About the Podcast
Built for Life, Not Just Wealth
This podcast started with a simple realization:
Most people don’t have a money problem.
They have a misalignment problem.
They’re doing all the “right” things — earning well, saving, investing, building — yet still feel stretched, uncertain, or quietly wondering if today’s decisions are actually building the life they want.
Built for Life, Not Just Wealth exists to explore that gap.
Why We Created This Show
For years, we watched financial conversations focus almost exclusively on accumulation:
- How to earn more
- How to optimize returns
- How to minimize taxes
- How to hit the next milestone
Those things matter, but they’re incomplete.
Because money doesn’t live in a vacuum.
It lives inside careers, families, health, time constraints, uncertainty, and tradeoffs. And when financial decisions aren’t connected to those realities, even “good” plans can feel hollow.
This podcast is a space to slow the conversation down.
To zoom out.
To talk honestly about how money supports life instead of quietly running it.
Our Philosophy
The future should shape the present.
Most people plan their finances by looking backward and projecting forward.
We believe a better question is:
What kind of life are you trying to build and what does your money need to do to support it?
When you start with a clear vision for your family, your work, and your purpose, the financial decisions become clearer, more intentional, and far less reactive.
That lens — future-first, not spreadsheet-first — guides every conversation on this show.
What You’ll Hear Here
This is not a podcast about hot stock tips or chasing wealth for its own sake.
Each episode is a conversation around topics like:
- Designing wealth around family, freedom, and values
- Navigating equity compensation, business ownership, and complexity
- Avoiding the quiet traps of success
- Making confident decisions amid uncertainty
- Redefining what “enough” actually means
Some episodes are tactical.
Some are philosophical.
All are grounded in real-life decisions real families face.
Who This Podcast Is For
This show is for people who:
- Are high-income professionals or business owners
- Have built success, but want more intention around it
- Care about family, time, and flexibility as much as numbers
- Feel the tension between “doing well” and “living well”
- Want clarity without dogma or black-and-white thinking
If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t want to win financially but lose elsewhere,” this podcast was built for you.
About the Hosts
Ryan Burklo & Alex Collins
Ryan Burklo and Alex Collins are the co-founders of Quantified Financial Partners, a financial planning firm built around the belief that life isn’t lived on a spreadsheet.
After years inside the traditional financial industry, they saw firsthand how often financial advice focused on optimization without context — and how that left families feeling stressed, reactive, or unsure despite outward success.
Today, they work with high-income professionals, tech leaders, and business owners to design financial plans that align money with purpose, values, and real life.
This podcast is an extension of the conversations they have every day — thoughtful, honest discussions about what it actually means to build a life, not just a balance sheet.
A Final Word
We don’t believe there’s a single “right” way to build wealth.
But we do believe money should support the life you want, not quietly dictate it.
Thanks for being here.
Built for Life, Not Just Wealth
