Stop Robbing Yourself of Lasting Wealth with Bill Cates

This week’s theme: Stop Robbing Yourself of Lasting Wealth

In this episode of From Fear to Fire, financial educator and bestselling author Bill Cates joins Heather Hansen O’Neill to explore how many of us stop robbing ourselves of lasting wealth by uncovering and transforming the hidden beliefs that subtly sabotage our financial success. Drawing on insights from his book The Hidden Heist, Bill explains that the real barriers to financial freedom aren’t income or opportunity; they’re the unconscious money stories, scarcity thinking, and misinformation that shape our decisions and limit our potential.

Bill and Heather dive into how awareness, education, and disciplined habits can help listeners challenge outdated beliefs, embrace long-term thinking, and make smarter financial choices. By recognizing and rewriting the internal narratives that quietly rob you of confidence and opportunity, you can build greater financial freedom and peace of mind.

From Fear to Fire: Secrets to Overcome Fear, Embrace Your Gifts and Achieve Success

This is the place where real people share real challenges. Where you can find a common bond and uncommon wisdom through their stories. Use tips from the breakthroughs of others to jump-start your success. Speaker, author, adventurer, and host Heather Hansen O’Neill takes you on the journey from fear to fire. Today, we explore how changing limiting money beliefs and learning how money truly works can reduce fear, build discipline, and create lasting financial freedom.

Bill Cates

Bill believes that everyone deserves to make educated financial decisions that are in their best interest. He has turned this belief into his mission—to bring financial education to as many people as he can reach.

For over 30 years, Bill has helped financial professionals and businesses move from incremental growth to exponential growth by: communicating more compelling value, balancing digital and human marketing strategies, multiplying their best clients through referrals, and targeting profitable niche markets.

Bill is the author of seven books, the founder of The Cates Academy for Relationship Marketing, and the host of the acclaimed Top Advisor Podcast, ranked in the top 5 percent of podcasts worldwide. Bill was inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame in 2010.