shift, debt staircase, saver staircase, compound growth, life insurance, cash value life insurance policy, debt snowbank method, uninterrupted compound growth, Saving versus investing, borrower is servant to the lender