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Over an astonishing 45 years, Fred Martin, Founder and CEO of Objective Measure, built a career marked by consistent success and a commitment to leadership. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, Fred shares about how his faith affects his ability to lead, how he strives to continue growing as a leader, and how his vision for how to help everyday people learn to ask fruitful questions about investing and managing their money.
SUMMARY
Over an astonishing 45 years, Fred Martin, Founder and CEO of Objective Measure, built a career marked by consistent success and a commitment to leadership. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, Fred shares about how his faith affects his ability to lead, how he strives to continue growing as a leader, and how his vision for how to help everyday people learn to ask fruitful questions about investing and managing their money.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- How does leadership fit into the investment world? How has Fred grown as a leader?
- What triggered Fred to start Objective Measure?
- What does a “healthy relationship with money” look like?
- Is there a point at which it becomes too late to learn anything about healthy investing?
LISTEN
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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS
- Great leaders think of themselves as a work in progress.
- You can have natural abilities for anything, including leadership, but you have to work at them in order to get better.
- If you have leadership abilities, you will be put into positions of leadership; what you do with them is up to you.
- For investing, there are three questions that individuals should know the answers to: (1) How am I doing? (2) How am I investing—what percents of my investment are in stocks vs bonds, etc.? (3) What is it costing me?
- Christians should strive to be good stewards of their money; if they are, they can generate more resources to help others.
- Money and finances are the place where the material and the spiritual meet.
- At any age, you should not only be committed to learning, but you should also have a hunger for learning.
LINKS MENTIONED
- Website: Objective Measure
- Book: Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance (Bob Buford)
- Website: Global Leadership Network
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