There’s a fallacy out there that only the rich get richer and anyone who builds great wealth did it through some brilliant master plan. Our podcast guest and Uncommon Wealth Partner client, Drew McLellan’s story should serve as a reminder that you can start anywhere and if you’re willing to be open to opportunities, take the right risks and being very clear about how you want your life to be – anyone can build an amazing life and financial freedom.

In this episode of The Uncommon Life Project podcast Drew talks about the shift from employee to entrepreneur and how he has used each step of his journey as the launch pad for his next step.

Listen to his story and learn how opportunities began presenting themselves once he stepped into being a business owner and how he leveraged each opportunity to create and grow four companies and use each one to strengthen and grow the others.

Drew believes the most valuable currency generated by his businesses is freedom.  Hear how he used that freedom to live the life of his dreams –an active, engaged, parent and son, checking off traveling to all of the continents with his daughter and spending at least one month a year on Disney property.

Drew reminds us all that the opportunities are all around us.  We just have to be smart enough to see them and brave enough to chase them.

Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 30+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group in 1995 after a five-year stint at one of the world’s largest agencies, Young & Rubicam.

He is considered a national marketing expert. He launched MMG’s blog in 2006 and it has been on the AdAge Top 150 from the list's inception in 2008.

Drew’s writing has appeared in Forbes, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, New York Times, CNN, BusinessWeek, and many others. The Wall Street Journal calls him “one of 10 bloggers every entrepreneur should read.”

He also owns and runs Agency Management Institute, McLellan Properties and Drew McLellan Unlimited. What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How Drew shifted from employee to entrepreneur
• How anyone can embark on owning their first piece of rental property
• The relationship between worry/risk and the rewards of being self-employed
• Business ownership, even after 25 years, is not a bed of roses
• The price tag on freedom
• How to design the life you want and then build income streams to support that life
• The importance of recognizing and exploiting surprise opportunities
• Creating your own bank and accumulating wealth through whole life insurance
• The reality that making money is about choices and consequences. You have to be willing to give up something.
• When you work to serve others with a genuine heart, you will make money.