/ by Don Connelly / Best Practices, Marketing Yourself / 0 comments
You can show a client how to save for a successful retirement, but you cannot make him act on your advice. You can do everything for a client but make the decisions. Nonetheless, if people take your advice, they will educate their children without borrowing money and eventually retire with no financial worries. It is egregious to think that setting up a successful plan for someone and then politely goading that person into action over the next several years until that person’s financial dreams come true is only worth one percent. But that’s the corner we’ve painted ourselves into.
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Become What People Want
/ by Don Connelly / Storytelling, analogies and power phrases / 0 comments
Let’s talk about becoming what people want. Do you know what people want? People want a beacon of anti-stress.
Watch the video or read the transcript to learn how you can become that for your clients.
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To Excel as a Financial Advisor, You must Motivate Yourself and Stay Motivated
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When you are at your most vulnerable, you cannot let it show. You must remain strong for the simple reason that the more uncertain the times, the more certainty clients will demand from you. Your equity is your relationships with your clients. It is imperative that you always do what is right, in order to preserve those relationships. If you get down, motivate yourself right back up.
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How to Tell Clients You Are Raising Your Fee
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You can show a client how to save for a successful retirement, but you cannot make him act on your advice. You can do everything for a client but make the decisions. Nonetheless, if people take your advice, they will educate their children without borrowing money and eventually retire with no financial worries. It is egregious to think that setting up a successful plan for someone and then politely goading that person into action over the next several years until that person’s financial dreams come true is only worth one percent. But that’s the corner we’ve painted ourselves into.
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