Ted McLyman
Ted McLyman, MS, MPA
Stop Managing Your Money

Start Managing Your Behavior

Traditional financial plans fail because they ignore human nature. Discover the "Money Temperament" system that fixes your finances by fixing your behavior first.

Stop Fighting Your Brain. Start Spending Smart here...


The Financial Industry Has a Dirty Secret

For decades, the industry has treated you like a “rational robot” driven by math and charts.
But money isn’t math—it’s 100% emotional. My confession? Traditional financial planning ignores the one thing that actually determines your success: Your Behavior...

Why Your Brain is Rigged for Financial Failure

You aren't broken, but the system you're fighting against is. To win, you have to understand the three forces pulling your strings:
  • Biology: Your 100,000-year-old brain craves instant hits of Dopamine and Oxytocin.
  • Beliefs: Your "Money Scripts" were written by your family and culture before you were 15.
  • Technology: Modern apps use gamification to make spending frictionless and saving painful.

A Message from a Recovering "Expert"

After years as a top-tier advisor and Lt. Col. in the USMC, I realized that more information doesn't lead to better results—better systems do.
I wrote Confessions of a Reformed Financial Advisor to give you the tactical framework I wish I’d had decades ago. It’s time to stop fighting your nature and start using it to your advantage.
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Discover Your Money Temperament

Most people spend their lives trying to fit into a financial box that doesn't belong to them. This system identifies your unique behavioral blueprint so you can stop the cycle of self-sabotage.
Are you ready to see what's really driving your spending?

Stop Managing Money. Start Managing Behavior

Don't wait for the next market crash or another month of "where did it go?" 
Grab your copy of the book today and get the roadmap to financial peace of mind that actually works with your brain, not against it.
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Your 60-Second "Sanity Check"

Before your next non-essential purchase, pause for one minute. Ask yourself: "Is this satisfying a biological urge (Dopamine), or does it align with my actual values?"
When you understand your Money Temperament, you stop being a slave to the checkout button and start being the CEO of your own life. Use the framework in the book to build your "Behavioral Guardrails" today.

Money Temperament at a Glance

A quick visual overview to help you understand the system and what you’ll learn inside the book.

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Prefer to dive deeper? Grab the book and start applying the framework today.