INCREASE —  Increase Your Finances & Your Financial IQ

Building off the principles from last week on firming up our financial foundation with adequate insurance — This week, Zach Santmier, Host, talks about a policy that is the most important, but often gets pushed aside or misunderstood: life insurance.

Life insurance isn’t about death. It’s about life — Let's INCREASE!

Insurance has a reputation for being a total snooze fest. But this week, Zach Santmier, Host, outlines how insurance plays a critical role in the financial foundation we're working so hard to build with Step 4: Adequate Insurance on our Fuel Gauge.

Strap in and get ready — Let's INCREASE!

If your car broke down tomorrow and your mechanic said it was going to cost $3,800 to fix it, would it be annoying, or would it be a crisis?

This week, Zach Santmier, Host, breaks down HOW to keep car trouble and pesky unexpected costs from becoming crises with Step 7 on our Fuel Gauge — New Zero in Savings.

There is no time like the present, let's INCREASE!

Every January, people flood the internet with New Year’s resolutions. Eat better. Exercise more. Lose weight. But one resolution rarely makes the list—getting your finances right. And that’s a problem, because money stress quietly controls more lives than we’d like to admit.

This week, Zach Santmier, Host, gets down to brass tacks on the importance on knowing exactly what you make and what you are spending.

Knowing this information is power — Let's INCREASE!

To lay a healthy financial foundation, you must be looking towards the future.

This week Zach Santmier, Host, walks us through Step 6 on our Fuel Gauge — Investing 15% towards Retirement.

Zach breaks down all that we need to know about setting aside money for our future and the types of accounts we should be investing in.

Don't let fear of the unknown hold you back, let's INCREASE!

Consumer debt has robbed our country of financial prosperity and keeps families trapped in a vicious paycheck-to-paycheck cycle.

This week, Zach Santmier, Host, reminds us that we are not captive to our paychecks, but we need to spend less than we make. Zach gives us practical tools to begin digging ourselves out of the holes our consumer debt has created.

Jump in and let's INCREASE!

Debt is amoral, meaning, it is not in and of itself, categorically, moral. Debt can be a destructive evil. It has torn people down and has caused heartache, divorce, and all sorts of strife. Debt has also built churches, businesses, and hospitals that have been used for incredible good. Debt is neither right nor wrong categorically.

This week Zach Santmier, Host, begins walkings us through Step 5: Pay Off Consumer Debt — but first we have to increase our knowledge of different sorts of debt and understanding the importance of assets.

We're increasing our Financial IQ so that we can move forward in confidence and not fear when it comes to navigating the murky waters of debt. Let's INCREASE!

You're laying a solid financial foundation — it's time to make sure you don't backwards,

This week, Zach Santmier, Host, walks us through the financial tool of adequate insurance and how it can provide a protective barrier to our finances.

Sometimes we have to trick ourselves to get the results we want — that's why Zach Santmier created the New Zero.

Hear all about how the New Zero can keep you from going broke as a joke in this week's episode.

Give 10% of your income away.

What? That sounds counterintuitive.

Zach Santmier, Host, dives into this critical component to the structure and purpose of your budget.