Knowing and working with Matthew has been a true inspiration that has changed my life. He has been the fuel that has sustained my entrepreneurial flame for the last few years now. He opened up my mind to The Intrepid Way lifestyle that I never knew existed. I was 22-years old looking forward to being 65 so I could finally retire like all the other people I worked with. Two years and many real estate transactions later, using the principles of The Intrepid Way, I am unemployable and looking to bring retirement a lot closer. Matthew has shown me the power of income layers and how it could buy me the most precious thing money could buy and that was my personal time!

Wes Weaver, Real Estate Investor
Columbus, GA

Finally, a book that gets to the heart of the matter! If you aren't living the life of your dreams or reaching your goals, then who is responsible for making it happen? Only you! Clear and easy to understand, The Intrepid Way outlines the choices Matthew made and lessons he learned on the road to Personal Freedom. He shares his knowledge with you as a guide for anyone who is willing to step up to the plate and be responsible for designing their own life - the way that they want it to look!

Melita Hunt, Senior Executive
IITM, Inc. (www.iitm.com)
Cary, NC

The Intrepid Way is a must read! I loved every chapter! Last night after the children were in bed, the one powerful lesson I learned from the book is the attainment of personal freedom. I loved it because many, many books out there will tell you all about financial freedom and how to gain that, but yours is the first to uncover the hidden motive behind most people's drive for financial freedom in the first place… the attainment of true personal freedom.

Matthew has such a gift for saying things in a relevant, easy to understand manner. Whether you are currently an active entrepreneur or just beginning your journey to discover the entrepreneurial spirit that lies within yourself, The Intrepid Way is for you!

Christi Williams, Real Estate Entrepreneur
StrongWills, Inc.
Houston, TX

Matthew Chan has given us a brilliant blueprint for a life worth living. The Intrepid Way provokes, inspires, and challenges us to truthfully examine our often-times unexamined life. He demonstrates through his own personal experience, keen intuitive insights, and observations how each of us can attain the greatest of freedoms with the greatest efficiency: personal freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom, and the most precious of all, time freedom. Matthew is a man who boldly walks his talk. Whether you're hungry for subtle distinctions or massive change in your life, do yourself a favor and devour this book. The Intrepid Way is a true gift to the world.

Dean Edelson, President
Elysium Investment Group
Sedona, AZ

Superb, thought-provoking! Matthew challenges conventional wisdom as only he can. By giving us a peek into his own personal challenges, trials, and triumphs, Matthew allows us a rare look into what it takes to live a life being true to yourself and following your dreams.

However, I feel the greatest gift he has given in this book is the gift of his psychology. Chapter 6 of this book is worth the price of the book alone. Incorporating these principles has helped my business more than anything else I have done. The Intrepid Way gives you all the tools to begin the journey of living the life you only dreamed was possible before.

Troy Arment, Real Estate Entrepreneur
Wichita, KS

Is "The Intrepid Way" for you? I have known Matthew for several years and this book speaks volumes about the passion he has for others to live a life of Personal Freedom. It is a must read for anyone interested in challenging their beliefs and emotions with unconventional wisdom. Matthew leads the way for anyone to have the Time Freedom and Monetary Freedom they desire. Thank you Matthew!

Marleen Geyen
Author of "University Wealth"
Minneapolis, MN

If you’re ready for paradigm shifts, read this book! In his book The Intrepid Way, Matthew stresses the importance of creating goodwill in business and continues to walk his talk by using his excellent skills to empower others. I’m always looking for new ideas, new distinctions, and different ways of looking at familiar concepts. If you are too, then I highly recommend The Intrepid Way. Read the book if you want to grow your business and deepen your financial education! Your mind will thank you!

Will Brooks, Business Entrepreneur
Fayetteville, NC

Before reading The Intrepid Way, I was on the path to becoming a lemming-like employee. But after reading the book, I “unplugged” myself from the employee mentality. As a young adult, I now realize there are multiple paths to creating my future. The Intrepid Way has opened my eyes to opportunities I have never seen before and given me the ability to face adversity with faith. I have become more responsible than ever before. By embracing my entrepreneurial spirit, my soul has been energized to achieve personal freedom.

