GIVE A HECK

Dwight Heck
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For over 20 years, I lived life by accident: go to work, go home, get paid, then start it all over again the next day, stuck on a proverbial hamster wheel. Through coaching and mentorship, I learned that living life on purpose is far less stressful, and it means I'm happy more days than not. On the Give A Heck Podcast, I bring you guests who found their own way off that hamster wheel, real turning points, setbacks, and mindset shifts you can actually use. My goal is simple: show you how to "LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE, & NOT BY ACCIDENT."

  1. 2h ago

    The RRSP Refund Is Not a Gift | RRSP vs TFSA vs FHSA

    RRSP vs TFSA vs FHSA: which one is right for you? In this solo episode, Dwight Heck explains how the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), non-registered account and First Home Savings Account (FHSA) really work in Canada, and why the refund that feels like a gift is actually a deferral. Dwight, a financial and life coach with 24 years in the industry, walks through the tax on the way in and the tax on the way out, the Old Age Security (OAS) clawback, and how interest, dividends and capital gains are taxed. American listeners get a short map of the 401(k) and the Roth Individual Retirement Account (Roth IRA). Before any account, he says, comes the plan. What you will learn: Why the RRSP refund is a deferral and the one question that decides if it is a good deal How the TFSA, FHSA and non-registered account are taxed differently from the RRSP How RRSP withdrawals can trigger the OAS clawback and why TFSA withdrawals do not How interest, dividends and capital gains are taxed in a non-registered account How the 401(k) and Roth IRA compare for American listeners Two questions to ask any advisor before you open an account Connect with Dwight Heck: 🌐 Give A Heck Website 🎤 Podcast Page 📺 YouTube Channel 📘 Facebook 📸 Instagram 💼 LinkedIn 🎵 TikTok 🐦 Twitter / X 🎤 Work With Me

    The RRSP Refund Is Not a Gift | RRSP vs TFSA vs FHSA

  2. Sep 29

    From Drugs at 13 to a $10 Billion Exit | Daryl Dittmer

    FROM DRUGS AT 13 TO A $10 BILLION EXIT, WITH DARYL DITTMER What does it take to go from a 13-year-old already deep into drugs and alcohol to becoming the second-largest shareholder in a company that sold for nearly $10 billion? Daryl Dittmer joins Dwight Heck to share the origin story behind his sales career and exit. Raised in a blue-collar family outside Detroit, Daryl faced a crossroads in his late teens: get help, or walk away from his family. He landed in sales almost by accident, became a top producer, and eventually earned enough ownership to become the company’s second-largest shareholder. He has since built and exited several businesses of his own, and now runs Show Up Coaching and the free webinar Show Up, Built to Win. What you will learn: Why the most crucial lessons come from what you jettison, not what you collect How a teenage crossroads forced a choice between getting help or losing his family How he became a top producer and eventually a company’s second-largest shareholder Why showing up every day matters more than talent Why your past does not get final say over your future unless you let it Connect with Daryl Dittmer: • 🌐 Website • 📘 Facebook • 📸 Instagram • 💼 LinkedIn • 🐦 Twitter / X Connect with Dwight Heck: • 🌐Website • 🎤Work With Me • 📺YouTube • 📘Facebook • 📸Instagram • 💼 LinkedIn • 🎵TikTok • 🐦Twitter / X

    From Drugs at 13 to a $10 Billion Exit | Daryl Dittmer

  3. Sep 22

    What Happens If You Don’t Come Home | The Purpose Rules, Pt. 3

    WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T COME HOME — THE PURPOSE RULES, PART 3 OF 3 What happens if you get injured, get a diagnosis that changes everything, or do not come home one day? In the final part of The Purpose Rules, Dwight Heck covers Steps 4 and 5 of his five-step coaching process: protect what you are building, and the savings rule. Dwight shares one of the most personal stories he has told on the show, a three-year period during his divorce with no life insurance at all, after an advisor more concerned with his own commission talked him out of options that would have kept coverage in place. He also finishes the real story of clients John and Sally, from $40,000 in debt to a protected retirement, and what happened 14 years after they put their plan in place. This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. If you have not heard Parts 1 and 2, start from the beginning to get the full framework. What you will learn: Why protection is the step that turns a setback into a catastrophe What protection means beyond life insurance Why some of the 91% did everything right until one bad day The savings rule and why habit matters more than amount How John and Sally’s story ends, 14 years later Connect with Dwight Heck: • 🌐 Website • 🎤 Work With Me • 📺 YouTube • 📘 Facebook • 📸 Instagram • 💼 LinkedIn • 🎵 TikTok • 🐦 Twitter / X

