The Wealth Blueprint and Success Secrets of The Richest Presidents in History | Megan Gorman
Millionaire Mindcast
Matt Aitchison Media, Inc
4.4 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Host: Matty A
Guest: Megan Gorman, Author of All the President's Money
Episode Summary:
In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, Matty A is joined by Megan Gorman, the wealth management expert and author of All the President's Money. Megan dives into the money habits and financial lessons of U.S. presidents throughout history. From budgeting and cash flow management to how historical figures navigated risk, grit, and generational wealth-building, Megan unpacks fascinating stories and insights that anyone can apply to their personal finance journey.
Megan also explores the importance of budgeting, connecting with one's future self, and the critical role of discipline in building and preserving wealth. Tune in as they discuss presidential financial successes and pitfalls, and what we can learn from the habits and decisions of these past leaders.
Key Takeaways:
Connecting Money and History: Learn how presidents like George Washington and Herbert Hoover developed budgeting skills and the discipline that led to their financial success.
Common Traits for Wealth Building: Budgeting and the ability to connect with your future self are among the top traits Megan highlights as keys to financial success.
Lessons from Presidential Marriages: How marriage can play a significant role in financial planning and how partnerships like that of LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson contributed to wealth building.
Risk and Reward: Megan discusses how risk tolerance can greatly affect financial decisions, with examples from Ulysses S. Grant's missteps to Donald Trump's charisma-driven deal-making.
Modern Financial Insights on Current Politicians: The unique wealth-building habits and money mindsets of current political figures like Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Tim Walz.
Time-Stamped Sections:
[00:00:00] – Introduction: Matty A introduces Megan Gorman and the premise of her book, All the President's Money.
[00:01:29] – The Inspiration Behind the Book: Megan’s love for history and finance, and why she chose to focus on presidents' financial habits.
[00:05:33] – Budgeting and Future Self: The importance of budgeting and connecting with one’s future self as demonstrated by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
[00:09:45] – Financial Discipline and Opportunity: Discussing Herbert Hoover’s financial journey from orphan to wealthy president, showcasing the grit and budgeting skills he learned.
[00:18:00] – Presidential Financial Failures: Ulysses S. Grant's obsession with get-rich-quick schemes and how they negatively impacted his financial legacy.
[00:22:00] – Generational Wealth & Family Values: Insights into the Bush family and how values like embracing opportunity and striking out in new directions have influenced their financial success.
[00:26:00] – Prenups and Marriage Dynamics: Megan’s thoughts on prenups, the importance of financial discussions between spouses, and setting financial expectations.
[00:30:00] – Current Presidential Wealth Strategies: The unique approaches of JD Vance, Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump in their financial habits and strategies.
[00:35:00] – Leveraging Opportunity Sets: The power of charisma in wealth-building, how presidents’ different approaches to risk and opportunity have influenced their financial outcomes.
[00:36:45] – Closing Thoughts & Resources: Megan shares how listeners can connect with her and find her new book, All the President’s Money.
Notable Quotes:
Megan Gorman: “The two decisions you make in life that really drive if you're going to have wealth or not is what you do and who you marry.”
Megan Gorman: “Wealth building is like watching paint dry. It's boring, and it takes time. There is no get-rich-quick.”
Megan Gorman: “Opportunity and discipline — when you have both, that’s when you can really grow your wealth.”
Links & Resources:
Connect with Megan Gorman:
All The President’s Money Website
Order Megan's Book: All the President’s Money – Available September 24th!
Connect with Matty A:
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, guys. Welcome into today's show. I've got a great guest in Megan Gorman, |
| 0:16.0 | the author of all the president's money, how the men who governed America governed their money, |
| 0:22.7 | some really great topics to dive into today on that particular front. |
| 0:27.5 | She's also a founding partner of Checkers Financial Management, |
| 0:30.9 | which is a San Francisco-based firm specializing in tax and financial planning for |
| 0:37.1 | ultra-high net worth individuals. |
| 0:39.4 | And so you're really going to get some great dialogue and discussion around some really |
| 0:44.1 | entertaining stories and histories and characteristics and qualities of our presidents. |
| 0:51.3 | Over the course of the U.S., as you can imagine and agree, we've had many great leaders, |
| 0:57.4 | some not so good with money and some extremely good with money and pretty much everything in |
| 1:02.0 | between, but all of them had some really great blueprints and insights around building wealth, |
| 1:08.6 | managing their money, making them individually successful as well as |
| 1:13.2 | doing things above and beyond their time serving in the White House. |
| 1:18.2 | She talked about a lot of their skills and their traits, the things that allowed them to win, |
| 1:22.3 | the failures, a lot of the common denominators. |
| 1:25.3 | We dug in on things that they have taught their kids. |
| 1:29.0 | She gave her input and insights around pre-nups, trust, life insurance, so many cool topics, |
| 1:36.7 | specifically also diving into her thoughts around our presidential candidates, their VP candidates, |
| 1:42.7 | and some of the things that she sees |
| 1:44.6 | based on their wealth-building journeys |
| 1:47.1 | and how that might tie into a White House. |
| 1:49.6 | But overall, just a great fun topic, discussion, |
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