Andrew Stinchcomb – Director at GL Integrity Financial Planning

Andrew talks about his purpose to help thousands of people even though he only wants 122 clients. He said the more he helps, the better. Below, you can read a story by him about his learning experience and inspiration.

The Shed.

“The Shed” was a place to be yourself. Grandsons only.

There’s an old saying: “Our past experience shapes our purpose”.

“Make sure you change into your ‘shed clothes’, Andrew!” my Mum used to shout down the hall.

It’s 1971. I am 4 years old in this photo dressed in my favourite ‘shed’ jumper.

Look how messy my Grandfather’s shed is – but he knew where every tool was. Tools that had tales to tell.

The Shed was not a museum for lookers, but a workplace for doers. My Grandfather was a World War II Royal Marine veteran. He gave me his time and personal commitment.

We used to create things from recycled off-cuts we had around us. Seldom could he afford new wood: “You don’t waste wood”, he used to say. He was always right. About everything.

“What do you want to make?” Sometimes I knew, sometimes I didn’t. He always managed to tease out a vision and a goal. We started from wherever we were, with whatever we had … and just did it. We are making a bar skittles game in this photo. When I struggled with the saw or sanding block my Grandfather used to say, “There’s no such thing as can’t, boy! It is possible!”

When I told my friend, Mike, about the Shed stories, he saw my office as just like ‘The Shed’: a place where I give my time and personal commitment for those people who inspire me and I them, just like my grandfather had done for me. Like him, ‘sleeves rolled up’, we craft our clients’ future, defining a vision and starting with whatever they have and from wherever they are to build a financial wall that nothing can get through. Shall we create your Passport ™ road map together and then a plan to make it happen? This is your version of a bar skittles game and countless other creations that came out of that shed