For many entrepreneurs and investors, building wealth is only the beginning. The bigger challenge is knowing how to protect it, grow it wisely, and avoid the costly traps hidden inside the traditional investing world. In this episode, Brett Swarts sits down with Robert Rolih, author of The Million Dollar Decision, to discuss how investors can escape what Robert calls the “rigged game of investing” and make smarter, more confident decisions with their capital.
Robert shares why high fees, poor advice, emotional investing, and overly complicated strategies can quietly erode wealth over time. Whether you are preparing for a major exit, managing liquidity after selling real estate or a business, or simply looking for a clearer path to financial freedom, this conversation will help you rethink how you invest and steward the wealth you’ve worked so hard to build.
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Brett
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Robert
I’m great, thank you for inviting me.
Brett
Absolutely, if our listeners get to know for the first, for the first time, would you give us just a little bit more about your story and your career focus?
Robert
Yeah, it’s an interesting story. I was born and raised in a very small country, Slovenia. This is a country just near Italy and Austria. And when I was growing up, it was still a part of the communist bloc, and my parents were always poor as a church mice, and we never had money, so that is why I always dreamt about becoming someone, becoming wealthy, and when I was a student, the opportunity presented itself, and I started my own business. And afteryears and years and years, like five years of doing business, it became very profitable. And at that time, I knew that I should invest a part of the money that I’m making, but I didn’t know how. I was totally financially illiterate, so I trusted financial advisors and gurus and money managers, and after years and years and years of investing with them, I had a very interesting conversation with my wife, Sarah, and she said, okay, I know that you trust these guys, but maybe why don’t you just check what is happening with all these investments. So, I ordered all these account statements, and when the envelopes arrived, it was like, what are there some zeros missing? Money that I worked hard to earn was mostly gone, and that was the low point of my life. I was totally depressed. I lost my motivation to work. It was really a terrible time, butat that time I was very lucky, you know. I was working also with Brian Tracy, a very famous public speaker and author, he is teaching, you know, he, he’s consulting about personal growth and personal achievement and business success, and we organized a couple of events with him in my home country, and we already had signed an agreement with him for our first event together, and after that event I asked him if we can go to dinner together, because I had these financial problems, and at this dinner I told him all about my problems, and then he said something that totally changed my life, Robert, it doesn’t matter how much you earn. All that matters is if you have the skills to make your money and to invest it. And at that moment I realized I don’t have these skills. I blindly trust the financial industry. So, I made perhaps the most important decision of my life, I will become one of the most financially literate people in this world, no matter what. And that was the start of my financial journey. That was the start when I started to read financial books, I started to attend different events, I talked with a lot of financial industry insiders, and yeah, I finally was able to invest on my own without the help of financial advisors, money managers, and the financial industry, and I became very successful at doing that, and then, you know, after years of investing on my own. Very successfully, I started to realize that most people, most busy professionals out there, they have the same problem that I had in my career. They trust their financial advisors, they trust the financial industry, and that is why I decided.
Brett
So, if you like this little, short clip of the interview I just did, click over here to watch the full interview, and please don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks so much, everybody.
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About Robert Rolih
Robert Rolih is an international bestselling author, public speaker, entrepreneur, and investing educator best known for his book The Million Dollar Decision. His work focuses on helping business owners, professionals, and everyday investors understand the hidden forces that can quietly erode wealth, including high fees, poor financial advice, emotional investing, and overly complicated strategies.
After building success as an entrepreneur and later losing much of his money by trusting the wrong financial advisers, Robert made it his mission to expose what he calls the “rigged game of investing.” Today, he teaches investors how to simplify their approach, avoid common investing pitfalls, and make smarter long-term decisions with their money.
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