Posts by Corysswain
Your Most Important Mindset
The U.S. is still on this rollercoaster. Sounds like retirees still need you to fight for their retirements! Check out the video and the first quick hit on building a mindset in yourself and your team to make sure you succeed over the long haul. Make it a great week!
Read MoreStay Psyched!
Stay Psyched! One big thing I’ve noticed about the most successful advisors and successful business owners is how excited they are about where their business is going. They have a passion that is authentic about what they are building. You probably get this excitement every time you start something new, but how do you keep…
Read MoreQuick Hits: Shapes of Stories | Stealth Inflation & $30 hamburgers
“Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.” This was a line from Kurt Vonnegut from an important video I want you to watch this week. Check out the first quick hit and let’s make our stories more engaging! Here are your Quick…
Read MoreQuick Hits: The Keeper Test | Fitch Downgrades US | Maps on Maps
Ever read “The Keeper Test” by Erin Meyer & Reed Hastings? I was reminded of this book recently as I have had conversations about leadership and growing your team and making sure you have the right people on your team. If this person were to leave me, would I fight hard to keep them? Make…
Read MoreQuick Hits: Protection as an Asset Class | America’s Feelings | Charts on Charts
We are excited to see a lot of you next week in the Bahamas for the AE Advisor Summit! It is a great time of year to take a break, look at what you and your team have accomplished and celebrate! It’s also a great time to reflect on mistakes make any tweaks to make…
Read MoreQuick Hits: Paving Retirement Income | Ignored by the media | Coffee Lovers
Summertime is in full swing, and I hope everyone is taking the time to enjoy the warm weather. I know I did last week as I chose to ignore the whole “reapply” the sunscreen rule. I’m excited to see a lot of you in the Bahamas in a couple weeks! (I’ll try to remember reapply…
Read MoreQuick Hits: Passion Marketing | Evolution of Financial Advice | Investing During a Recession
Big shout out to Cody Foster’s Recent podcast episode with his recent guest Jay baer! Definitely give it a listen if you haven’t already, tons of great nuggets to implement today. Here are a few that I took away: Here are your Quick Hits: The Evolution of Financial Advice Managing yourself: Why it’s so hard…
Read MoreQuick Hits: Debt Fixer | Dangerous Cash Apps | Bear Market?
Things seem to be looking (a little) up with the first non-hike in rates we’ve seen and inflation starting to come down a little, but consumer sentiment is still hovering around the all-time lows. What does that mean? Retirees are still unsure of what to do with their money. Selling to a plan is ok,…
Read MoreQuick Hits: We landed on the Moon! | I.O.U.s | Dumber
All this talk about the debt ceiling got me thinking about the great classic of Dumb and Dumber. Specifically, this line: “That is as good as money, sir. Those are I.O.U.s” Sometimes we just need to have a good laugh at what frustrates us but can’t control right? – Not a bad clip to show…
Read MoreQuick Hits: All time low Sentiment | Pull out of the market | Late to the milestones
Consumer Sentiment is at one of the lowest points it’s ever been since they started tracking it in the 70s. Here is an advisors perspective article to explain a little more. What does that mean to you and your marketing? In my opinion, what I’m seeing is people are in the “Freeze” mode. They…
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