I was 19 years old and had $10,000 in savings that I'd meticulously built up since I was a teenager. My dad was convincing me to invest it all in his new venture and painting a picture of how much it would be worth 'when the company became the next Google.'

That moment crystallized everything I'd witnessed growing up. My parents, despite earning good money, were always chasing the next big win instead of building lasting wealth. We moved every 6-12 months, creating constant instability. I watched them jump from opportunity to opportunity, always believing the next venture would be their ticket to financial freedom. But that freedom never came.

My parents led me to make one of the most important decisions of my life. Instead of following the familiar path of quick wins and big dreams, I chose to understand how money really worked. While my friends were following conventional wisdom – buying homes they couldn't afford and living paycheck to paycheck despite six-figure incomes – I took a different approach. My wife and I lived in a $900/month basement suite, spent $200/month on groceries, and invested aggressively. It wasn't always easy, but it laid the foundation for everything that followed.

Over the next decade, I built multiple businesses, scaling one to over $20M in revenue and raising $3.5M for another. But more importantly, I developed systems for wealth building that worked regardless of income level. Even when businesses failed, my personal wealth kept growing because of these systems.

Today, at 34, I've built a multi-million dollar investment portfolio – not from a single big win, but through consistent, systematic wealth building. I've helped thousands of individuals transform their relationship with money through my Money Blueprint program, showing them how to build lasting wealth without sacrificing their current lifestyle.

One client recently shared how they saved $25,000 in their first year using my systems. Another finally broke free from living paycheck to paycheck, despite earning multiple six figures and cleared over $100,000 in credit card debt. These transformations aren't about deprivation or extreme frugality – they're about designing money systems that work for you.

Here's what I've learned – Building lasting wealth isn't about earning more money (though that helps). It's about having the right systems in place. Most six-figure professionals are stuck in the earn-more-spend-more cycle, never quite feeling secure despite their high incomes. 

I'm here to change that.

You can find me everywhere on social media at @heycoreyholmes