About Paul M. Heys

Paul M. Heys is the creator of the WEALTHS BEYOND MONEY™ educational platform. Some of Paul’s writings appear under the pen name Seymour Wealths. Through the platform, Paul develops educational publications, presentations, course materials, and programs concerning the many forms of wealth that exist beyond money.

Paul’s work draws on decades of experience in financial education, behavioral finance, investment decision-making, public speaking, and adult learning. The WEALTHS BEYOND MONEY™ platform helps readers and audiences think more clearly about how they spend, preserve, and purposefully allocate personal assets including time, energy, attention, knowledge, skills, values, leadership, ethics, relationships, social capital, and money.

Through books, essays, educational articles, course materials, and presentations, Paul invites individuals and organizations to consider a broader question: What kinds of wealth are we creating, protecting, and passing on?

My Own Story

My early career as a U.S. Air Force flight instructor, and later as an FAA-licensed instructor pilot, enabled me to help others plan their financial journey. The flight preparations and routine procedures I taught, in classrooms and cockpits, dealt with planning and rehearsing one’s actions. These lessons were comparable to the financial advice and assistance I later gave individuals and institutions as the founding director of a commercial bank and as vice president at the international investment firm Smith Barney. Both provided the necessary steps to assure a safe journey, and a safe arrival at the desired destination.

Before retiring, my principal activities centered on assisting others to make wise and informed investment decisions. I also wrote and spoke on a wide range of subjects, including financial market history, investing practices, investment performance, financial management, and financial planning. The investments I made during my active employment years have been the primary source of my post-retirement income that resulted from the application of the principles described in the WEALTHS BEYOND MONEY™ materials. My post-retirement work has been driven by an acute interest in how people make financial decisions.