    What Happens If You Don’t Come Home | The Purpose Rules, Pt. 3

  4. Sep 15

    The Number You’ve Been Avoiding | The Purpose Rules, Pt. 2

    KNOW YOUR NUMBERS: GOALS, BUDGET, NET WORTH — THE PURPOSE RULES, PART 2 OF 3 Budgeting andknowing your net worth turn a hopeless financial situation into an actual plan.In Part 2 of The Purpose Rules, Dwight Heck walks through the first three stepsof his five-step coaching process: set your goals, build your budget, and knowyour net worth. Using thereal story of clients John and Sally, a couple in their forties with $40,000 indebt and no life insurance, Dwight shows exactly what this process looks likein practice, including the over $400 a month they found in their own budgetwithout earning a single extra dollar. This is Part2 of a 3-part series. Part 3 covers protection planning and the savings rule,and finishes John and Sally’s story. What you willlearn: Why Dwightstarts with story, not goals The rule ofthree goals, never ten How to findmoney already in your budget Why needsversus wants gets complicated as an adult How tocalculate your net worth and why the number is a baseline, not a verdict Connect with Dwight Heck: • 🌐Website • 🎤Work With Me • 📺YouTube • 📘Facebook • 📸Instagram • 💼 LinkedIn • 🎵TikTok • 🐦Twitter / X

    The Number You’ve Been Avoiding | The Purpose Rules, Pt. 2

  5. Sep 8

    The Rules Nobody Taught You About Money | The Purpose Rules Part 1

    53% ofCanadians live paycheque to paycheque. Only 36% have a financial plan.Insolvencies hit a 17-year high. And this is not just Canada — the same patternholds across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, andJapan. In Part 1 ofThe Purpose Rules, Dwight Heck breaks down the three foundational rules of themoney game that were never properly taught: money is a tool, know your inflowsand outflows, and budgeting is the key nobody handed you. After 24 years as afinancial and life coach and his own journey from quiet desperation as a singledad of five, Dwight introduces The Purpose Rules, a five-step framework forgetting off the hamster wheel. This is Part1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 covers goals, budgeting, and net worth. Part 3covers protection planning and the savings rule. What you willlearn: Why money isa tool with no personality of its own Howadvertising is engineered to bypass your better judgment Why knowingyour inflows and outflows frees up real money fast Why less thanhalf of Canadians budget The fivesteps of The Purpose Rules framework Why your pastdoes not deserve eternal loyalty Connect with Dwight Heck: • 🌐Website • 🎤Work With Me • 📺YouTube • 📘Facebook • 📸Instagram • 💼 LinkedIn • 🎵TikTok • 🐦Twitter / X

    The Rules Nobody Taught You About Money | The Purpose Rules Part 1

  6. Sep 1

    Dave Mowry: How Comedy Saved My Life After 14 Lost Years

    Dave Mowry built a successfulbusiness before bipolar disorder took nearly all of it, across fourteen yearshe calls his lost years, including hospitalization and homelessness. [Content note, after theopening hook so it does not sit as the first indexed text: this episodeincludes an open discussion of mental illness, including bipolar disorder,severe anxiety, and thoughts of suicide. If you or someone you know isstruggling, in the US and Canada call or text 988, anytime, day or night.] A stand up comedy class builtfor people living with a mental illness became the unlikely turning point. Daveis now a bestselling author and mental health advocate who teaches that sameclass to others and performs on stages himself, using comedy to push backagainst the stigma around mental illness. What you will learn: •       What it was like living with undiagnosed anxiety anddepression as a kid •       How bipolar disorder cost Dave his business and hishome •       Why a stand up comedy class became his unlikely turningpoint •       How comedy became the unexpected door back to himself •       Why you are never as alone as it feels   Connect with Dave Mowry: •       Website •       OMGThat’s Me! •       Healingwith Humor •       Facebook •       LinkedIn   Connect with Dwight Heck: •       Give A Heck Website •       Podcast Page •       YouTubeChannel •       Facebook •       Instagram •       LinkedIn •       TikTok •       Twitter/X •       Work WithMe / Be a Guest

    Dave Mowry: How Comedy Saved My Life After 14 Lost Years

  7. Aug 25

    How Ben Barbic Rebuilt His Life After Losing Everything Twice

    Ben Barbic lost his childhood home twice, once to a wildfire, once to an earthquake, and hit rock bottom at twenty-eight before rebuilding his life through music, real estate, and writing. He is a reggae and hip-hop recording artist on Rebel Sound Records and the author of Rise & Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain, published through Skyhorse and Simon &Schuster, and his story of tenacity across multiple disciplines is exactly the kind of rebuild this show was built to showcase. What you will learn: •       How two childhood house losses became lifelong anchors,not lasting anxiety •       Why the rock bottom moment at twenty-eight changedeverything •       How he built a recording career from a home studio intorooms with Grammy-connected collaborators •       What eight years of writing a memoir taught him abouthis own truth •       How he uses physical discipline and creative outletswithout becoming obsessive about either •       Why the people you surround yourself with matter asmuch as personal discipline   Connect with Ben Barbic: •       Website •       Book •       Music •       Facebook •       Twitter/X •       Instagram   Connect with Dwight Heck: •       Give A Heck Website •       Podcast Page •       YouTubeChannel •       Facebook •       Instagram •       LinkedIn •       TikTok •       Twitter/X •       Work WithMe / Be a Guest

    How Ben Barbic Rebuilt His Life After Losing Everything Twice

  8. Aug 18

    7 Principles of Persuasion With Patrick Van Der Burght

    Behavioral psychology explains why people say yes, and in part two of this conversation Patrick Van Der Burght walks through all seven universal principles of persuasion and the framework that decides which one to use. Patrick is one of a small number of trainers worldwide licensed directly through the Cialdini Institute, a founding member of that institute, a business partner of Dr Robert Cialdini, and the author of How to Hear YES More Often. He has spent 26 years teaching this material to professionals around the world, and every piece of it rests on research rather than instinct. What you will learn: All seven universal principles of persuasion, explained with real examples The three stage framework of relationship, uncertainty and motivation Why there is no single most powerful principle The optimal average review score range, and why five stars costs you credibility How rounded numbers damage believability, and what to use instead How a principle can be used backwards and work against you Connect with Patrick Van Der Burght: Ethical Persuasion Website: https://ethicalpersuasion.com.au/ Patrick Van Der Burght Profile: https://patrickvanderburght.com How to Hear YES More Often: https://yesmoreoften.com/ Ethical Persuasion Unlocked Podcast: https://ethicalpersuasion.com.au/podcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ethicalpersuasion LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-van-der-burght/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ethicalpersuasion/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethical_persuasion/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ethicalpersuasion Connect with Dwight Heck: Give A Heck Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast Page: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Work With Me / Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/contact-us/

    7 Principles of Persuasion With Patrick Van Der Burght
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For over 20 years, I lived life by accident: go to work, go home, get paid, then start it all over again the next day, stuck on a proverbial hamster wheel. Through coaching and mentorship, I learned that living life on purpose is far less stressful, and it means I'm happy more days than not. On the Give A Heck Podcast, I bring you guests who found their own way off that hamster wheel, real turning points, setbacks, and mindset shifts you can actually use. My goal is simple: show you how to "LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE, & NOT BY ACCIDENT."

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  • Creator
    Dwight Heck
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    315
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Dwight Heck
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