How To Manage Your Money Like The 1% | ft. Mark Willis

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In this episode of Built Online, we sit down with Mark Willis, Certified Financial Planner and Founder of Lake Growth Financial Services, a firm helping business owners and content creators grow their wealth without taking unnecessary risks. Mark explains how to become your own source of financing through a strategy called Bank On Yourself, shares why traditional financial advice often fails entrepreneurs, and breaks down how online businesses can leverage whole life insurance to create predictable, long-term financial growth.

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MARK WILLIS:
Website: https://lakegrowth.com/
LinkedIn:   / marklakegrowth  
Podcast: https://www.notyouraveragefinancialpo...

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Timestamps:
00:00 Wealth Starts With Control
00:15 Intro
01:07 Who Is Mark
03:38 Financial Mistakes Creators Make
06:55 Escaping the Debt Trap
10:03 Bank on Yourself Explained
14:12 Better Than a 40-1k?
17:02 Business Uses for Whole Life
21:00 Building Long-Term Cash Flow
27:46 Rapid-Fire Questions
34:24 Outro