At age 19, I thought I had the Midas Touch!

As you can see, I have been working all my life. At 14, I started working at a financial firm. At 16, I had saved up $62,000. At 19, I had doubled it to six figures!

Fortunately, my string of successes were coming to an end. The University of Hard Knocks called and the tuition payment was due. I lost all of it! $142,000 in less than three months.

Working hard during my first economic chapter of life left me self-centered, depressed, angry, and with pennies in my pocket.

The greatest blessing was losing everything because, often, our greatest epiphanies spring out of the ashes of our greatest failures.

At that moment, I understood that it was all vanity. None of us can avoid losing everything we have. There is only one exception. You cannot lose what you give away!

After my pity party had been cleaned up, and with my new epiphany, by age 21 I started my 9-figure wealth management firm. At age 23, I was a millionaire, and by 24 was making seven figures annually. This time it was different: Instead of letting greed take its course, I surrendered to generosity.

I don't know your story, but if you believe God has given you a set of unique talents, abilities, and resources, not for your benefit and glory but for His, then we are kindred spirits.

My passion is helping individuals and families give more than they imagined they could. I believe an average giver can become an Everyday Philanthropist.