The strongest foundation for the financial plans you create will always be your clients’ heightened awareness of the nature, influence, and importance of their values. Therefore, in your discovery and data gathering activities, it is essential that you engage your clients in a process of thoughtful reflection to help them identify and clarify what is truly […]
Financial & Life Goals
Boomers and the Meaning of Life
In terms of adult development theory, turning 50 is typically a time in life when individuals rethink the direction their lives are taking, confront their own mortality, and dare to ask themselves, “Am I really happy?” However, what distinguishes Baby Boomers from previous generations is that they wear their mid-life angst on their sleeves. […]
The Power of Questions: Unlocking the Possibilities For Personal and Professional Growth
There is a lot of truth to the old saying, “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” Therefore, it is important to be deliberate in planning for your personal and professional success. One of the easiest and most effective ways to shape your future is to ask yourself powerful […]
When it Comes to Change, Your Client (and You!) Are of Two Minds
*Be sure to read the author’s note and special announcement at the end of this blog post! In the Happiness Hypothesis, psychologist Jonathan Haidt wrote that long ago he developed a metaphor to help him make sense of his often self-sabotaging behaviors: The image that I came up with for myself, as I marveled at […]
Defining the “Why” of Your Clients’ Goals
Failing to reach personal and financial goals can be both frustrating and disheartening for your clients. And, to make matters worse, they often realize that they are their own worst enemies when it comes to sabotaging their dreams. However, research has shown that your clients can dramatically increase their rate of success by first determining a meaningful and internally motivated “why” for each goal pursuit.