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The Six Pillars

Six short videos that make the whole map of your money life legible — with the free Starter Sheet to work them on paper.

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WHO THIS IS FOR

Three people this was written for.

You were never actually taught this, and every explanation you have found since assumed you already knew the first half.
You want to find out whether this way of teaching works for you before you spend a cent on it.
You have four or five money problems shouting at once and you want to know which door to walk through first.

This track exists because the fastest way to find out whether a teacher is any good is to be taught by them. So the entire first book and the entire first course are free, permanently, with no card and no trial. Six lessons, one household, and by the end of the sixth you will have picked the one door to walk through next — which may well be no door at all, and we will have said so out loud.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO

Not what you will have heard about. What you will be able to do.

Straight out of the book this track is built on, and every one of them is a thing you do on your own numbers.

THE FULL LESSON LIST

All 6 lessons, in order, with nothing hidden.

Every title is the real title. Every line under it is what that lesson actually teaches, and every "do this" is the single action that lesson asks of you.

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01

Every Dollar Gets a Job

Money that leaves with no name on it is drift, which is not the same thing as overspending.

Do this: Write four numbers beside your last deposit before anything else happens this week
VIDEO READY
02

Floor First, Then Engine

The floor and the engine are two different jobs and they are done in an order, not chosen between.

Do this: Write one floor number and one engine number tonight, even if one of them is zero
VIDEO READY
03

Time Does the Heavy Lifting

Growth charged on top of growth already earned is what makes the line bend upward.

Do this: Start one automatic monthly transfer this week, at whatever size never gets argued with
VIDEO READY
04

The Five Columns

Five columns, in the same order on every stub: earned, federal, FICA, state, landed.

Do this: Read your own most recent stub tonight and say all five column names out loud
VIDEO READY
05

Make It. Sell It. Stand Behind It.

Three steps: build it properly, describe it honestly, decide in advance what happens when it fails.

Do this: Write the four lines: the thing, what one costs you, what you buy once, an honest price
VIDEO READY
06

Pick One Door

Learning everything and starting nothing is the most reliable way to end up where you began.

Do this: Write one course name, one weekday and one time in ink, and tell one person
VIDEO READY
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GO DEEPER · SOLD SEPARATELY

The expanded book.

The course teaches it simple: short lessons, a family handout for each, one action at a time. The book is the expanded edition of those handouts — the same material worked to the penny, three different ways, every chapter in one easy place. Own both for the full complement: watch it work here, read it deep on paper.

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THE EXPANDED EDITION · SOLD SEPARATELY

Money, Start Here

Six short lessons that make sense of budgeting, risk, compound growth, taxes, and your first money plan.

68 pages · 6 chapters
Digital edition · $9.99Paperback on Amazon · $24.99
WHAT IS INSIDE ONE LESSON

Six things, every single time.

So you always know where you are, and the depth never depends on how motivated you felt that day.

The video

A short lesson that names the thing and shows you the shape of it. Lazy-loaded, so the page is not carrying it until you press play.

What it teaches

Five plain sentences, taken from that chapter's own summary, so you can tell in ten seconds whether you already have this one.

The one action

A single thing to do on your own numbers. Not a homework pile. One action, small enough that it actually happens.

The family handout

That lesson's own PDF: the worked example, real blanks for your own numbers, and the one action. Print it, fill it in together, keep it on the fridge.

The go-deeper pointer

The exact chapter and page in the expanded book — sold separately — where this lesson is worked out in full, with the math, the three scales, and the six what-ifs.

Your progress

Mark the lesson complete and the track remembers. Come back next week and it tells you where you stopped.

THE VOCABULARY

The words you will own by the end.

Every one of these is defined on the page it first appears on, in a sentence a person can actually use.

ALLOCATETAKE-HOME PAYDRIFTSINKING FUNDFIXED COSTVARIABLE COSTEMERGENCY FUNDPREMIUMDEDUCTIBLELIQUIDITYRISK POOLDIVERSIFYCOMPOUND GROWTHPRINCIPALRULE OF 72TIME HORIZONCONTRIBUTIONVOLATILITYGROSS PAYNET PAYWITHHOLDINGFICAW-4TAX REFUNDREVENUEPROFITUNIT COSTMARGINBREAK-EVENWARRANTYPILLARTRACKCADENCEONE ACTION

Questions people actually ask

What exactly is The Six Pillars?

The free on-ramp. Six short videos that make the whole map make sense. It is 6 video lessons, each with its own downloadable family handout — a real per-lesson PDF, enough to teach that lesson on its own. Each lesson pairs one video with one handout and one action small enough to actually do. The matching book — Money, Start Here — is the expanded edition of those handouts and is sold separately.

Where do the family handouts come from?

Every lesson has its own handout PDF built from that lesson's walk-through: the worked example, the blanks you fill with your own numbers, and the one action. Sufficient on its own — and when you want the full depth, the book works the same material to the penny, in one place.

Do I get the book with the course?

No — and that is on purpose. The course stands on its own: every lesson has its own family handout PDF, and the handouts are sufficient. The book is the expanded edition — the same material worked to the penny, every chapter in one place — sold separately here as a digital edition and on Amazon in paperback. Each lesson page points you to the exact chapter so the two fit together perfectly. Course plus book is the full complement; the Everything bundle is the one purchase that includes both.

Is any of this financial advice?

No, and it never pretends to be. Everything here is general financial education. It is not financial advice, not tax advice, not investment advice and not a recommendation about your circumstances. Every dollar figure is an invented practice number for a made-up household — not a forecast, not typical of anything, and not a claim about what anyone earns. For decisions about your own money, a licensed professional who can see your actual paperwork is the right person.

How long does a lesson take?

Watch the video, read the chapter, do the one action. Most people give a lesson somewhere between twenty minutes and an hour depending on how much of the chapter they read in one sitting. There is no schedule, no cohort and no expiry — the track sits in your library and waits for you.

Do I have to take the lessons in order?

It is built in order and the story runs forward, so first time through, in order is easiest. Nothing stops you jumping — every lesson page carries its own family handout and its go-deeper chapter pointer, and your progress is tracked lesson by lesson so you can wander and still know what you have done.

What if I do not like it?

Email us inside 30 days and you get all of it back. No form, no reason needed, and nobody will try to talk you out of it. You may keep the files — asking somebody to delete a PDF is theater.

Can I get this as part of something bigger?

Yes. The Everything bundle is every book and all seven tracks for $49.99 once, with free updates for life. If you only want this one track, buy this one track — that is cheaper and we would rather you did.

The Six Pillars

6 lessons, 68 pages of book, 6 printables.

Free, forever. No card, no trial, no upsell wall halfway through.

Plain about what this is. General financial education, not financial advice, not tax advice or investment advice, and not a recommendation about your situation. Every dollar figure is an invented practice number for a made-up household. Written for adults, 18+.