A2P Field Guide
A Dynamic Route Map for Your Ascent to Prosperity
by Robert J. Patterson with C. Martino
$49.99
The Ascent to Prosperity is an interactive guide to financial wellness and personal fulfillment. Blending financial wisdom with psychology, philosophy, and personal development, the book provides readers with a practical framework for building a…
ISBN-13: 979-8-9954477-0-2
Publication date: 5/4/2026
Pages: 273
Product dimensions: 7”x9”x1”
Weight: 1lb, 8oz
Overview
The Ascent to Prosperity is an interactive guide to financial wellness and personal fulfillment. Blending financial wisdom with psychology, philosophy, and personal development, the book provides readers with a practical framework for building a life that is both successful and meaningful. Instead of chasing wealth alone, readers learn how to cultivate prosperity across five essential dimensions of life:
- MONEY (Financial Capital) - Tangible foundation of earning, saving, investing, protecting, & giving that provides the stability and resources to fund your entire ascent
- RELATIONSHIPS (Social Capital) -Trust, empathy, and connections with others and yourself that sustain growth and provide support on your climb
- PURSUITS (Purpose Capital) - Work, mission, career, or calling that expresses who you are and how you create value in the world
- ATTITUDE (Mindset Capital) - How you show up each day with resilience, gratitude, perspective, and belief
- VALUES (Integrity/Spiritual Capital) - Guiding beliefs and principles that define you, representing complete alignment between who you are and what you do; this is the summit of authentic personal prosperity
About the Authors
- Robert Patterson is a father, son, husband, friend, advisor, mentor, student, and author dedicated to helping people grow and change. He created the A2P process to enable people to align themselves financially with what’s most important to them in their lives. In his professional pursuits he is passionate about guiding people on the path to better financial decisions through their pursuit of authentic personal prosperity. When not blazing trails in the financial industry, he likes to volunteer in the community, ski, swim, and speak so-so (but improving) Spanish. He firmly believes that laughter is truly the best medicine.
- C. Martino is an artist, curator and creative director using the tools and techniques of modern storytelling to transform the mundane into the magical. A dedicated aesthetic explorer of ideas and expressions, his work maps the chaotic creative terrain of modern life, hinting at a hidden, inner world bubbling just beneath the gleaming surfaces of a world on the edge. When not in the studio or pecking away at the computer, he can be found on the beach, patiently waiting for his non-existent trust fund to fall from the brilliant blue SoCal sky. Find him at cmartino.com and across social media @chrisjmartino
A Holistic Approach to Modern Prosperity
Most financial books focus only on money. A2P expands the conversation, integrating:
- Financial Literacy
- Emotional Intelligence
- Personal Values
- Purpose-driven Work
- Life Design
The result is a holistic model of prosperity designed for the realities of modern life.
A Guidebook for Your Path to Authentic Personal Prosperity
The book is a structured, highly interactive practical manual and work book that challenges readers to move beyond “being rich" toward authentic prosperity aligned with internal motivation and personal truth.
Divided into two sections – Conditioning and Climbing – the book provides both the mindset preparation and practical tools necessary for the ascent to personal prosperity.
Holistic Integration Throughout
Every chapter weaves together financial strategies with emotional intelligence, relational responsibility, and personal values, rejecting reductive approaches in favor of interactive explorations of how economic pressures intersect with personal psychology and meaning-making.
Practical Application Focus
The book includes activities, exercises, and actionable advice designed to help readers examine their own relationships with money, identify authentic needs versus socially-constructed desires, and create their personal definition of "enough” at the heart of true prosperity.
Additional Resources
Download these additional A2P resources to explore the philosophy, framework, and practical tools behind building financial wellness, personal fulfillment, and authentic prosperity.
Learn about the idea behind A2P!
Prosperity is not what you accumulate. It’s what you become.
