Meet Nicolau
Your Go-To "Goal-Oriented" Professional Soccer Player Turned Financial Advisor
A native of Brazil, I dreamt of playing professional soccer from as early as I can remember and was fortunate to play alongside World Cup players and sign my first professional contract at just the age of 16. Once my contract in Brazil ended, it was time to leave my homeland to pursue my love for soccer in the United States, where I played collegiately at Columbia College in Columbia, MO.
While it was hard to leave my family my dream kept propelling me forward. With a clear vision for the future, it was easier to stay disciplined. I was able to turn difficult choices into much easier ones by simply asking myself if it would help or hinder progress toward my vision.
Having a vision, a plan, and surrounding myself with amazing coaches and teammates kept me executing the small things daily that would lead to success. I knew that it wasn’t just how I showed up at practice or played in a match that mattered but it was what I did when no one was watching that separated good from elite. I had my shot, and I wasn’t going to throw it away.
You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don't Take
Many people struggle with vision clarity, having a game plan to achieve that vision or a team that helps them execute the game plan.
I'm the goalkeeper for the Kansas City Comets in the Major Arena Soccer League.
As much as I enjoy playing soccer, my real passion lies in coupling my love for entrepreneurship with my desire to help others. I have been fortunate to live my dream and want to help others live theirs as well.
Financial security is something many strive to achieve but few do. You try to do what's right for those you care about and whether you fear the wrong financial decision will undermine the best of intentions, you don’t know where to start, or you just don’t have confidence that your vision is even possible. It’s my goal to simplify financial concepts so you can understand them without feeling intimidated or anxious while infusing the process with clarity, so it doesn’t seem as daunting or unachievable.
Through my services, I hope to assist you in meeting your personal, professional, and most importantly, your financial objectives.
Our Mission
By seeing the entire field our mission is to help others unlock and fulfill their full financial potential.
Personal
I live in Kansas City, MO, with my wife, Sara. Together, we enjoy cheering on the Chiefs, traveling, practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, training our golden retriever puppy - Gracie, and hosting Brazilian-style barbecues with our friends.
Credentials
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2019
Licenses
● Series 6, 63 - Mutual Funds and Variable Products
● Life, Health, and Long-Term Care Licensed
Education
● Bachelor's Degree in General Studies with a Minor in Business - Columbia College
Languages
● English, Spanish and Portuguese
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Business Planning
Investment Planning & Strategies
Tax-Efficient Strategies
Insurance Protection Strategies
Disability Planning for Physicians & Dentists
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
