In this episode, Jessilyn and Brian Persson delve into why wealth truly matters, going beyond the common reasons like financial security, stability, reducing stress, and preparing for retirement. They highlight three deeper, often overlooked reasons for the importance of wealth:
Their "Riches, Relationships, and Real Estate" program is designed to align couples' relationship dynamics with wealth-building goals, emphasizing how financial well-being strengthens relationships, unlocks new opportunities, and creates lasting family legacies. Jessilyn and Brian's coaching guides couples through these transformative insights, offering practical strategies for reaching their wealth goals. Tune in to hear their expert take.
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Transcript
Jessilyn Persson: [00:00:10] Welcome to the Life by Design podcast with your hosts Jessilyn and Brian Persson. We support couples in achieving their wealth goals by sharing our journey of overcoming barriers to build our financial empire.
Brian Persson: [00:00:21] With our extensive personal experience and increasing demand from couples seeking alignment to invest confidently in real estate, we created the Riches, Relationships and Real Estate program to help you achieve your goals.
Jessilyn Persson: [00:00:33] Today's topic is why wealth is important. There are numerous reasons to be wealthy, and we're going to talk about some of the more common ones before we dig into the gold. First and foremost, I think we hear a lot that financial security and stability, so if you're wealthy, you have that. And that's a big one. I know for me, you know, being raised without much money in our family, I watched how much we struggled and worked really hard for a lot of the things we had. So financial security was a big one for me. I knew I didn't, when I was a young teenager, I decided right then and there I was not having kids unless I could afford to have them.
Brian Persson: [00:01:12] News to me.
Jessilyn Persson: [00:01:13] Yeah.
Brian Persson: [00:01:15] First I've heard of that.
Jessilyn Persson: [00:01:16] Hence why I had a career before, like a really good career before I even met you. But no, I just remember watching my parents fight. And the only thing I recall them really ever fighting about was money.
Brian Persson: [00:01:25] Yeah.
Jessilyn Persson: [00:01:25] And so one day, I watched them fighting and I said, no, like, I, this isn't a lifestyle I want. I'm not having kids and raising kids that are going to just watch me fight with my partner over money.
Brian Persson: [00:01:36] I had some of that too. My comfort level in growing up was probably a little bit higher than yours, but I remember around the time I was 18, just at the end of hig