Episode 63

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14th Jan 2025

Ep 63: Dan Nicholson's Interview on Milestone Moments in Business & Leadership

Achieving Financial Certainty and Entrepreneurial Success with Dan Nicholson

In a special crossover episode, we flip the script as Sheila Slick interviews (Un)Conventional Wealth host Dan Nicholson. Known for his practical approach to wealth building, Dan shares his journey from a young entrepreneur with a marketing focus to becoming a highly accomplished CPA, bestselling author, and founder of Nth Degree CPA.


Dan reflects on the pivotal moments that shaped his career, including a game-changing opportunity at UPS that set him on the path to accounting and, eventually, entrepreneurship. He also dives into the core principles from his book, Rigging the Game, which focuses on creating financial certainty and aligning wealth-building strategies with personal goals.


This engaging conversation goes beyond the usual interview format, offering listeners actionable insights into achieving financial success by defining their “solvable problem,” optimizing business efforts, and making intentional decisions for long-term growth.


Key Takeaways:


  • Defining Your Milestones: Dan's unique journey highlights how key career decisions led to his entrepreneurial success.
  • Optimize Over Maximize: Why small business owners should focus on what truly matters instead of chasing endless growth.
  • The Solvable Problem: Learn how to define personal wealth by calculating financial needs and aligning them with your goals.
  • Understanding Wealth Types: Discover the risks and rewards associated with hustlers, savers, optimizers, and gamblers.
  • Practical Financial Strategies: Insights on reducing unnecessary expenses, tax savings, and maintaining liquidity to fund your dreams.


Tune in for actionable strategies to:


  • Increase your net worth
  • Align your business with personal goals
  • Achieve financial certainty in uncertain times


Special Mention:

Don’t miss the tools and resources discussed, including CertaintyApp, designed to help entrepreneurs measure financial progress and achieve their “solvable problem.”


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Enjoy this deep dive into entrepreneurial success and financial optimization on (Un)Conventional Wealth. If you’re a fan of Dan’s regular episodes, this crossover will provide a fresh perspective on his philosophy and practical strategies for wealth-building.

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About the Podcast

(UN)Conventional Wealth
(UN)Conventional Wealth is the top resource for entrepreneurs who want unconventional strategies and tips to win at business and life on their terms.

Entrepreneurs who are breaking through barriers while setting new standards in their industry recognize that the cliché, cookie cutter, and conventional recommendations about finance and business don’t apply to them.

This podcast will release you from the “WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING” chains so you can massively win at business and life by playing your game.

Painful shyness intersecting with an insatiable desire to compete (and WIN) birthed a relentless curiosity to understand how to massively win at business and confront fears without conforming to a set blueprint.

This show is for the purpose-driven entrepreneur who recognizes that the cliché, cookie cutter, and conventional recommendations about finance and business don’t work because they’re playing a different game.

As a painfully shy kid, I often found myself on the sidelines quietly observing the game of sports, life and business until the flames of competitiveness grew to a bonfire and took over. From the ashes, birthed a relentless curiosity and drive to understand how to massively win at business and confront my fears without conforming to a set blueprint.

I share the unconventional strategies and tips I learned to make sure you win (get what you want) under your rules. Hear all the “a-ha” moments as a business owner, dad, exercise enthusiast and serial idea generator while interviewing other thought leaders who have developed their own strategies to rig the game to win.