by Sean Kirby | Oct 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Performance Financial, Pendleton, Indiana | Owner What this checklist covers December 31 is the real deadline for most tax moves, not April 15. The Indiana 529 credit returns 20% on contributions, up to $1,500 a year—the highest-return item on this list for Indiana...
by Sean Kirby | Aug 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
How To Build Trust When Nobody Knows Your Name At 22 years old, Sean Kirby had a fiancee, a baby on the way, and an hourly wage that would not cover a car payment. He also had something worse than no money. He had no network. Everyone he knew was still in college or...
by Sean Kirby | Aug 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Moment He Knew Something Was Wrong The house was finished. Interior remodeled. Exterior redone. New fence. The market had run up, the mortgage was under control, and for the first time in years, there was nothing left on the list. Sean Kirby had even hired a kid...
by Sean Kirby | Aug 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Build Real Market Value When You Feel Like You Are Behind There is a specific kind of quiet that settles in when your plan falls apart. You had a script. Graduate. Go to college. Finish in four years. Land the corporate job. Climb. Get comfortable. Accumulate...
by Sean Kirby | Aug 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Revenue Is Loud But Regret Is Quiet and Only One of Them Shows Up on Your P and L There is a number on your profit and loss statement that you can point to. You can screenshot it. You can say it out loud at dinner and watch people lean in. It is measurable, it is...
by Sean Kirby | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why Ego Is the Most Expensive Thing You Own Most people think the biggest threat to their business is the market, the competition, or the economy. It usually is not. The most expensive thing a leader owns is the one thing they refuse to put down. Their ego. Mike Kirby...
