By Objective Measure
Learn more about one of our GLS24 sponsors, Objective Measure, and CEO Fred Martin’s journey to ‘enough.’
Fred Martin, CEO of Objective Measure, has a big goal: to help people discover what it means to have enough in their lives. Through his career as a portfolio manager, Fred has been able to find significant personal success by helping other people make the right choices with their investments. And in that, he observed that too many people have the wrong goals with their money and are disengaged and uninformed when it comes to financial planning.
From this realization, Fred started Objective Measure, a 501(c)(3) that’s committed to helping people heal their relationships with money. The organization is leading the conversation on what it means to discover the essential definition of enough in life. With tools, courses and community, Fred wants to help people talk about wisdom and stewardship. Ultimately, he wants to help them discover contentment.
If you ask Fred about “enough” and what he believes it takes to find it, you’ll see a subtle, momentary melancholy take over his usual, lighthearted demeanor. After all, Fred, though he has achieved significant financial success in his career — with private planes, exotic vacations, and everything that comes with it — has also encountered things that money can’t change.
His wife, Sue, still brings him a playful delight—even while he contemplates the wicked things that Alzheimer’s is doing to her.
And there wasn’t a dollar amount Fred wouldn’t have spent to undo the damage of the accident that buried his son, Teddy.
And then he lost a dear friend, watching his longtime colleague, business partner, and confidante suffer a catastrophic tragedy.
Hit after hit, the losses piled up. And with each one came the reminder of his lifetime of learning that there are some things that money can’t buy.
Fred discovered a while ago that enough wasn’t found in his net worth or accomplishments. It had nothing to do with his account balances or the performance of his investment funds. It was found in the God of the universe that had given his life purpose. And since he found it, he’s now taking his chance to lead others to find enough for themselves.
That’s the aim of Objective Measure. If we believe enough is a dollar amount or a social or financial status, we’re not able to experience life as it’s meant to be lived. Fred wants to help people realize that enough is closer than they think, and that when it comes to finding happiness, enough is not a number.
Objective Measure provides the community, resources, and education to be financially engaged — as well as providing the truths and benchmarks to discover the essential definition of enough. Learn more about Fred Martin, Objective Measure and the work being done to equip leaders by going to objectivemeasure.org/gls.
