We're back for episode three!

Hosted by best friends, seasoned entrepreneurs, and investment coaches Ashley and Scottie, this episode picks up the raw, unscripted conversation about what it actually takes to build a life and business on your own terms.

This week, Ashley and Scottie dig into what's really standing between advisors and $100,000 months, why doing less can be the key to earning more, and how to make the freedom versus-control trade-off that comes with real growth. Expect candid, living-room-style conversation covering:

• It's Never Really About the Money: Scottie and Ashley unpack why so many people cap their own ambition at a 'comfortable' number — and why the real fear underneath isn't more money, it's more responsibility, pressure, and loss of freedom.

• Freedom vs. Control: The Trade You Have to Make: Why successful entrepreneurs consistently choose to sacrifice perfection for time, how delegating means accepting mistakes, and the story of the Tulum trip where the team proved they didn't need to be needed.

• Reverse-Engineering a $100K Month: Scottie breaks down the math behind hitting six-figure months — from clients needed and average revenue per client to booking calls, close rates, and ad spend — and why the numbers matter more than the mindset alone.

• Doing Less to Think More: Why stepping out of day-to-day fulfillment and sales creates the mental space for bigger ideas, and how both hosts use unstructured mornings to generate their best business thinking.

• Setting a Client Minimum (and Holding Firm): Scottie shares the story of setting an income threshold for clients in 2020 — and the uncomfortable months that followed — as an example of what it really takes to break through a revenue plateau.

• Structure, Creativity, and the Four-Hour Work Week: Ashley reflects on a therapist's advice to build in more creative space, and how time-boxing her day (like the Four-Hour Work Week philosophy) is helping her figure out what actually matters.

Ashley and Scottie aren't here to give you textbooktheories or gatekeep their strategies. Whether you're an advisor trying to scale, an entrepreneur navigating the messy middle, or someone looking for honest advice from two friends who have actually been in the trenches, you'rein the right place. Grab your favorite drink (or a glass of whole milk coffee), pull up a chair, and join the conversation.

We're back for episode two! Hosted by best friends, seasoned entrepreneurs, and investment coaches Ashleyand Scottie, this episode picks up the raw, unscripted conversation about what it actually takes to build a life and business on your own terms.

This week, Ashley and Scottie get into their Tuesday-morning routines, the real systems behind staying productive (ADHD included), and why perspective — more than strategy —determines whether a client actually succeeds. Expect candid, living-room-style conversation covering:

• Mastering Your Energy, Not Just Your Time: Scottieshares how tuning into his personal energy cycles — and building short, intensely focused work windows followed by real disconnection — helps him move from an unmotivated morning to a fully productive day using meditation andvisualization.

• Planning Around an ADHD Brain: Ashley opens upabout the systems that actually work for her, from night-before planning and time-blocking to tackling the hardest task first and rewarding herself along the way.

• Do It Yourself or Delegate It?: The duo unpackshow to tell the difference between a task that's simply uncomfortable (and worth pushing through) versus one that should be handed off — and why anchoring decisions to your long-term vision makes the call easier.

• Business Runs on Data, Not Just Energy: Why the'manifest and visualize' approach only gets you so far, how tracking numbers becomes essential once a business starts running without you day-to-day, and the specific metrics advisors should track at each stage of growth.

• The Skepticism That Sabotages Success: Scottierecaps a coaching call gone sideways and explains why clients who show up skeptical rarely get the results they're looking for — even when the strategyworks.

• What a $30,000 Coaching Investment Really TaughtAshley: A candid look back at an investment that didn't deliver as expected, and the reframe that helped her see its real value — plus why blanket skepticism can cost you more than the investment itself.

Ashley and Scottie aren't here to give you textbooktheories or gatekeep their strategies. Whether you're an advisor trying to scale, an entrepreneur navigating the messy middle, or someone looking for honest advice from two friends who have actually been in the trenches, you'rein the right place. Grab your favorite drink (or a glass of whole milk coffee), pull up a chair, and join the conversation.

Welcome to the debut episode of a podcast that strips away the polished, corporate veneer of the financial industry. Hosted by best friends, seasoned entrepreneurs, and investment coaches Ashley and Scottie, this show is a raw, unscripted look into what it actually takes to build a life and business on your own terms.

In this introductory episode, the duo pulls back the curtain on their 20+ years of collective experience, sharing the unfiltered stories of their early careers, massive pivots, and the failures that shaped them. Expect candid, living-room-style conversations covering:

• Escaping the Corporate Grind: Hear Scottie’s journey from feeling soul-crushed in a windowless finance cubicle at Ralph Lauren to taking a massive leap of faith and moving to Los Angeles to start a cricket protein bar company.

• The Reality of the Hustle: From nursing single drinks at dive bars and eating free hot dogs to stretch a dollar, to the painful sting of constant rejection in the early days of their advisory careers.

• Taking Radical Responsibility: Why making excuses is the fastest way to fail, the importance of getting clear on your 10-year vision, and how true success requires stepping out of your comfort zone.

Ashley and Scottie aren't here to give you textbook theories or gatekeep their strategies. Whether you're an advisor trying to scale, an entrepreneur navigating the messy middle, or someone looking for honest advice from two friends who have actually been in the trenches, you're in the right place. Grab your favorite drink (or a glass of whole milk coffee), pull up a chair, and join the conversation.