The Gap Between Financial Success and Fulfillment

About this episode

Brian Gray discusses the disparity between financial success and personal fulfillment in the lives of successful entrepreneurs.

Brian Gray made partner at a top 100 CPA firm, built a career advising billionaires and high-net-worth families on complex tax strategies, and then realized that none of it had made him any happier. Brian is a tax partner, award-winning CPA, frequent speaker at the USC Tax Institute, and the author of Suck Less, Laugh More. He has had a front-row seat to some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and noticed a pattern: about 10% of them get the balance right and 90% are still searching...

People in this episode

Host: Brannon Poe

Guest: Brian Gray

Topics covered

• financial success
• fulfillment
• work-life balance
• tax strategies
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• financial success
• fulfillment
• tax strategies
• entrepreneurs
• work-life balance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USC Tax Institute, CPA firm

Books & works: Suck Less, Laugh More

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