“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. Kitces.com researcher Dr. Meghaan Lurtz and Dr. Daniel Crosby cover [Podcast]: A client questioning framework that progressively builds trust and encourages clients to open up How to use the “Peak-End” rule to improve client outcomes Helping clients forecast goals they will actually enjoy How advisors can take better care of themselves as they take care of clients during volatile times And more… “We’re better at being human to each other when know the structure of the way that things move forward.…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (February 26-27, 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. Chequers Financial Management founding partner Megan Gorman and Buckingham’s Steven Atkinson cover a lot of interesting ground including [Podcast]: How she found her niche by leaning into her curiosity (and ignoring what she was “supposed” to be like) How Megan handles the “rejection” from prospective clients who ultimately go with another advisor Leaning into her clients’ definition of wealth to provide them with a sense of security And more… “I think early on in my career I had to come to…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (February 5-6, 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. Anna N’Jie-Konte, Dr. David Rhoiney, and Emlen Miles-Mattingly share their inspiring stories and thoughts on representation, equity, and more [Podcast or Video]: “It just means opportunity. We’re an example: it doesn’t matter your background and it doesn’t matter where you come from. You are born with these abilities, intelligence, and the skills that you need to be successful.” Anna N’Jie-Konte, Dr. David Rhoiney, & Emlen Miles-Mattingly On Self-Determination & Representation [Dasarte Yarnway, The Human Advisor] Penny Phillips with six non-traditional KPIs…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (January 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. Onramp’s Caitlin Cook on the power of Twitter and the #FinTwit community [Video]: Why recording meetings to watch your own “game tape” is so important, how to boost buy-in from prospective and current clients, and more [Podcast]: “The opportunity today, that is totally underleveraged, and it’s due to technology, is the ability to observe yourself via game tape. So many professions make copious use of game tape from surgeons, to sports, to music, to otherwise. Why not us? That’s how you…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (January 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. FiComm Partner’s Megan Carpenter covers all things “authentic marketing” including [Podcast]: What “authentic marketing” actually means An exercise for clarifying and leveraging your own story and authenticity How authenticity can relate to your niche And more… “Every advisor I’ve ever talked to has such a cool story. They don’t tell that story right away. You have to keep asking ‘But why?’ ‘But why? Tell me more about that.’ You have to dig really deep to get there, but if you do,…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (December 4-5, 2021)
“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. In a wide-ranging interview Tyrone Ross Jr. discusses [Video or Podcast]: the challenges he’s overcome in his career and personal life why he thinks the majority of advisors should not be allocating toward crypto assets yet how to streamline prep for media interviews and presentations “If you know your audience well, and I don’t mean, ‘Oh, I’m addressing retirees,’ or ‘I’m addressing college, students.’ That’s not enough. If I know my audience well enough, I know them so well, and they…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (November 27-28, 2021)
“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. Angie Herbers’ client communication framework for addressing concerns (like hyperinflation) from fearful clients in a way that maintains credibility [Article]: “Preserving your credibility begins with good communication. And good communication is rooted in knowing what you don’t know until you do. Many times, that simply means being confident enough to admit it, which is the burden we professionals carry with us each day.” Ask Angie [Angie Herbers, CityWire RIA] How to build a practice that avoids, as Michael Kitces puts it,…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 30-31, 2021)
“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. NGP Financial Planning’s Michael Policar talks about humanizing the industry including how we talk about potential clients, rethinking discovery meetings, personalizing client communications, and more [Video or Podcast]: “Now I like to do a walk and talk with clients: ‘Let’s go walk around the lake and just talk about what’s bothering you, what you’re worried about, what’s keeping you up at night.’ It’s just so much more natural. There’s nothing forced. I think it disarms folks.” The Key To Identifying New…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 16-17, 2021)
“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. Two pieces of content on the topic of empathy to kick off this week: Investopedia’s Caleb Silver hosts Gary Vaynerchuk and the two discuss when Gary realized the importance of empathy and how it has made him a better businessperson [Podcast at 26:30-mark]: “I had a lot of emotions and feelings – but they were my superpower. And I knew as I got older and older and older it became very clear to me how to harness it. I’m so proud…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 11-12, 2021)
“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. Brittney Castro sits down with Robert Sofia to discuss all things personal branding including: Her strategy behind separating her personal brand from her business What factors to consider when choosing social media platforms to use How to get started and what to prioritize And more… Power Branding With Brittney Castro: How Financial Advisers Can Build Their Brand – Blend Out – MasterClass [Robert Sofia, Snappy Kraken] What to showcase during your job interviews [Podcast at the 8:45-mark or Video]: How To…