Brandon Ebert

📍Salina, KS | Financial Advisor FT, Golf Tech founder

📝 Editor’s Note | Rob Belk

Thank you for opening this email on the busiest email week of the year. Glad we weren’t lost in the sauce.

My friend Brad reached out asking if I could highlight gifts for women / wives.

Brad, you’ve come to the right place. I live with an expert, who has both discerning and expensive taste. Lucky me!

I polled my wife and several of her friends (s/o Mica) for the below list. Note that the prices are estimates given a lot of sales going on…

Jewelry

• Leather Charm Necklace — $125+ (you can add charms and initials)

• Gaia Bracelet — $128

• Bagatiba Lucky Charm Necklace — $280

• Diamond Snake Stud Earrings — $765

Clothing + Accessory

• Bombas Hiking Socks + Cotopaxi Fanny Pack — $85

• Merino Wool Varsity Headwear — $105

• Chappywrap x Inslee — $160

• Crossbody Phone Bag — $190

• Veronica Beard Handbag — $315

• Krewe Sunglasses — $375

• Isabel Marant Sneakers — $495

• Veronica Beard Jacket — $540

• Gucci Slides — $990

Additional Gift Recommendations

• Beata Heuman: Every Room Should Sing — $30 (Coffee Table Book)

• Airwash Dry Shampoo — $48

• Screen Free ‘Digital’ Camera — $60

• Wool Picnic Rug — $68

• Linen Cocktail Party Coasters — $120

• Estelle Colored Wine Glasses — $130

• Coop Pillow — $130

• Smithey Cast Iron — $180

You can check out the entire gift guide and my favorites (here). Have a great Thanksgiving!

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Without further ado…

Why Brandon?

The internet strikes again, connecting Brandon and me. Always a good thing when it starts with humility, “I’m not sure I’m worthy of a profile.” Time and time again, those that are humble and relatable seem to provide the most engaging responses. Brandon is no different and starts out with what I think is a really cool first recommendation.

Follow Brandon on IG: @brandonebert4

Self-Description

Love to connect people and experiences as a man in the middle (middle America, middle income, middle age); Father of 2 boys trying to help my boys increase their surface area for luck.

Brandon’s 6 Recommendations

Written in his own words…

1. Pack Up + Go

As busy, Type A personalities, we plan almost everything: our calendars, our careers, even our vacations. Surprises become rare.

That’s why I love Pack Up + Go. Instead of choosing the destination, you hand over your budget and preferences—and then you let go. You don’t find out where you’re going until the day you leave.

It feels strange at first, giving up control. But what you get back is wonder. You remember what it’s like to be surprised. To show up at the airport with no agenda except curiosity. To trade efficiency for discovery.

In a world where everything is optimized, Pack Up + Go is a reminder: sometimes the best memories are the ones you never saw coming.

2. Ziggy Alberts

Ziggy Alberts is the rare kind of artist whose music works just as well when you’re in a packed concert hall singing along with thousands as it does when he’s just playing softly in the background at your local bar. His sound carries intimacy and scale at the same time—raw, heartfelt lyrics layered over warm acoustic energy.

3. Peach and Blue by Sarah Kilborne

This is a deceptively simple children’s book with a profound lesson: real connection helps us see the world through new eyes. While Blue carries Peach beyond her small world to places she never could have reached alone, Peach shares with Blue the beauty in everyday things he’s long overlooked.

Though written for children, the message deepens as a parent: our role is to both show our kids beauty and let them show us what we’ve forgotten to notice. Every meaningful friendship is a bit of Peach and Blue—we’re all both the one showing and the one being shown. And great leaders do the same—expanding horizons while reminding us to notice what’s already in front of us.

The ending is especially moving—a reminder that presence matters more than permanence.

4. The Biology of Belief with Dr. Bruce Lipton

Dr. Bruce Lipton is a Stem Cell Biologist who pioneered the study of stem cells in the 1970s and in the late 1980s discovered the link between cellular biology and quantum physics!

This is a short 90 second clip of him on the Marianne Williamson podcast talking about his findings and the importance of our beliefs – that they can impact our biology, as well as our inner and outer worlds!

Bruce Lipton is a teacher and champion of PSYCH-K® - which a subconscious reprogramming modality that I’m trained in and use with myself and my clients.

He has a number of books and other media, if you’re interested, I recommend The Biology of Belief or The Honeymoon Effect.

5. The 2 & 2 College Savings Plan

We have two boys (15 and 12), and like many parents, we’re staring down the reality of college costs. As a financial advisor, I’ve been fortunate to save for them since they were young—but we’ve also built a family system to make it more than just about money. We call it our 2 & 2 Program.

The rule from day one: The kids save 50% of every dollar they earn or receive—birthday money, gifts, work income—toward their own college fund.

Years 1 & 2 of college: They pay for tuition, room, board, and books. We cover discretionary expenses.

Years 3 & 4: We switch. We cover tuition, room, board, and books. They take on the discretionary side—when bar tabs, social spending, and travel are generally higher.

Why this works:

It creates ownership. The kids are literally invested in their education.

It teaches budgeting and delayed gratification.

It allows them to build credit responsibly before graduation.

Bonus tip: We’ve also partnered with grandparents in a unique way. Instead of just writing checks, they create small “scholarship opportunities” for the boys. That might mean writing an essay, working on a joint project, or even just spending a weekend together. It gives the grandparents meaningful time with their grandkids—something money can’t buy—while still contributing financially.

The 2 & 2 plan has become more than a funding strategy. It’s a framework for teaching responsibility, independence, and gratitude alongside financial literacy.

Note - Brandon is the founder of Be Wealth. If this recommendation reasonated, check out his page.

6. Pacaso

Luxury Home Ownership without the hassle. Having a young family we don’t have a lot of days to travel and don’t want to have empty house or have to work with renting it out for nights we aren’t there. Co-Own a 1/8 ownership of luxury houses with 42 nights a year to use. Easy to schedule share expenses and can sell at anytime. Bought a place in Colorado where we use it for Family (enough room to bring extended family) Friends (hosted 18 guys for a golf trip) and Focus (able to get away in own place to be away from daily life) . New ability to trade for one of their many other locations across the world is an added benefit

Plug

1. ParPoints Golf: Our Golf start up in discovering a new way to play and engage in golf. Decide where you want to start the hole rather than where they say you should start and score points for scoring Par or better. In testing right now so its free to download but not for long.

2. Youth on Course: Help subsidize rounds of golf so kids can play for $5 at courses across the country. Fastest growing youth golf organization in the world and if you are looking for some charitable giving and love golf, they would appreciate the support.

Want to get in touch with Brandon? Contact him on Instagram or email brandonebert@gmail.com

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P.S. from Rambull — I recently received a nice gift, which was an engraved whiskey bottle. I thought this was a great idea, especially if you need a business gift.