WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Matt Maurizio, founder of Reconstructing Wealth 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.400 and former baseball player with the Royals, professional 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.419 baseball player, minor league level at least, 00:00:11.539 --> 00:00:13.740 probably could have crushed a few home runs in 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:17.339 the big leagues as well. Man, tell me about your 00:00:17.339 --> 00:00:21.179 vision. Well, my vision is, it's sort of evolved. 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:22.539 I always thought I was going to be the baseball 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:26.699 player. But what's really cool is that my life 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:28.750 has grown bigger than... bigger than that and 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:30.969 beyond that and i'm really grateful for that 00:00:30.969 --> 00:00:33.490 i have seven children now i've been married 15 00:00:33.490 --> 00:00:38.649 years almost yeah so dude i love that so happy 00:00:38.649 --> 00:00:43.810 for you guys thank you man it's it's a full my 00:00:43.810 --> 00:00:46.869 cup is full uh but it continues to fill up so 00:00:46.869 --> 00:00:48.670 i'm like i thought it was full but it gets fuller 00:00:48.670 --> 00:00:53.250 so um my vision now is it well it's in the name 00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:56.229 of the the firm that i that i started reconstructing 00:00:56.229 --> 00:00:58.899 wealth it's really about figuring out how to 00:00:58.899 --> 00:01:01.159 reconstruct people's relationships with money. 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:05.200 Because as a financial advisor for nearly a decade 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:08.079 and now running my own firm and having thousands 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.859 of conversations with people about money, I've 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:15.040 learned that we all, on varying degrees of the 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.799 spectrum, we all have some jacked up version 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.859 of relationship with money that we've typically 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:21.680 inherited from our parents and them from their 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.099 parents. And if you go back one more generation, 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:28.439 it's Great Depression era. relationship finance 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:32.799 relationships so that gets handed down and i 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.680 recognize firsthand as i've as i've been immersed 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.920 in the language of finance the last decade and 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:40.799 really understood the rules of the game if you 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:43.200 want to speak like a sports sports person like 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.420 i do the the rules of the game of money once 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:50.120 you understand them the fear and anxiety around 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.000 it starts to sort of dissipate because you got 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.040 a little more clarity that the fear around finances 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:58.409 i've learned is It's really about fear of the 00:01:58.409 --> 00:02:02.469 unknown. So as you start to know more, your relationship 00:02:02.469 --> 00:02:05.650 starts to change with it. You see it more as 00:02:05.650 --> 00:02:08.009 chess pieces on a chessboard than you do this 00:02:08.009 --> 00:02:12.150 emotional burden that you carry. And my vision, 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:14.750 if I can reconstruct people's relationship with 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:17.409 money, see it for what it is, help them emotionally 00:02:17.409 --> 00:02:19.909 detach from it. To me, that's true financial 00:02:19.909 --> 00:02:22.650 freedom. If you can emotionally detach from your 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:25.449 finances as much as humanly possible, then I 00:02:25.449 --> 00:02:29.009 know. because I'm that one in my family, I have 00:02:29.009 --> 00:02:31.449 an opportunity to change the trajectory of my 00:02:31.449 --> 00:02:33.909 family. And those people have an opportunity 00:02:33.909 --> 00:02:37.229 to change their family trees forever. Quite literally, 00:02:37.250 --> 00:02:40.030 like the rest of your family lineage will no 00:02:40.030 --> 00:02:42.490 longer see money the same way because you were 00:02:42.490 --> 00:02:45.250 the one that decided to break that generational 00:02:45.250 --> 00:02:48.349 chain. So that's my vision. Huge. And that is 00:02:48.349 --> 00:02:52.009 a phenomenal piece of advice. wisdom that anybody 00:02:52.009 --> 00:02:53.590 can pick up. I know we didn't give him the form 00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:55.289 of advice, but I'm hoping that we all can take 00:02:55.289 --> 00:02:57.889 it that way because we are affected by this more 00:02:57.889 --> 00:03:01.289 than we think. I can talk about water openly 00:03:01.289 --> 00:03:04.349 as a resource without being awkward about it 00:03:04.349 --> 00:03:06.110 and ask your family, how much water do you have 00:03:06.110 --> 00:03:08.530 and how much water do you need? I can do that 00:03:08.530 --> 00:03:11.349 about food. But the moment we start diving into 00:03:11.349 --> 00:03:13.719 that with friends and family about money. You 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:15.340 know, the moment everybody gets awkward. And 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:18.240 so if that's you, if that if there's awkwardness 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.819 around the topic of a resource that has sometimes 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:25.240 been demonized, you know, or pointed it as some 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.800 type of like awkward subject, taboo subject. