A podcast for people who want to win with money without losing themselves in the process.
Before you press play
Why you shouldn't listen to me
- Brought over $60,000 of debt into my marriage
- Lived in a basement suite with $5 left in the budget each month
- Ate chickpeas five nights a week
- Took a warehouse job right after our honeymoon
- Pretended to be someone I wasn't, until Emily stopped talking to me for a week
- Wore $5 thrift-store boots a size too small
- Had six months of numb toes
Why you should
- Paid off that $60,000 in seven months
- Retired Emily before either of us turned 30
- Top 1% banker, with 8+ years in banking
- Top 40 Under 40 (2025) and Business Leader of the Year finalist (2026)
- Bought two properties in one day
- Two-time #1 Amazon bestselling author
- Now owns boots that fit
Recent episodes
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EP41
He Built Other People's Businesses to the Top 1%. Then He Walked Away to Build His Own. Richard Oostra
What does it take to spend two decades building other people's success before you finally build your own? Richard Oostra's public story starts with the highlights: top…
83 minOctober 13 -
EP40
The Millionaire Who Went to Prison for Money He Didn't Need
Have you ever hit a goal you worked years for, and felt almost nothing? I remember the exact night our net worth crossed our biggest milestone. I sat there waiting for…
10 minOctober 6 -
EP39
She Spent 16 Years Climbing the Ladder. Then She Pivoted. Dr. Tristin Brisbois
What does it actually cost to walk away from something you spent eighteen years building? Dr. Tristin Brisbois has spent her whole career, in wildly different settings,…
60 minSeptember 21 -
EP38
You're Running Two Races Every Day (And You Only Trained for One)
Are you actually done when you walk through your front door, or does it just feel that way because you're exhausted? Justin Whitmel Earley finished a 10K Tough Mudder…
8 minSeptember 14 -
EP37
Our Filmmaker Breaks Down Every Step of Making Currency of Happiness
Behind the Scenes Dion WiebeEver wonder what actually happens before and after we hit record on this show? For this episode, I sat down with Dion Wiebe, the filmmaker behind The Currency of…
25 minSeptember 7
Turn Your Dreams Into Reality
The free goal-setting framework Emily and I actually use. Look at your whole life first, then pick a few goals worth chasing.
- The Six Fs: finances, family, friends, faith, fitness and freedom (the one most people forget)
- SMARTER goals, which add Exciting and Risky to the usual SMART
- Worksheets that turn the big picture into no more than three goals at a time
- Why your goals don't have to match your spouse's, and other things we learned the hard way
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From the show · October 22, 2026Nothing With God Is Wasted: Calling, Career Changes and the Summers You Have Left
Steven Schwartz went from young adults pastor to wedding photographer to The Chosen. What he taught me about calling, risk, family time and grief.
Finance · October 21, 2026Your FHSA Room Doesn't Start Until You Open One
FHSA room only starts the year you open one. Open it before December 31, even empty, and you can put in up to $16,000 next year.
Hi, I'm Andrew.
Emily and I paid off $60,000 of debt in seven months. I've now spent eight years in banking, and I keep watching people hit the number they've been chasing and sit down across from me more anxious than before they got it.
So I stopped asking how to make more money and started asking what it was for. Now I get to ask it every week, sitting across from people who've built something or been through something hard. And every conversation ends with the same question: what does happiness look like to you?
