“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. One of the most valuable podcast episodes I’ve listened to all year, Bob Seawright shares a number of actionable behavioral finance best practices and covers topics including [Podcast or Video]: A review of “Closed versus Open” systems and Inductive versus Deductive reasoning The advantage of holding our views probabilistically Questions to combat confirmation bias How to make fewer decisions and the importance of checklists A reminder that money is a means to an end And more… “As an advisor, I think…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 22-23, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Sensible Money founder and CEO Dana Anspach shares her origin story and covers a range of retirement planning topics including [Podcast]: Her all-weather portfolio approach and why she relies on individual bonds instead of bond funds Factors to consider when making the mortgage pay-off decision Her process and philosophy behind long-term care planning When she recommends using annuities And more… “It started with a focus on what we all call sequence risk—how do you build and design portfolios that can help…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 15-16, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Dr. Daniel Crosby with a 5-step framework for easier client conversations around market volatility, why advisors should encourage clients to focus on their “personal economy,” and the case for investors buying more of “what they don’t know” [Article]: “Behavioral finance and soft skills add ‘hard’ value to clients. Relational and behavioral considerations are the only enduring competitive advantages in our space. Technology can serve as a point of differentiation for a time, but today’s cutting-edge tech becomes tomorrow’s table stakes. So…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 8-9, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Meir Statman on a range of behavioral finance topics including [Podcast]: The difference between using money for happiness versus well-being and why he encourages the latter How advisors can use behavioral finance to grow their business Misunderstood behavioral biases How advisors can get clients to “open up” more easily And more… “I think of financial advisors as well-being advisors. Financial advisors are more than wealth managers. They are well-being managers. They are in the business of helping people find well-being. ……
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 1-2, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Herbers and Company founder Angie Herbers shares the two biggest communication skills to set yourself apart from others, what firms are looking for in new hires, and more [Podcast]: “First, a lot of hiring firms will take them seriously even though they don’t have a lot of experience. From Herbers and Company’s perspective, there are lots of opportunities out there for new advisors who have no experience. To gain that experience, though, you’ve got to get boots on the ground. You’ve…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 24-25, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Treyton DeVore shares the content repurposing routine that led to AllStreet Wealth’s extraordinary growth, the efficiencies he’s experienced from iterating niches, and more [Podcast]: “You still have to be conscious of quality, but you can’t let perfection stop you from putting out content either. You’re going to get better over time. You just have to balance between ‘Am I getting better and is this working?’ and ‘Do I actually need to pivot and do something else?’ … That stuff is super,…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 17-18, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. A pioneer in integrating psychology and personal finance, Rick Kahler on a number of behavioral topics including [Podcast]: When not to ask questions in order to avoid interrupting the conversational flow Why some client financial behaviors may initially look illogical, but make sense after a few follow-up questions The importance of active listening and using pauses in conversation And more… “That’s the hardest thing to give up: ‘I know the answer to this, I know the answer to that. I know…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 10-11, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Thomas Kopelman and Treyton Devore reflect on their exceptional first year in business and cover a wide range of underlying principles and tactics including [Podcast]: The importance of planning and prioritizing every touchpoint in your client experience Auditing activities to recognize which give you energy Outsourcing early And more… “Now an assistant is going to be starting in October because, sure I could make $30,000 more a year if I didn’t hire those roles, but also I couldn’t scale at one…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 3-5, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Michael Kitces, Carl Richards, and Bill Bachrach on communicating your fees to prospective clients: describing your value, framing your fees, and more [Article]: Kitces: “‘Show me a prospect meeting where the prospect talked 80% of the time and it’s a very high likelihood that they’re going to end [up] doing business’ with you ‘because, at the end of the day, if they feel like they got their stuff out there and they feel heard,’ that tends to work in the advisor’s…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 27-28, 2022)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Taylor Schulte shares website accessibility tips that also improve your SEO, advice on partially leaning on outsourced marketing providers, and more [Podcast]: “These things we reviewed also create a good foundation for learning how to optimize your content for SEO. They force us to focus on the user, to create a better experience, and be thoughtful about what we include in our content and how we present it to the reader.” Web Accessibility, SEO, And Email Marketing [Taylor Schulte, Experiments In…
