“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. Experience Your Wealth founder and financial planner Jake Northrup on using a values-based approach to find his niche client, the skills he is glad he developed before launching his firm, and how he grew to $500k in annual recurring revenue in 3.5 years [Podcast or Video]: “Having the ability to do one-time plans, knowing, and I’ve actually shared this with some other XYPN advisors too, you don’t want to take on the wrong people for ongoing relationships. But it’s okay to…
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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 (January 29-30, 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. ICYMI: Morgan Housel on the advantages of combining several “little things” to create the extraordinary [Article]: “Same with people. It’s tempting to want to find the one big skill that will set you apart. But most incredible things come from compounding, and compounding isn’t intuitive because the incremental inputs are never exciting on their own. A few little things that are easy to ignore yet work wonders when combined together…“ Big Skills [Morgan Housel, Collaborate Fund] Twenty Over Ten’s Samantha Russell…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (November 21-22, 2020)
“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. “The Advisor of Tomorrow” podcast guest TJ van Gerven shares lessons learned after launching a firm from scratch, including prioritizing building systems and processes, maintaining confidence during slow times, and being strategic with social media: [Video and Podcast]: “Focusing on processes and systems early on – even when you have that free time – because, like you said, you need to build it for 3-4 years down the road. It’s just hard. It’s easy to say what you should do in…
