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My guest this week is Carl Richards, who is the author of the One Page Financial Plan: A simple way to be smart about your money, and the Behavior Gap: Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money. He was also the creator of the Sketch Guy Column, which appeared weekly for a decade in the New York Times. Carl has many other qualifications, but I wanted to include him in this season of the SLP because of his incredible ability to distill concepts down about money, meaning, the ways that we interact with money, the ways that we support and nurture our creativity by viewing money as another resource, along with our time our effort, our energy our life force, This conversation had many sort of brain exploding, exciting moments. It was such a joy to speak with Carl and I'm delighted to share this conversation with you. I think it will surprise you and I can't wait to hear what you think.

Topics:

* Carl’s philosophy when thinking about money and the rift that is currently causing so many problems

* How profit equals permission and allows us to access the things we really care about

* Time, money, energy and attention as the four uses of capital and how to employ them

* Managing the tension of wanting to do something new but feeling too scared

* Learning to be okay with failure and letting it teach you something

* Being intentional with what you want your pinnacle of success or happiness to look like

* Focusing on the pursuit of craft to find enduring happiness

Episode Resources:

* Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin

* When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

* 50 Fires Podcast

* So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport

About Carl:

Carl Richards is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and the director of investor education for the BAM ALLIANCE, a community of over 130 independent wealth management firms throughout the United States. He is the creator of the weekly Sketch Guy column in the The New York Times, and is a columnist for Morningstar Advisor. Carl has also been featured on Marketplace Money, The Leonard Lopate Show, Oprah.com and Forbes.com. In addition, Carl has become a frequent keynote speaker at financial planning conferences and visual learning events around the world.

Through his simple sketches, Carl makes complex financial concepts easy to understand. His sketches also serve as the foundation for his first book, The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money (Portfolio/Penguin). Carl’s art appeared in a solo show at the Kimball Art Center, in Park City, Utah. Other showings include The Parson’s Gallery in New York, The Shultz Museum, and an exhibit at the Mansion House in London. His commissioned work is on display in businesses and educational institutions across the country. He lives with his family in Park City, Utah.

Connect with Carl:

* Website

* Behavior Gap Radio

* Instagram: @behaviorgap

My guest this week is Billy Broas. He is the author, along with Tiago Forte, of the forthcoming Simple Marketing for Smart People. Before you panicabout the word marketing, hear me out. Billy's created systems to help creative and nerdy people understand marketing, like those of us who write and love books. I’ve studied with Billy to help me get the word out about courses and books at Book Alchemy and the Secret Library. I wanted to share Billy's expertise with you for us to help get your wonderful books in the hands of readers who will enjoy and benefit from them. The first step: they need to know yours books exist. Let’s get started with Billy Broas!

Topics:

* How Billy transitioned from brewmaster to marketing consultant and why he chose to write this book

* How today’s approach to email and social media have watered down writing and marketing; learning from old school methods of good storytelling

* How to reach readers without giving up your identity

* The five guiding principles of Billy’s messaging framework

* How being yourself unreservedly helps you find the best readers for your work

* Knowing you aren’t writing your book for to be even clearer in who you want to reach

Episode Resources:

* Building a Second Brain

* The Five Light Bulbs

Connect with Billy:

* Website

* Instagram: @fivelightbulbs

* Facebook

* LinkedIn

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Summary:

Today’s episode of the Secret Library is such a treat – we are joined by Erika Rasure, an internationally recognized leader, educator, and researcher in holistic financial wellness. Throughout the episode, we chat about our respective experiences as writers who are also Enneagram 4s and how Erika uses the Enneagram in her work. We also spend a lot of time talking about how creatives often wait for the “perfect conditions” before starting their work, but in reality, these circumstances don’t actually exist and we have to be willing to change our conditions and take the next step forward. Erika shares why this barrier alone was almost the reason she didn’t write her upcoming book that she is now co-authoring with Bari Tessler. I feel honored to witness such vulnerability from Erika because this transparency is something that the creative space so dearly needs. Enjoy!

Topics:

* How Erika found herself in the financial therapy and transformational coaching space and when she got the idea to write her book

* Why Erika loves the Enneagram and how she leans on this in her work with her clients

* The shame, vulnerability, and innermost thoughts that many authors face when writing their books (and wanting to make money from it)

* How Erika experienced the loss of motivation when it came to her writing and entrepreneurship and becoming comfortable with asking for support

* Finding a path forward even if the conditions you find yourself in aren’t the most favorable and how Erika came across the opportunity to co-author with Bari Tessler

* The importance of internal work to help make things happen for you on the outside

Episode Resources:

* The Art of Money Mentorship Program

* Find your Enneagram

Connect with Erika:

* LinkedIn