Paolo Bruno
Orlando, FL

Customer Comments & Testimonials

Dear Mr. Chan,

I finished "The Intrepid Way" in two days, and just finished your Lease-Options book this evening (started it on Thursday). Thank you for sharing your perspective, insights, and experience in your writings. I wish I had these books, or least the mindset back in my early twenties! But I do feel revitalized in my outlook on life, and thanks to your books, I feel more free than I ever had. I haven't started investing in properties yet, but I will in the near future.

I thought that a new profession or more education was answer to the happiness I was looking for. Meanwhile it was right in front of me the whole time. But it took "The Intrepid Way" to make me see that. So again, thank you!

I've recommended your books to my girlfriend and friends. I have no doubt that they will find the info as useful as I have.

Randy M. Yniguez, MA, LMHC, RN

Hello:

I wanted to thank you and congratulate you on the great book: "The Intrepid Way". What a book! Truly, a great success and definitely a future bestseller. I can tell you that I read "Think and Grow Rich" in a week, and I finished your book in less than three days. It was captivating.

Your ideas were easy to be absorbed by my fertile mind which was already familiar with the Rich Dad philosophy. But I have learned a lot of concepts from your book. I remember back in April somebody advised me to buy it, and since then I was thinking about doing so. And I am glad I did.

I appreciated the concepts about networking, using the Internet to build business relationships, and specially how to find a mentor, and what to do for them.

One of the quotes that really impressed me was this sentence on page 148:
"Wealth is often created during uptrends, and it is often transferred during downtrends." Like Robert Kiyosaki said, it is a question of positioning ourselves to become the recipient of that wealth.

Another thing I was overlooking in my life, and which the book helped me to notice: was the power of the Internet. Thanks to your book, I am giving more attention to this arena now.

I must confess that I have to read your book a couple of times more to fully absorb the entrepreneurial spirit laying within its pages.

In one phrase:  A great read from a great entrepreneur.

Thank you Sir for sharing your experience with us.

Howard Hamilton

Another pivotal mindset book!!

I have spent many years and $$$ on personal education about investing, property & business building.

For me, Matthew's concept of Money Layers (expense and income layering) was worth the price of the book. Everything else was a bonus.

I rate the Money laying concept right up there with the Poor, Middleclass & Rich spending habits diagram from Rich Dad Poor Dad for insight provoking and thought changing.

If passive income is something that calls to you, I suggest you should pay close attention to this concept.

Chris Bridgeman
Auckland, NZ

Fantastic Book for the Real World!

This book is Fantastic!! And in my mind it is one of the best books about the concepts of creating wealth. Specifically Time and Money Freedom = Total Freedom, and how to create money layers - So you don't have to rely on a job for a paycheck, and latter the Government for a pension.

Rather if you follow the lesson in this book you will be building income layers streaming money into your pockets rather than having haul buckets (that make your boss rich) for the ret of your life and rely on the Government for your financial security (and think again if the Government really can provide a pension for life!! Especially with the Baby Boomers coming to retirement!).

Matthew Chan has done an impressive job to say the least! Rather than simply writing stories to explain concepts (a common criticism of other wealth books) Matthew Chan opens his real life up to us, and because of this the book stops being academic or simply a book with some stories, it is a book that provides the way to create everlasting and unlimited wealth in the real world with no hype either!

Fantastic!

Jack Williams
Sydney, Australia

Extraordinary and Inspiring Book

I love the way Matthew verbalized the process of how he moved from his corporate job to entrepreneur effectively allowing him to retire. Matthew's views on retirement allows him to work just 10 hours a week to meet all his own needs, leaving the rest of the time to spend working on amazing projects that serve his global community. This is an extraordinary and inspiring book!

Felicity Heffernan
Property investor

It's never too late...

It's never too Late, Trust me!! At 50 years old looking at my retirement account doing simple math, I knew it didnt add up; And until I read the Intrepid way I didnt know what to do about it. I now see a new world of opportunity that has been there for me all along, but I couldnt see it. I now know using the lessons of the Intrepid way I have enough time to build 'Income Layers' that will pay over and over again.

Beverly Weaver
Columbus, GA

A Very Enjoyable Read...

I would highly recommend the Intrepid Way--The word "intrepid" means: not alarmed; unafraid, bold; fearless; dauntless; very brave. This book really spells out the intrepid way that Matthew has obtained monetary and time freedom and puts it in a very doable format. It will challenge you to think and act differently in how you approach "earning a living". Matthew is very open and candid in sharing his successes and failures and doesn't set himself up on a pedestal, but as an example of one way to reach your goals in becoming financially independent. As an added bonus, it's an easy read and very enjoyable too!

