This week on RecTalk, Nitin sits down with the brilliant and endlessly entertaining Christian Mather, founder of One Day Wealth, to unpack one of recruitment’s biggest blind spots: financial planning, resilience, and learning to build wealth that actually sticks.

You’ll hear Christian’s wild journey from stockbroker culture in London to becoming the recruitment industry’s go-to financial planner — and why he believes recruiters are some of the most vulnerable high earners when it comes to money management.

Expect open, honest, and at times emotional conversations about:

• Why recruiters earn big but often end up with nothing to show for it
• Christian’s own early-career money disasters and how he clawed his way out
• How Nitin went from £40k debt to finally gaining financial control (and why a £200 casino run nearly changed everything)
• The truth about lifestyle creep, buying “shiny shit,” and performing success
• Why paying yourself first is the #1 habit recruiters need
• Building financial resilience so your business (and family) can survive the bad years
• Why insurance, wills, and LPAs actually matter — and why people avoid them
• The difference between retirement and financial freedom
• How to design your life so work becomes a choice, not a necessity
• Why business owners must extract wealth while times are good
• Christian’s “Life by Design” method & how it helps founders plan their next chapter

This episode is loaded with real stories, hard-earned lessons, and practical frameworks that every recruitment founder, billing manager, or ambitious consultant needs to hear. If you’ve ever felt one bad month away from chaos, this one’s for you.

Who this episode is for:

• Recruitment founders wanting long-term stability
• Consultants who earn well but never seem to keep hold of cash
• Anyone who’s ever said “I’ll start saving when things calm down”
• Business owners worried about the next downturn
• People who want true financial freedom, not just higher monthly billings

🔗 Connect with the guest

Christian Mather: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmather/

Check out One Day Wealth:

https://www.rectools.io/product/one-day-wealth/

🔗 Connect with the host

Nitin Sharma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-rectools/

Discover recruitment tools and services: https://www.rectools.io/

New episodes of RecTalk, plus Founder Diaries and Talking Talent, drop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

New episodes of The Mixed Grill — the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club — dropping every Thursday.

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Listen on another platform: https://rectalk.co.uk/

🔗 Get in touch with these recommended suppliers

Carl Jones — Konquest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-jones-66093722/

Ben Fielding — Quinset: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfielding/

Ross Thompson — Infinity Staff Global: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossnthompson/

Matt Fox — Exitus Advisory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-fox-50b10311/

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