He got kicked out of school after pulling the fire alarm to win back recess. A few years later, he had his high school diploma at 14.
In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down with Cary Green, a fourth-generation Scientologist and financial advisor who runs his own firm, Green Era Financial. Cary shares how an anxious, overweight, rebellious kid landed at a tiny boarding school in the New Mexico mountains with no TV, no video games, and no sugar, and how a program called Life Basics taught him everything from laundry to how to communicate. He explains how Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology found the skipped gradients in his math, and the two study tricks that got him through high school in under a year.
From there, Cary takes us through culture shock as a 15-year-old in New York City, delivering 12-foot Christmas trees on his shoulder for tips, quitting a toxic job after five days, and taking an eight-day train to LA at 18. He talks about years as a fundraiser for the International Association of Scientologists, sitting at kitchen tables asking for anywhere from $1,000 to a couple million dollars, and how that work pulled him into the world of finance.
Cary also breaks down Roth vs. traditional retirement accounts in plain language, what financial advisors actually do all day, and how salespeople should work with a client's advisor. Then Aaron and Brad turn the tables on his eight-year engagement with a heartfelt push to start a family.
Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember:
Don't do nothing.
In this episode:
- Growing up as a fourth-generation Scientologist
- Getting kicked out of multiple schools as a rebellious kid
- The fire alarm plan to win back recess
- Mojave Academy, a boarding school in the New Mexico mountains
- Childhood anxiety and worrying what people think
- The Life Basics program and learning how to live
- Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology
- Skipped gradients and why he failed math homework but aced tests
- Two study tricks that helped him graduate high school at 14
- Taking Scientology courses in New York City at 15
- Walking away from drugs at teen parties
- What delivering Christmas trees taught him about tipping
- Fundraising for the IAS and asking for million-dollar donations
- Roth vs. traditional retirement accounts explained simply
- What a fiduciary financial advisor really does
- How to work with a client's financial advisor in sales
- Meeting his fiancée and deciding when to start a family
- The Way to Happiness and his favorite L. Ron Hubbard quote
L. Ron Hubbard quote mentioned by Cary:
"He who would look forward into time cannot but shudder at the prospect of the future.
"But I have lived through yesterday.
"I am living through today
"Why should I should I fear to live through tomorrow?" -LRH
Source: L. Ron Hubbard Series. Early Years of Adventure Letters & Journals pg 111
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Who Is Cary Green
2:08 Growing Up as a Fourth Generation Scientologist
3:02 Why He Got Kicked Out of So Many Schools
7:24 The Fire Alarm Plan to Win Back Recess
12:50 Mojave Academy: Boarding School in the New Mexico Mountains
17:18 The Life Basics Program That Changed His Life
19:59 Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology
22:43 How He Graduated High School at 14
31:20 Taking Scientology Courses in New York at 15
33:33 Walking Away From Drugs at Teen Parties
38:08 What Delivering Christmas Trees Taught Him About Tipping
43:53 Why He Quit a Toxic Job After Five Days
49:07 Taking a Train to LA and Becoming a Fundraiser at 18
54:54 How Fundraising Led Him Into Finance
56:03 Roth vs Traditional Retirement Accounts Explained
1:07:46 Best Books on Fundraising and Sales
1:10:24 From Nonprofit Work to Starting Green Era Financial
1:16:29 What Financial Advisors Really Do
1:19:50 How to Work With a Client's Financial Advisor
1:24:46 How He Met His Fiancée
1:29:02 The Eight Dynamics and Why Kids Change Everything
1:43:55 Favorite L. Ron Hubbard Quote and The Way to Happiness
1:46:34 What Is Scientology in Cary's Words
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