THIS WAY TO WEALTH
Journal & Topics Media Group 
Serving Chicago’s Great Northwest Suburbs 
November 13-18, 2019 

by Chris Everett 

What if you could throw away your head trash? How would that help you to maximize financial success?  

We all have head trash. What is head trash? I define it as conflicting thoughts or believing something that isn’t true.  

For Example  

I have a client I’ll call Joe, who grew up in a home with one parent making a lot of money and the other parent who thought money was evil. Imagine being that kid. How do you decide who to believe? It’s really hard to choose sides when you love both parents and they love you. That’s head trash because it creates confusion.  

How did that confusion play out in Joe’s life? He has a very successful business that’s growing 10% per month but can’t hold on to any of it. Joe could never get ahead or save. At 50 years old, he was frustrated and frankly very nervous about his retirement. It obviously took a lot of trust for him to open up, give us full disclosure and look at his childhood. This is not a process to be rushed.  

Because of the work he was willing to do, Joe got the breakthrough he was looking for. He’s still growing his business but is also creating wealth now. He has peace he never imagined was possible.  

Now, I’ll be the first to admit, this is not for everyone. It’s for people who are willing to talk about their life in addition to their money. It’s for people who want their resources aligned with their true identity, want to make a difference with their resources, are willing to take time for much deeper conversations about who they really are and are willing to explore the relationship they have with and to money. You also need to be someone planning for the future and who likes working with professionals.  

Based on my experience working with hundreds of clients over three decades and being tired of seeing people put their dreams on a shelf and label them unattainable, I created a program called Your Identity Alignment Solution.  

By creating a plan that is aligned with who you truly are, with understanding about the relationship you’ve had to or with money, those dreams often become viable. 

It starts by identifying false thinking. False thinking limits break through to a more fulfilling and enjoyable life. It helps that I’m not afraid to ask the tough questions or smash a few tomatoes to get to your breakthrough.  

The other problem is listening to “cookie-cutter” thinking. This is thinking that causes you to act on common knowledge. Common knowledge is information and ideas commonly held, but not necessarily right for your personal situation. I call this The Common Knowledge Trap. When you fall into this trap, you are likely to “leak” a lot of money, have unknown risk and therefore not enjoy your life to the fullest.  

If I hit a nerve, you may have head trash.