Are you considering a life switch? Today financial advisor, author, and sports team investor Joel Steele joins us to discuss his unconventional journey from failed entrepreneur to successful wealth manager. Joel shares how a collapsed healthy fast-food restaurant business left him with roughly $800,000 in debt at a young age and how that experience shaped his disciplined approach to saving, investing, and building wealth. We explore his path into professional sports ownership, including why he chose to invest in smaller sports franchises for both financial upside and personal fulfillment. Joel also explains why money alone does not create happiness, the importance of finding passion and purpose, and how avoiding lifestyle inflation helped him maintain financial freedom. We talk investing philosophies, balancing risk and reward, understanding personal financial goals, avoiding speculative investments, and why building a strong financial foundation is essential before taking bigger risks. Today we discuss...
- How a failed restaurant venture and significant debt early in life became the catalyst for building a career in finance.
- The decision to invest in professional sports teams as a way to combine financial opportunity with personal passion.
- Lessons from building a healthy fast-food restaurant chain and why the restaurant industry is so difficult to succeed in.
- How maintaining a high savings rate and avoiding lifestyle inflation helped create long-term financial security.
- Why higher income and greater wealth do not always lead to increased happiness or fulfillment.
- The importance of identifying personal passions, purpose, and meaningful ways to spend time.
- Questions people can ask themselves to better understand what they would pursue if money was no longer a concern.
- How financial planning should focus on balancing risk, return expectations, and individual goals.
- Why most investors should focus on steady wealth accumulation rather than chasing risky investments or outsized returns.
- The importance of understanding personal risk tolerance and avoiding emotional investment decisions.
- Why protecting a strong financial foundation is essential before pursuing higher-risk opportunities.
- Insights from Joel's book Life Switch on creating a life built around purpose, passion, and fulfillment.
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Today's Guest: Joel Steele
Joel Steele is an entrepreneur, financial expert and co-founder/owner of a successful financial firm. He has over 22 years of experience helping people build wealth along with peace of mind. He’s passionate about enhancing health and wealth, the business of sports and building meaningful relationships, starting at home with family.
Steele’s journey — from massive setbacks to personal reinvention and professional success — fuels his mission to inspire others to win in all aspects of life. He is part of the ownership group of two professional sports teams (NBA G-League and USL Championship League), and has inspired thousands nationwide to achieve personal and professional growth.
Joel is a former certified personal trainer and created a small chain of healthy fast-food restaurants in the early 2000s.
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Today's Panelists
Marc Walton | Forex Mentor Pro
Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Advisory Group