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My goal in creating this site is simple: We are here to help repair the world. Through this community forum focused on improving leadership, promoting career development, and encouraging generosity, I want to empower and transform your personal and professional life through the ideas you explore on stevelear.org. I invite you to join our website community and become part of this journey.

What

The topics discussed on this site are designed to help you

  • Develop a thoughtful and disciplined generosity plan that positively impacts your family, friends, and community.
  • Achieve greater life satisfaction through deeper self-knowledge, improved skills, and a growth-oriented mindset.
  • Understand your instincts, embrace differences, and enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills.

I hope that you will ask questions, submit articles, and share stories, jokes, and quotes that you find interesting, funny, or inspirational so we can learn and grow together.

 

“Who is wise? One Who Learns From Every Person.”

 

— Ben Zoma, a second-century sage

Who

Steve Lear
Founder. Visionary. Changemaker.

In a career spanning 40 years and counting, I have devoted my time and energy to personal finance, philanthropy, and leadership training.

As a financial advisor, I help individuals and business owners organize their finances so they can focus on family, work, community, and leisure. In 2022, I worked to help the Minnesota Council on Economic Education (MCEE) pass important legislation: beginning in 2025, high school students will be required to take a course in personal finance before graduation. I continue to promote financial literacy education as an MCEE Board Member.

I am also passionate about helping people develop stronger leadership skills and deeper life satisfaction through my experience as a Kolbe-certified consultant, an advocate for the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), and a past participant in Dan Sullivan’s Strategic Coach program.

In addition, I have been privileged to help create the following philanthropic organizations:

As I begin my next chapter, I’m launching SteveLear.org as an interactive learning center for generosity planning, career development, and leadership training. It’s a site where I can share personal wisdom and where members of the SteveLear.org community can exchange ideas and opinions – because I believe the wise person is the one who learns from everyone.

While I am honored to have won industry and community recognition for my work,  my proudest achievements are personal. I am blessed to have the best clients in town, dear friends who tell me the truth, and a wonderful family. My wife Sheri and I enjoy spending time with our seven children, their spouses, and our eight grandchildren. Our family motto is “We put the fun in dysfunctional!” (feel free to borrow it).

I dedicate this site with deep gratitude to the many people whose ideas challenge and motivate me to keep working to repair the world.