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THE SUMMIT COHORT

Build and Implement Your Wealth System — Guided, in 12 Weeks.

$1,500 • 12 weeks • weekly group contact • up to 25 people

Summit is a 12-week guided implementation program — not a course. You get the full Higher Ground methodology, a structured plan, weekly accountability, direct access to Clifton, and momentum from a cohort building alongside you.

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Clifton Vaughn, founder of Higher Ground Financial Coaching

Hi, I’m Clifton — I’ll Be Leading Every Session.

Summit isn’t handed off to a rotating coach or a recorded curriculum. I founded Higher Ground Financial Coaching in 2018, and I’m the one running your weekly sessions, seeing your numbers, and holding you accountable for 12 weeks — alongside the rest of your cohort. Before coaching, I spent years as a finance director, which is where I saw the same pattern over and over: good income, no system to show for it. That’s the gap Summit is built to close.

What You Get

  • The full Higher Ground methodology — Assess, Identify, Redirect, Automate, Accountable implementation, Measure.
  • Weekly group contact for 12 weeks — real accountability, not a self-paced course.
  • Direct access to Clifton, every week.
  • Momentum from a cohort of up to 25 people building their systems alongside you.
  • Measurable progress — your Wealth Capacity and Realized Financial Value tracked in real numbers.

Best for: someone who needs structure and accountability to finally implement what they already know they should be doing.

Financial life more complex than this fits — multiple income streams, business ownership, equity compensation, or a household that needs privacy? Private Coaching may be the better fit.

The Higher Ground Implementation Commitment

Show up, do the work with us, and put in the effort we agree on together — and you’ll leave the 12 weeks with a documented wealth-building system in place.

If you don’t, you’re invited back into the next Summit Cohort at no additional cost — until you do.

Higher Ground is financial coaching and education, not personalized investment, tax, or legal advice — Clifton is not a licensed financial advisor.

What the 12 Weeks Actually Look Like

Weeks 1–2 — Assess. A complete, honest look at where your money stands today, alongside your cohort — no judgment, just clarity.

Weeks 3–4 — Identify. We find the specific opportunities already inside your financial life: capital you can redirect, costs you can eliminate, benefits you’re not capturing, debt terms worth improving.

Weeks 5–8 — Redirect & Automate. We build your actual plan and put systems in place so it runs without depending on willpower — weekly group sessions keep the momentum up.

Weeks 9–11 — Accountable Implementation. Weekly contact, live with the cohort, to make sure the plan is actually happening, not just written down.

Week 12 — Measure. A real look at what changed: your Wealth Capacity, your Realized Financial Value, and where you stand on the climb now.

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The Summit Cohort

$1,500

12 weeks • up to 25 people

  • 12 weeks, weekly group contact
  • Up to 25 people per cohort
  • The full Higher Ground methodology
  • Progress measured in real numbers
  • Backed by the Implementation Commitment — free re-enrollment in the next cohort if you don’t leave with a system in place
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Summit FAQ

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Enroll now, or take the free Value Test first to see exactly what opportunity is in your own numbers.

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