Stress-Free Money

Chad Willardson

Every day you’re bombarded by ideas that could derail your financial future. Bad advice, differing expert opinions, and sales pitches are everywhere. You’re faced with important money decisions that could either be very costly or really pay off in the long run. Whether you personally have $100,000 or $100 million, you feel the burden and stress of making the best moves for your future despite a lot of uncertainty.

How do you decide what to do with your money? Where do you turn for financial advice? What if you’ve been misled?

In Stress-Free MoneyChad shows you how to overcome the seven obstacles standing between you and financial freedom. He exposes the risks, biases, and major mistakes that keep so many people from reaching their goals. Financial security and peace of mind are within reach, but most of us don’t know where to start. The insights and stories in Stress-Free Money will give you confidence and guidance toward a life where you spend less time worrying about money and more time doing everything else.

Press & Praise

Greg McKeown, author of New York Times bestseller Essentialism and host of the Essentialism podcast

"Financial freedom is something we know is essential, but we underinvest in it anyway. Willardson helps to unpack why this is and what we can do about it now."

Dan Sullivan, co-founder and president of Strategic Coach®

"A must-read for entrepreneurs looking to develop a stress-free financial mindset and make their future bigger than their past!"

Casey Adams, president of Visible Supply Chain Management, Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year"

"Chad Willardson has given me the support I needed to maximize the benefit of a major liquidity event, while still focusing on managing my core business. The strategies he recommended and helped me implement have removed the burden of managing generational wealth while still allowing me to run a rapidly growing and dynamic business."

Chad Willardson, CRPC(R), AWMA(R) is the president and founder of Pacific Capital, a fiduciary wealth advisory firm he started in 2011 after nine years of climbing the ranks as an investment advisor at Merrill Lynch. Currently, Chad also manages a $350 million investment portfolio as the elected city treasurer in his community. He created and trademarked The Financial Life Inspection(R), a unique process to remove the stress people feel about their money. He’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., U.S. News & World Report, Investment News, Entrepreneur, and Financial Advisor. Chad and his wife live in Southern California with their five beautiful children.


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