The Leverage Grid: Escaping the Back Office to Scale Your Practice
DecaMillionaire Decoded
Are you drowning in your back office ? Most financial advisors stall not from a lack of marketing, but because they spend 70% of their week trapped in non-revenue-generating administrative weeds . In this episode, Justin introduces the Leverage Grid and the game-changing One-Touch Protocol designed to reclaim five to seven hours of your workweek. By learning how to guard the gate of your time, utilize your team as "ammo," and execute flawless handoffs, you can stop micromanaging and refocus on your highest-value activities. Stop touching tasks multiple times and start scaling your practice...
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Profiling Your Way To Freedom
DecaMillionaire Decoded
In this episode of the Decamillionaire Decoded Podcast, Justin tackles the scaling bottleneck plaguing financial advisors making under $3 million in revenue . To break out of the daily grind and achieve true freedom, Goodbread introduces a framework mapping the eight core areas of business onto the DISC personality profile . He emphasizes that a CEO’s highest-value work is finding clients and solving problems, yet most advisors dilute their hourly worth by performing low-leverage admin and operational tasks . Ultimately, scaling to a multi-million dollar asset requires shifting all...
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Scaling from Scratch to a Multi-Million Dollar Machine, with Kyle Kuyat and Jacob Gardner
DecaMillionaire Decoded
In this episode of The Decamillionaire Decoded Podcast, host Justin Goodbread sits down with Kyle Kuyat and Jacob Gardner to discuss breaking through the "advisory doldrums" where 80% of financial advisors stall. After executing a hard reset of their independent RIA, Kyle and Jake scaled their business from just $2,400 in initial monthly revenue to an estimated $2 million top-line run rate, driven by over $1 million in pure planning revenue. DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • • • • •
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Momentum Over Accountability
DecaMillionaire Decoded
Most financial advisors are trained to believe they need accountability partners, deadlines, and standard check-ins to hit their goals . In this episode Justin argues that the exact opposite is true: traditional accountability is what keeps advisors stagnant . While average advisors search for an accountability partner, top-echelon performers seek a grandmaster who can connect the operational pieces to get them unstuck and generate true momentum . DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • •
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The Midas Touch Part 7: The 3 Habit Traps That Will Destroy Your Business
DecaMillionaire Decoded
While most business advice focuses heavily on what you should do, true success also hinges on what you must refuse . In this episdoe, Justin states a harsh biblical reality: God will not bless what He has already cursed . When business owners fall into certain behavior patterns, spiritual and financial blessings will not follow - even if they are doing everything else right . To build a business that thrives long-term, owners must actively avoid three specific habit traps . DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • •
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Delegate Your Way to Freedom
DecaMillionaire Decoded
Many financial advisors successfully build a practice only to realize they have created their own prison. Sitting at the epicenter of everything - handling scheduling, emails, employees, frustrated clients, and compliance - means the business has ultimately just become a demanding job. To achieve the ultimate goals of more money, more impact, and true freedom, you must eliminate perfectionism and stop acting as the operational bottleneck . DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • •
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The Secret Element of a Presold Client Meeting
DecaMillionaire Decoded
Most financial advisors walk into a prospect meeting relying on their presentation, credentials, and charisma to close the deal . If you are counting on the sales meeting itself to secure a new client, you have already lost . The prospect meeting is not where the sale happens; it is where the sale is confirmed . The actual conversion must be engineered long before the prospect ever steps into your office or joins your Zoom room . By architecting a proper system, you can raise your closing rate from a mediocre 30%–60% to nearly 100% . DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • •
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Consistency Over Perfection: A Blueprint for DecaMillionaire Marketing
DecaMillionaire Decoded
In this episode of the DecaMillionaire Decoded podcast, host Justin Goodbread tackles the common myths keeping financial advisors from growing their practices, revealing how his coaching business achieved massive scale in just one year . Justin breaks down the exact marketing framework that allowed him to onboard $106 million in new Assets Under Management (AUM) and scale his coaching business past $1 million in revenue in a single year . DecaMillionaire Decoded Links: • •
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The Monster in the Mirror: Balancing Eight-Figure Success with a Healthy Home, with Larry Hagner
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In this episode of the DecaMillionaire Decoded podcast, host Justin Goodbread welcomes Larry Hagner, founder of The Dad Edge, for a raw and hard-hitting conversation about the personal cost of professional success. The episode centers on a profound realization Larry had 12 years ago: he had become the "monster" he swore to protect his children from. Larry shares his vulnerable story of looking in the mirror and realizing his family didn't recognize him. He explains how business owners often use work as an excuse to avoid the difficult emotional labor required to be a present father and...
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Stop Catching Mudfish: How to Build a Hyper-Targeted Advisory Practice
DecaMillionaire Decoded
In this episode of the DecaMillionaire Decoded podcast, host Justin Goodbread breaks down a major misconception in the financial services industry: the idea that word-of-mouth referrals and general networking are sustainable growth strategies. Justin argues that depending solely on referrals is a flawed system akin to simple hope, and it is the primary reason most advisors remain stuck under $1 million in revenue. Using a fishing metaphor from the Tennessee River, he outlines a 5-step strategic system that professional advisors can use to attract high-value clients and rapidly scale their...
info_outlineIn episode 127 of Financially Simple, Justin begins his deep dive into having a best in class Finance Department for maximum value growth by looking at the different types of Financial Reports.
Financial Reports can cover different aspects of a business, from income and expenses, to liabilities and equity. As a business owner, it is very helpful to examine and understand these reports to increase the value of your business. Justin goes over the various reports, breaking them down and explaining how each can be useful in understanding a business’s affairs.
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ARTICLE TRANSCRIPT: BLOG: 9 Financial Statements Business Owners Should Examine Regularly
TIME INDEX:
00:22 - What are the best Financial Reports for Business Owners to examine?
01:30 - The Balance Sheet
04:28 - The Income Statement
07:47 - The Cash Flow Statement
09:27 - The Account Receivable Report
12:29 - The AR Day vs AP Day Report
14:27 - The Budget vs Actual Report
15:33 - The Daily Average Sales Report
16:57 -The Operating Cash Flow Report
18:05 - The Net Profit Margin Over Time Report
19:37 - Summary
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Justin A. Goodbread, CFP®, CEPA, CVGA, is a nationally recognized financial planner, business educator, wealth manager, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has 20+ years of experience teaching small business owners how to start, buy, grow, and sell businesses. He is a multi-year recipient of the Investopedia Top 100 Advisor and 2018 Exit Planning Institute’s Exit Planner Leader of the Year.
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