181- How to Build a Bigger Life (not a bigger lifestyle) & Become a Master of Your Money w/ Adam Carroll

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can you craft a life you love today while not waiting for the end goal of Financial Independence to be realized?  How can you build a bigger life (not a bigger lifestyle) and become a master of your money? Adam Carroll is an internationally recognized speaker, author, podcaster, and retreat leader.  He’s a two time TED Talk speaker with one of his talks surpassing 5 million views. Adam believes that we are all life architects and for him that means living his life according to 5 core values; family, freedom, love, growth, and connection. The more we get aligned with our core values, the more we are able to build a big life. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam and his wife work together as a team for their future vision and shared goal of Financial Independence. With him being on the financial offense (focusing on growing income) and her being on the financial defense (focusing on limiting their expenses), they make an effective team thus increasing their “life factor”. The life factor is limiting expenses and maximizing income which creates a giant spread. The bigger the life factor, the more free you can ultimately be. Using this strategy, Adam and his wife were able to pay off their mortgage early, take a month to travel through Italy and raise more financially aware kids.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam shares that money is important because it gives us choices, options, and flexibility. While he is very close to reaching Financial Independence, he doubts he will stop working because he loves what he does- writing, speaking and storytelling.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode you’ll learn:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to build a bigger life and become an architect of your life</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is a “life factor” and how to create more balance on your financial journey</span></li> <li style="font-weight: