Ed’s mission is to positively transform one million lives via wisdom transfer that empowers the Life Letters community, enabling everyone to reach their Highest Self through optimal Lifestyle Design.

Contrary to popular belief, the American Dream is very much alive today—and Ed McCarthy is living proof. Coming from humble beginnings as a first-generation American, Ed was raised in Boston by hardworking immigrants and went on to become a self-made Entrepreneur, Investor, Global Nomad, Lifestyle Strategist, and Intentional Dad.

Ed’s core teaching is encapsulated in the Life Letters community, which provides breakthrough transformation, fulfillment, and strategies to become the best version of you. His message is for those who are looking to reach their Highest Self through optimal Lifestyle Design, using proven strategies that work in today’s virtual economy.

Unlike many so-called self-help gurus and influencers of success, Ed has been in the trenches his entire life, and now he’s prepared to be in the trenches with you. As both a seasoned corporate executive and a serial entrepreneur who started and funded many successful ventures, he is uniquely qualified to help you define and exceed your life goals. He put himself through business undergrad and then master’s degrees at the University of Colorado, attending school at night while launching businesses by day.

He began his first entrepreneurial venture to kick off the new millennium on January 1, 2000. Twenty-five years later, he continues to fine-tune his craft. Ed persevered through life’s obstacles by being nimble and reinventing himself, to become financially free via four separate, unrelated industries: High Tech Consulting, Real Estate Investing, Private Lending, and Lifestyle Design Education. 

As he openly shares with the Life Letters community, Ed found the path to control his own destiny by working through negative influences. He pulled himself up countless times to overcome life’s challenges and will teach you how to do the same to find Wealth, Wisdom, and Happiness on the path to your Highest Self. It all begins with the provided paradigm shifts in mindset and willingness to take action.

Ed’s candid, genuine, and clear guidance helps his followers transform their lives. What started as a simple, one-page letter from a father to his future adult children after a near-death experience became the Life Letters book series. It’s now his calling to enable Wisdom Transfer throughout global society, no longer wasting humanity’s greatest natural resource: our individual and collective wisdom.

Ed firmly believes that the most rewarding part of living is giving! In addition to giving back via his proven self-education success principles, he also donates to many charitable causes and established the McFam Foundation nonprofit in partnership with Feeding America. 

Dedicated to helping individuals achieve their personal definition of success, Ed enables lives of greater joy, meaning and productivity through his writing and education. Ed lives in the mountains of Colorado with his wife and two teenage children.