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Mindset is the No. 1 differentiator for driven, accomplished advisors. How you think and show up in the world has a profound impact on your business results, your quality of life...
Mindset is the No. 1 differentiator for driven, accomplished advisors. How you think and show up in the world has a profound impact on your business results, your quality of life...
For his practice, Adam Llewellyn Morse, CFP, a nine-year MDRT member from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, hired a new staff member to serve as an office manager and free up Morse...
Advance your practice with these tips from MDRT members. 1) How to get your advice followed by clients It can be difficult to guide clients away from the wrong path and onto...
One of the big things we do every year is review our process and look at who our ideal client is. Then we add 10% or 20% each year to what our ideal client looks like. Then...
Confidence is at the core of professional presence. It is being comfortable in your own shoes. Many of us have experienced the dazzling impact of working with a consummate professional or watching...
My best practice that I’ve implemented within the last 12 months was bringing in an operations manager. Prior to that, I was running the business, writing the business and pretty much doing everything around the business to keep...
One of the great things MDRT did for me was introduce me to the idea of study groups. A group of us would get together and spend a weekend talking...
Buyers make decisions based on emotions and then rationalize them based on facts. They tell you what the facts are, but the emotional side of their brain decides. And then it says, “Oh,...
It might be tempting for advisors to take on as many clients as possible. Steven A. Plewes, CLU, ChFC, a 34-year MDRT member from Naples, Florida, says that having a...
With so much work to be done and only a certain number of people do to it, how do you make sure your business is running at peak efficiency? Thomas...
We had hired a new receptionist a couple of months ago, and it didn’t work out. She wasn’t cut out for office work, and we had to let her go. After we...
Unfortunately, not every client-advisor relationship can be a great one. Gino Saggiomo, CFP, a 14-year MDRT member from Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia, says transitioning the client to a different advisor,...
I spent nine years at the MDRT level, 12 years at Court of the Table and two years at Top of the Table. But here is a little secret: It is much more rewarding...
We have a client who is very specialized in what she does who lost her job. Great news for her: She was a good saver. But at the same time, we had her on...
We sell all the same products. We invest in the same stocks around the world. But what is your process for making sure clients reach their goals? Here is how we...