136: Living on Purpose with Dwight Heck

Give a Heck Financial was founded by Dwight Heck, who started his career while living paycheck to paycheck as a single Dad of five children. Like many of us, Dwight didn’t understand how money worked or the basics of budgeting. Money came in and immediately disappeared, followed by sleepless nights and stress filled with quiet desperation. Instead of asking for help, Dwight kept his financial troubles to himself to avoid embarrassment and judgment. Tired of feeling like he was stumbling through life with no direction, Dwight made up his mind to live with intention and purpose. A turning point came in 2001 when Dwight discovered some major health issues. They led to a crossroads of giving up the emotionally, mentally, and physically draining IT consulting world. After working nine hard, relatively thankless years as an IT consultant, a friend reached out to Dwight in 2002 and asked if he was interested in checking out the finance and insurance industry. He encouraged Dwight to use his remarkable people skills, relatability, and ability to teach and train to help others in financial distress.Connect with Dwight Heck:www.giveaheck.comOne this episode:Amber and Dwight discuss burning out as an entrepreneur and how important it is to realize that you have to put your health first. Tweetable Quotes:"You often see business owners going 1000 mph and then being shocked that they hit a wall." -Amber Fuhriman"Asking how much money you want in retirement isn't always the right question. What dreams do you have for retirement? What do you want to do? These are much better questions." -Dwight HeckConnect with other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the More Than Corporate Facebook group: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.