Ep 22 - Aligning Yourself with Your Goals To Get To Your Goals Sooner with Clay Hepler

Today’s guest is Clayton Hepler, a multifamily investor, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and cashflow specialist. Clayton talks about how he got started in the business world, his experience working with a mentor, and his journey to success. He shares how he became successful by helping other entrepreneurs become financially secure. He encourages listeners to use their time wisely and to always seek out ways to improve their skills and careers. He teaches us that the key to becoming wealthy is to minimize the amount of money that’s transferred from you over your lifetime. He discusses the importance of alignment between partners and goals. He says that their support has been the biggest catalyst for his growth. 

[00:01 - 13:12] Who is Clayton Hepler? 

• Clayton discusses how his mentor taught him how to become successful as an entrepreneur and to use financial tools to amplify the use of each dollar
• He is working on building wealth and helping other do the same
• He discusses how the wealthy use different systems and processes to accumulate wealth
• • One of the ways the wealthy accumulate wealth is by minimizing or mitigating taxes and transferring money to other people through debts and expenses
• He recommends using a specific designed life insurance policy to direct your cash flow and capital into investments that have tax-free growth.
• • This allows your money to continue working for you even after your death

[13:12 - 17:06] Leveraging Your Life Insurance Policy

• Clayton explains how you can leverage your life insurance policy to buy large capital items like cars or vacation
• The key to becoming wealthy is to minimize the amount of money that’s transferred
• It’s important to understand the flow of capital through your life insurance
• He advises his clients to set up life insurance policies so that they can capture more of their cash flow
• • When your money is in a life insurance policy, you have a guaranteed interest rate that is paid, which is tax-free
  • In addition, you can participate in the dividends of the company that you have a life insurance contract with, and all of it are tax-free

[17:07 - 23:59] Life Insurance Is A Huge Decision

• Clayton shares that there’s an income gap
• • It doesn’t matter what your political affiliation
  • It’s a great way to have an emergency fund opportunity fund that can’t be touched by suits
• He says that dealing with life insurance is a huge decision
• • This is a contract that you have for the rest of your life
  • It’s a permanent life insurance contract

[23:59 - 27:43] Aligning Yourself with Your Goals To Get To Your Goals Sooner

• Clayton believes that your partner is your biggest advocate
• • Your partner is important to listen to and in order to be successful holistically
• He discusses his strategy for running an AirBNB business and writing an ebook
• He emphasizes the importance of alignment between goals and strategies, and of having a partner who is on board with those goals
• He discusses the importance of intentionality and living a life that is worth living
• • Try to align yourself in ways that will get you to your goals sooner
• He tells a story about a story about how he and his wife have built their relationship
• • He mentions how it is important to get their family involved and focused in the same direction

[27:43 - 38:29] Your Family Is Your Biggest Catalyst For Growth

• Clayton shares the 10 principles of prosperity
• • Number one, Through his mentor
  • Number two, Speaking with high level entrepreneurs, real estate investors, and high producers of the keys to prosperity
• Clayton shares that Clarity is key to becoming prosperous and it takes many forms, including a 10, 000 foor view of your goals
• • Your greatest asset is your ability to produce, and once you have the mindset, anything is possible
• The biggest catalyst for growth in Clayton’s development has been his fiancé pushing him to be the best you can be
• Clayton shares what he would do with a million dollars today is to be honest with you
• • Find coaches and people who have achieved what he wants to achieve on high level
  • One of the best ways to make money over time is to invest his money in real estate

[38:30 – 45:38] Closing Segment

• Clayton advises us to be very thoughtful about what we ingest in our bodies
• • We have to take control of our health
  •  Get very intentional about your training and diet
• You can find out more about Clayton and his business at http://www.creative-capitalist.com

Connect with Clayton!

Website: http://www.creative-capitalist.com

Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-hepler-7122a912b/

LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/clayhepler/

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Key Quotes

“If you're not aligned and you're not intentional about what you're doing every single day, it's gonna take you longer. So why not try to align to this version of yourself that will get there sooner and you can have help by coaches or mentors or people or firms to get you there sooner.” – Clayton Hepler

“It's important to understand the flow of capital through your life, and if you can set your money up in a way that minimizes and mitigates those away from you, your path to financial freedom and abundance can be accelerated.” – Clayton Hepler