Gayle A. Brantuk
Whittier, CA

A Brave New Financial World from Chan

This is one of those rare books that is full of mind bending distinctions and yet easy to read and digest. Chan provides us with new and deeper distinctions of wealth. He shatters the false but popluar myth that wealth is reserved for the select few. He shows, step by step, how true wealth can be created by ANYONE who is brave enough to believe in and take action towards "Personal Freedom." It is a must read for anyone who wants to put their quest to exit the "rat race" in over-drive.

Marah Boyeson
Bryn Athyn, PA

A TRUE "LIGHTBULB MOMENT",

This book really hits home. Once I picked up this book I couldn't put it down until there were no more pages to turn. The authors ability to take the mystery out of the equation of how to have TRUE FREEDOM is super. This is a refreshing, very enlightening read that calls me to take action! FREEDOM is what it is about for me, and THE INPREPID WAY is a valuable tool that I can use to speed up the process and use as a reference.

For all you PARENTS out there - this is a must read - the philosophy of this book is a legacy worth passing on to your children.

Mathew Chan - my hats off to you, thanks for helping me get out of my rut!

Darla Anderson
Ashland, OR

Matthew Chan has done an outstanding job in explaining the steps and realities of achieving personal freedom in an easy to understand manner. He defines personal freedom as monetary freedom plus time freedom and explains the importance and distinctions of this definition. The book details his journey along with thought provoking ideas, many of which run contrary to "conventional wisdom."

The book goes into detail about the psychological barriers and issues than need to be addressed. Additionally, the book explains the importance of and how to develop personal support networks, which are essential to being successful and staying the course.

I also enjoyed the insights the author provided about his life, its successes, setbacks, and things that might be done differently along his journey towards personal freedom. I found this to be a refreshing "real world" approach.

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to take charge of their life and become accountable for their own success.

Steve Copper
Littleton, CO

Excellent book for those that want financial & time freedom

Matthew Chan explains real well what we didn't learn from our parents or school teachers. He writes how we can achieve both financial and time freedom in these times of economic scenarios. He writes with simple language to understand simple concepts.

I did not get bored reading "The Intrepid Way". Usually business and financial books are boring. But, Matthew kept my attention and focuses on reading and made it very interesting to read. I'm also going to share the information on "The Intrepid Way" with people that I come across and with my clients.

He talks about residual income. That's music to my ears. I want to make money while I'm sleeping.

Matthew writes for people to think where they are in relation to current circumstances in life and get the upper hand to become financially free. No more grinding work and say goodbye to captor type of environments.

I like how Matthew expresses entrepreneurial mindset. He expresses through the power bestowed on each one of us. Use the power within and Matthew shows how to develop that inner power and transform into money and time power.

I highly recommend "The Intrepid Way" and place it with the business library books for reference. I also recommend reading the book occasionally to get the juices flowing again.

Ernie Martin
Las Vegas, NV

Outstanding!

Wow! I found this book to be unique, inspiring, and compelling, there are distinctions in this book that's hard to find in other business related books, Matthew tells it like it is with a down to earth, no hype, no judgment approach, I believe this book will provide anyone who reads it rocket fuel to leave the rat race and experience a new sense of freedom into the world of entrepreneurship, I would highly recommend this book!

Ryan Stewart
Columbus, GA

A Must Read for Personal Freedom

The Authors ability to explain that "True Freedom" is not just about MONEY but it is also about TIME, is very refreshing.

He explores the ability to manage your personal life and business in order to maximize your Personal Freedom!

A Must Read for anyone wanting to succeed.

Hal Hubbard

The Best-Ever Guide To "Living Life On Your Own Terms"

I could easily relate "The Intrepid Way" to my own entrepreneurial struggles in pursuit of living life on my terms. Matthew Chan presents his experiences so candidly that I felt like I was in a conversation instead of reading his story. This book gives clear examples of the important decisions you must make if you truly desire to leave the corporate world and make your way in "the real world" as an entrepreneur. No hype. No gimmicks. He talks of choices and changes that are tough, but essential to regaining control of your time and financial affairs. This is the story of an ordinary, everyday guy who did what he dreamed of: Become his own man, running his own life in his own way. What could be more compelling? I was incredibly impressed.

Tony Calloway
Columbus, GA