We spent years watching other people get the wrong financial advice.

I (Robert) built a career in lithium ion batteries and made it all the way to chief engineering director. During a 13.5 hour flight home from China I had realized I’d missed two and a half weeks of my kids growing up. I decided to start over as a financial advisor.

Doug was teaching high school science and coaching football when a financial advisor sold him life insurance. He didn't know it at the time, but that changed the direction of his career.

We connected on a cold call and have since built both The Mustard Seed System and now The 1% Podcast to ask the one question: What's the 1% change that actually moves someone forward?

In episode one, we covered:

→ Robert's path from engineering to financial planning

→ Doug's path from teaching to advising

→ The cold call that started their friendship

→ Going independent and what fiduciary standard actually means

→ The mustard seed system and building faith into a financial plan

Chapters

0:00 Intro

02:36 Meet Robert Young: a farm kid who became an engineer

05:12 The $63,000 pay cut that changed everything

06:07 Meet Doug Cellini: teaching, coaching, and a bad financial pitch

09:29 Sold products instead of a plan

14:16 Why they went independent

17:20 The cold call that started a friendship

23:48 The mustard seed system

31:05 A charitable giving strategy that costs you nothing

34:13 What to actually look for in a financial advisor

37:39 What's next on The 1% Podcast

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