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Money can buy us the things that will make our lives easier: clothes, food, shelter, and all sorts of other stuff that will help us do what we want to do with our time.
But money can also buy us things that will make our life harder: stress about how much money we have or don’t have, worry about how we will pay off debt or save for retirement… the list goes on and on!
The more money we make, the more freedom and power we hold over our own life. We can make decisions based on what matters most to us, not based on other people’s expectations or needs. But we should be cautious not to depend on money for our happiness. Rather, we should learn to put money in its proper place and view it as it is— an instrument that facilitates our lives.
This week, Give a Heck Financials Founder, Dwight Heck joins Daniel for a timely conversation on financial health and happiness. Dwight raised his 5 children as a single dad with a job that made it even harder to survive the day-to-day. He felt helpless drowning in sleepless nights and desperation.
Listen in as Dwight relates how he was able to rise from the dark he was in and get better at managing his finances. Daniel and Dwight also talk about how to plan a budget, how associations reflect our financial status, how we can have abundance despite global inflation, how our self-image affects our income, and how we can keep our joy and core values intact without being trapped in our pursuit of money.
“Everybody on this planet is worthy of happiness. But you need to go out and do what it takes to be happy. And it starts with being kind to yourself and then being kind to others always.” -Dwight Heck
Episode Highlights
- 03:11 Breaking the Curse of Negative Zero
- 09:23 The Basics of Budgeting
- 11:50 Abundance Despite Inflation
- 14:58 Association is Key
- 19:10 Grow Your Self-Image, Grow Your Income
- 25:17 How to Keep Going with Joy
- 30:20 Give a Heck!
- 35:28 Money Has No Personality
- 40:57 You are Worthy of Happiness
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Give a Heck Financial was founded by Dwight Heck, who started his career while living paycheck to paycheck as a single Dad of five children. Like many of us, Dwight didn’t understand how money worked or the basics of budgeting. The money came in and immediately disappeared, followed by sleepless nights and stress filled with quiet desperation. Instead of asking for help, Dwight kept his financial troubles to himself to avoid embarrassment and judgment.Dwight made up his mind to live with intention and purpose, tired of feeling like he was stumbling through life with no direction. A turning point came in 2001 when Dwight discovered some major health issues. They led to a crossroads of giving up the emotionally, mentally, and physically draining IT consulting world.
After working nine hard, relatively thankless years as an IT consultant, a friend reached out to Dwight in 2002 and asked if he was interested in checking out the finance and insurance industry. He encouraged Dwight to use his remarkable people skills, relatability, and ability to teach and train to help others in financial distress.
Dwight was instantly sold on the idea of improving people’s lives while enhancing his own. Although Dwight knew nothing about budgeting, investing, or life insurance, he was determined to learn it for the sake of his own family and then help others to do the same. Done with nights of quiet desperation, Dwight rose to the top of the industry and has spent the last 20-years helping families and businesses thrive.
Quotables
06:21 “Sometimes we pray to God, and He gives us answers but we ignore them and we look for other solutions.” -Dwight Heck
07:24 “You can’t be a hypocrite— You’re helping others but yet, you’re not doing it for yourself.” -Dwight Heck
12:12 “Looking at our expenses—You need to take this seriously because there are many things on your budget that you’re overspending on.” -Dwight Heck
12:39 “I needed to grow myself image to grow my income.” -Daniel Gomez
15:01 “Associations are key. But if you don’t have self-awareness of where you are financially, you’re not going to attract the right associations.” -Dwight Heck
19:10 “First thing that I did to grow my self-image was stopped thinking that I couldn’t be more than I am.” -Dwight Heck
22:23 “If you keep living in those bad habits, your life’s not going to change… To change your life, you got to change the daily activities that you do.” -Daniel Gomez
26:21 “If you learn to appreciate the small things as you advance in life and big things happen, you’re going to always have joy in your heart.” -Dwight Heck
29:02 “Sometimes people leave your life because they’re there just for a season, and that season’s over. And maybe you’re trying to hold on to relationships that you’ve outgrown, and that have outgrown you— and they’re not healthy.” -Daniel Gomez
30:47 “You’re never going to be able to live a life on purpose if you can’t accept and admit that you’re at a weak spot in your life. Ask for help.” -Dwight Heck
32:39 “This is your story. But it doesn’t have to be your future. It doesn’t have to be your present day. This is just a catalyst.” -Dwight Heck
33:40 “Leaders stopped growing too. So let’s be honest with ourselves.” -Daniel Gomez
35:34 “Money has no personality. Quit giving it a personality. It is a tool that can be utilized to change your life.” -Dwight Heck
41:07 “Everybody on this planet is worthy of happiness. But you need to go out and do what it takes to be happy. And it starts with being kind to yourself and then being kind to others always.” -Dwight Heck
