Show Notes | November 7, 2019 | Episode 006

Finding Your Purpose & Unlocking Financial Wellness

Kimber sits down with US VetLife founder Scott Tucker to cover everything from strategizing financial solutions for your family to overcoming depression and finding your purpose. USVetLife is an amazing company that is innovating both the financial and employment spaces for military families. This episode focuses on personal development and finding ways to align your passions to income. As an added bonus, Scott and Kimber come up with a pretty fantastic reading list.

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US VetLife (Contact: info@usvetlife.com)

The Transition Savings Plan

The Rosie Network

VetForce

FourBlock

The Veteran's Guide to Life, Liberty, and Purpose by Scott Tucker

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Tribe by Sebastian Junger

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Purpose. It’s something we all want, but how many of us have actually found it? And if we’ve been lucky enough to find it, have we found a way to make a career out of it? US VetLife founder and Army veteran Scott Tucker has not only found his passion and purpose but he is out there every day sharing it with the world. USVetLife is an amazing company that is innovating both the financial and employment spaces for military families.

Scott is all about financial wellness. There is a shocking statistic out there that the average military family gets out of the service with only $5,000 to their name. We are so used to benefits taking care of us and, honestly, our financial education isn’t working. Here is the goal: learn how to use our money. We should be positioning ourselves financially for the eventual transition out of the military. There has never been a time like this in the history of the world, where so much information and access is available to us. But here is the catch - you have to want to go out and find the information and opportunities. Then, once you find it, you have to ask. Ask for help, ask for explanations.

So how do we tackle this? Scott suggests a modern, proactive approach. “Do we want to leave it to the government?