Brian Siemens

I never anticipated becoming an author. Writing was never even on my radar. I always thought that I wanted to be in business, either working for someone else or running my own business—that’s why I studied management, information technology, and finance. But as I got older and my worldview evolved, I learned that my real passion is helping others. I had determined some time ago that I had more to offer this world than just showing up to a job and collecting a paycheck. It just took me a while to figure out what exactly it was and how to do it.

Initially, I stepped out on my own and tried working as a financial coach, helping people who reached out to me change how they viewed their relationship with money and how to get better at managing their finances. Basically, I was a fixer. The problem with that was it was one-on-one, plus not many people admit they need help to begin with. Fewer people act on that need and get help, and even fewer stick with their new plans. I also realized that being a personal financial coach was just me trying to compromise and stay loyal to what I thought I wanted (running a business) and what I really wanted (to help people). I decided that my greatest contribution would be to get in front of more people and to do it at the right point in their journey, the point where I first needed help myself: at the beginning, where views and habits first take hold and then take control.

So, I became an author. Writing allows me to reach a bigger audience and help educate people up front as they start their journey instead of trying to fix problems on the back end, after so much suffering has occurred. The topics I write about are personal, which gives me the courage to go all in, to be as honest and transparent as I possibly can, and to not hold anything back. To share my mistakes, regrets, and successes, what not to do, and how to overcome. I hope that my writing inspires my readers. It’s the first “job” that has made me feel like I have purpose and that I can make a difference.

In addition to being an author, I’m a father, husband, and foster parent. I love animals (we have three dogs and two cats), rooting my kids on as they play sports or do any other activity they choose, exercising, reading, and traveling.