{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Systems and Self-Care with Emlen Miles-Mattingly","description":"Brian chats with Emlen Miles-Mattingly, the founder and CEO of Gen Next Wealth, a financial planning firm focused on helping minorities grow and retain generational wealth. In the episode, Emlen talks about his 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including the challenges he overcame to pivot from banking to starting his own company. He also shares why small habits and daily systems help him to thrive in his business and personal life.   Episode Highlights Clients can define your mission. Before starting his firm, Emlen worked for an insurance company. Despite helping people grow wealth, the job didn\u2019t quite feel right, which was how he knew it wasn\u2019t mission-driven. \u201cIt just didn\u2019t sit right because I couldn\u2019t do it the way I wanted to do it until I started my own business,\u201d he said. Even after Emlen started Next Gen Wealth, it was the clients who ultimately defined his company\u2019s mission. That\u2019s because Emlen kept encountering similar clients and answering the same questions about fundamental financial topics. \u201cPeople just kept coming to talk to me, and they were all the same,\u201d Emlen said. \u201cSo that\u2019s how I got my mission\/vision\/purpose based on the people who were coming to me.\u201d   Systems can give you freedom. There\u2019s at least one thing that Emlen has in common with Tom Brady: They both love schedules. That\u2019s because schedules allow them to block time in their day for the activities that are most important to them, Emlen said. \u201cWhen I look at the time, at any given time, I know exactly what I\u2019m supposed to be doing,\u201d Emlen said. Emlen credits the systems and processes he deliberately created with providing him free time for his personal life and wellbeing. In fact, the freedom to be an active part of his children\u2019s lives is one of the things he says he most enjoys about running his own business. \u201cI\u2019m the drop off, pick up guy,\u201d Emlen said. \u201cThe reason I can do that is because we have a tight process.\u201d   Self-care isn\u2019t selfish. Part of Emlen\u2019s tight scheduling includes time for self-care \u2014 an act that he stresses is not selfish. In fact, when Emlen first started scheduling time for self-care, he found that blocking out time for exercise, meditation, and reading helped him to ultimately have a more productive day. \u201cI could look through my planner, and I could see I was way more productive in terms of revenue,\u201d he said. Since noticing that productivity uptick, Emlen has continued to track his daily self-care habits and tweak his routine using a Full Focus Planner. The result is a better business and home life. \u201cIt was the aspect of tracking over time that made me realize, when I do this, I was a better husband, I was a better dad, I was more patient with the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cIt did all these other things, and it freed up a ton of time.\u201d   Resources + Links Gen Next Wealth Minority Money podcast Atomic Habits by James Clear Full Focus Planner Emlen\u2019s Social Media: Twitter, Instagram Brian\u2019s Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook    About Brian and the Mission Driven Business Podcast  Brian Thompson, JD\/CFP, is a tax attorney and certified financial planner who specializes in providing comprehensive financial planning to LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs who run mission-driven businesses. The Mission Driven Business podcast was born out of his passion for helping social entrepreneurs create businesses with purpose and profit. On the podcast, Brian talks with diverse entrepreneurs and the people who support them. Listeners hear stories of experiences, strength, and hope and get practical advice to help them build businesses that might just change the world, too. ","author_name":"Mission Driven Business","author_url":"https:\/\/btfinancial.com\/podcast","html":"