For those of us with a modest income, having the financial freedom and flexibility to help others seems unlikely.But if we approach financial planning with purpose and intention, we can support our families, achieve financial independence, and still have the margin to take care of others. Chad Hufford is the bestselling author and top-ranked financial planner behind Veritas Wealth Management, a boutique financial planning firm that serves families across the US.Chad brings a coaching mindset and the heart of a teacher to financial planning and investing, empowering people to become better investors and live a more intentional and abundant life.On this episode of Leading Visionaries, Chad joins Anjel to explain what inspired his interest in wealth management and describe the challenges he faced starting his business during the Great Recession.Chad offers advice on reframing failure as experimentation in your early days as an entrepreneur and discusses how to build the confidence to take your business in a new direction.Listen in for insight on Chad’s vision to change the culture of finance in our communities and learn how to produce financial independence by way of an intentional plan.What You Will LearnWhy Chad recast his vision from medicine to wealth managementThe challenges Chad faced in building a business during the Great RecessionHow Chad’s self-leadership parallels the way he leads his clientsWhy Chad emphasized inputs rather than outcomes when he started his businessHow to reframe failure as experimentation and make peace with imperfectionWhy Chad’s favorite clients are the ‘blue collar millionaires’Chad’s success story of a client who saved with intention and has the means to help othersChad’s vision to change the culture of finance in our communitiesHow to build the confidence to take your business in a new directionConnect with Chad HuffordVeritas Wealth ManagementConnect with Anjel B. Hartwell Leading Visionaries PodcastJoin the Leading Visionaries CommunityMake a Donation to Support the ShowCreative Age Consulting GroupAnjel on XAnjel on InstagramResourcesForging Financial Freedom by Chad HuffordBe Heard by Millions and Live Your Destiny: A Creative Age Leader’s Guide to Speak, Sell, Serve & Succeed by Anjel B. Hartwell