February 25, 2019 / by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 0 comments
I was talking with an advisor in Beverly Hills and she asked me a question. She actually made an observation, but it was in the form of a question. She said to me that she finds it a bit odd that financial success is a function of delayed gratification in a world that insists on instant gratification. Do I have any thoughts about that? And the answer is ‘Yes, I do!”
Listen to this audio episode or read the transcript below to learn what Don Connelly thinks about sacrificing instant gratification.
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Sacrificing Instant Gratification
February 25, 2019 / by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 0 comments
I was talking with an advisor in Beverly Hills and she asked me a question. She actually made an observation, but it was in the form of a question. She said to me that she finds it a bit odd that financial success is a function of delayed gratification in a world that insists on instant gratification. Do I have any thoughts about that? And the answer is ‘Yes, I do!”
Listen to this audio episode or read the transcript below to learn what Don Connelly thinks about sacrificing instant gratification.
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Why Both You and Your Client Need the Skill of Visualization
January 19, 2015 / by Don Connelly / Managing the Relationship / 0 comments
Naturally your clients read the papers, watch the news, and use the internet to see what’s happening to their investments, they’re interested. And there will be bumps in the road. Keeping clients fully invested in the face of bad news is hard to do, so how do you get them to grin and bear it?
When someone sees their portfolio go down it’s your job to refocus them on the road ahead.
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31 Motivational Quotes to Drive Financial Success
January 12, 2015 / by Kirti Anand Sharma / Connelly Corner, Investing Wisdom / 2 comments
A Financial Advisor’s job is not just limited to giving the right advice. It also involves challenges like: motivating investors to act and managing client behavior throughout the investment cycle to keep them from distractions caused by the market fluctuations.
Sometimes your attempts to satisfy clients or convince prospects to trust your financial plans may seem ineffective, making it difficult to keep the conversation alive and positive. Have you thought that in such cases all you might need is an ice-breaker?
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