For many years, the traditional career track for financial advisors has been an ‘eat what you kill’ model – where advisors must independently find, convert, and manage their own clients. As such, it isn’t uncommon for an advisor’s first few years to be characterized by long hours, high rejection rates, and low pay. For many, … Read more
Launching an advisory firm can be a daunting endeavor, requiring advisors to take on significant financial and responsibility with no guarantees of success. Given these challenges, advisors may consider bringing on a business partner to share both the costs and the burden of decision-making. By pairing with a partner in the firm’s early days, advisors … Read more
“Building in public” is a common piece of advice for tackling new challenges – whether launching content, starting a business, or setting personal or professional goals – as public commitment fosters accountability and motivation, tapping into the human desire to avoid embarrassment. While this approach can be effective, it ultimately poses its own difficulties; for example, … Read more
A cornerstone service that many monetary advisors present is training. Whereas strategic recommendation is essential, advisors additionally face the problem of presenting the methods to shoppers in context, explaining completely different monetary planning ideas, and exhibiting shoppers implement these methods (in addition to mentioning any long-term penalties). Whereas curious, proactive shoppers who’re able to be … Read more