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:31.400 No, no, no. That's just huge for our families. 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:33.139 I love how you talk about the generational impact 00:03:33.139 --> 00:03:36.139 on that. I also want to highlight, you also talked 00:03:36.139 --> 00:03:39.460 about a wealth transition from your sport into 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:44.629 a new mindset. I was one. uh lebron does the 00:03:44.629 --> 00:03:47.990 great job of balancing his business and his sports 00:03:47.990 --> 00:03:50.870 life um i would say tiger woods did that really 00:03:50.870 --> 00:03:53.710 well too um and then there's there's two athletes 00:03:53.710 --> 00:03:56.710 who are well known um and they didn't do as well 00:03:56.710 --> 00:03:58.990 as lebron or tiger who could you know we're talking 00:03:58.990 --> 00:04:04.430 about goats here um but carmelo anthony and tasem 00:04:04.430 --> 00:04:07.889 hill um i loved reading about their stories because 00:04:07.889 --> 00:04:10.870 carmelo knew that it was never just about basketball 00:04:11.370 --> 00:04:14.389 All right. That was that was part of his legacy, 00:04:14.449 --> 00:04:16.529 but a small part of what he wants his legacy 00:04:16.529 --> 00:04:18.350 to be. He's he's a venture capitalist and has 00:04:18.350 --> 00:04:22.810 been for years. And Taysom Hill during his during 00:04:22.810 --> 00:04:25.930 his injury and rehab years, he would go work 00:04:25.930 --> 00:04:28.790 at Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs and Charles 00:04:28.790 --> 00:04:32.290 Schwab, I believe, and maximize that. So all 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:35.170 of us. Looking at, you know, where are our role 00:04:35.170 --> 00:04:36.930 models? Where are the people who are getting 00:04:36.930 --> 00:04:38.790 after it in the different spectrums of life and 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:40.689 opening and expanding? Matt, you're a great example 00:04:40.689 --> 00:04:44.689 of having looked at what opportunities exist 00:04:44.689 --> 00:04:48.170 beyond what I might be laser focused on. Gary 00:04:48.170 --> 00:04:50.449 Keller, your book, The One Thing, you know, not 00:04:50.449 --> 00:04:54.389 a bad book at all. Yet, I do wish more people 00:04:54.389 --> 00:04:57.670 would make room to see that. What does the vision 00:04:57.670 --> 00:04:59.949 look like to my left and to my right? you know 00:04:59.949 --> 00:05:02.149 not just straight ahead and and can i do that 00:05:02.149 --> 00:05:04.930 without losing my sense of self um so without 00:05:04.930 --> 00:05:08.230 further ado matt can we bring you back yeah i 00:05:08.230 --> 00:05:10.490 would love it i would be honored it's already 00:05:10.490 --> 00:05:13.050 i'm like juiced up for this conversation so yeah 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:16.250 i would love to come back man let's get you back 00:05:16.250 --> 00:05:18.889 on here so that we can dive in dive in even deeper 00:05:18.889 --> 00:05:21.310 on what you're up to and and you know really 00:05:21.310 --> 00:05:23.810 let's go to ray dalio as well his book principles 00:05:25.269 --> 00:05:27.209 I'm excited to dive into your principles. I'm 00:05:27.209 --> 00:05:31.670 excited to find out what got you to this opportunity 00:05:31.670 --> 00:05:36.029 where you've got the big family. You've had the 00:05:36.029 --> 00:05:37.889 passion career that so many children look up 00:05:37.889 --> 00:05:42.509 to. And now you're off to the races on what I 00:05:42.509 --> 00:05:45.670 would call the American dream. And so you represent 00:05:45.670 --> 00:05:48.889 a lot of hope for people. And I really appreciate 00:05:48.889 --> 00:05:51.009 you honoring me with your time today. Thanks 00:05:51.009 --> 00:05:53.910 for that, man. That means a lot to me. Name it 00:05:53.910 --> 00:05:56.209 like that. So I appreciate it. Yeah, absolutely. 00:05:56.449 --> 00:05:59.029 I name what I see. So as you're listening in, 00:05:59.129 --> 00:06:01.250 top right corner, you don't have to be a professional 00:06:01.250 --> 00:06:03.709 athlete to be on this show, okay? You don't have 00:06:03.709 --> 00:06:06.910 to have a great wealth firm in order to be here. 00:06:07.029 --> 00:06:08.509 If you've got a great vision, there's a button 00:06:08.509 --> 00:06:10.750 up there that says be our guest. Come and join 00:06:10.750 --> 00:06:12.730 us on this. Share your vision and let's make 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:14.889 the better world. Let's make the world a better 00:06:14.889 --> 00:06:17.029 place. We've got 8 billion people out there who 00:06:17.029 --> 00:06:18.689 need our help and we're going to be far more 00:06:18.689 --> 00:06:20.310 effective doing that together. I'll see you in 00:06:20.310 --> 00:06:21.839 the next episode, everybody. Thank you for being 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.779 here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in 00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:26.420 to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to seeing 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:29.480 your reactions as these episodes continue to 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.180 move forward. This is going to get more and more 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:33.500 fun. We'll have more and more engagement as well. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:35.439 We'll invite people to participate in the show 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.620 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:40.540 Have an excellent time building out your vision 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:41.939 and becoming a vision pro yourself.