223: Design a Life That Results in Wealth with Financial Mentor Todd Tresidder

Todd Tresidder is a financial mentor and wealth-building expert who has successfully navigated multiple investment paths throughout his career. Starting from a challenging financial background after college, he developed a passion for economic freedom and strategic investing. Todd has expertise in real estate, business, and paper assets, and runs the Financial Mentor website and podcast. He has created a series of investment courses, including the "7 Steps to 7 Figures" program, and offers a free ebook called "18 Essential Lessons of a Self-Made Millionaire". As an internet entrepreneur and experienced investor, he teaches advanced investing and retirement planning principles.

Todd Tresidder (FinancialMentor.com/3) has three ways of building wealth: real estate, business, and paper assets. Todd has some unique insights when it comes to building wealth since he believes in simplicity and uses math (research) as well as basic principles to create a sound investment strategy.

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“As long as I'm going to lead an economic life, I may as well design it to result in wealth.” – Todd Tresidder

“It doesn't do you any good to have a process if it's built on flawed principles.” – Todd Tresidder

“You have to crawl first before you can learn to walk, and then you have to walk before you learn to run, and you have to run before you can sprint.” – Todd Tresidder

Takeaways:

02:37 Design your economic life intentionally to result in wealth, treating it as a deliberate strategy rather than a passive outcome.

10:41 Investing is about understanding processes and principles, not just finding the next hot investment product.

13:44 Low-cost passive index asset allocation is a solid starting point for new investors, but requires long-term discipline and understanding.

18:54 Market extremes provide critical information about potential investment risks and opportunities.

21:12 Diversifying across different asset classes (real estate, business, paper assets) can help build a more robust wealth strategy.

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