Remember going away to summer camp as a kid? It was always a week or two in August when you could get away from your crazy family and go off with your own kind (kids) to have some good old-fashioned fun. There was swimming, hiking and telling horror stories around the campfire. What a grand time. Not only was it good for us, it was great for our parents who definitely could use a break.
As I was browsing through some YouTube videos the other night, I came across a special camp for a select group. It was called Smiling Dog Camp. It was a two-week summer camp for… dogs. The video looked better than most of the places I go for vacation. I can imagine the dogs coming home all fit, tanned and rested. All ready to tackle another year of chewing furniture and pooping behind the couch.
The light bulb went off in my head. Wouldn't it be great if there were a Financial Advisor Camp! Think about it, the office staff is going away for a nice family vacation. Instead of feeling guilty about leaving you (the financial advisor) all alone at the office, they could pack up your swimsuit and send you off to camp.
Given the difficulty of getting advisors to take time off without their smartphones, potential campers should be informed this is due diligence networking camp for a select number of rising financial stars, like them. Validating their already high opinion of themselves, how could they refuse?
The camp would have many similarities to the summer camps we attended as kids. There would be swimming in the lake. The only difference would be when the advisors got out of the lake they would be dried off with luxurious chamois while their emails were being read to them.
After swimming, there would be some team sports for the FAs to enjoy. Each team would start with a captain. The captains would alternate picking the remaining advisors for their team. As in the games of childhood, the advisor who appeared to be the worst advisor would get picked last.
Not wanting to pack the infirmary with hamstring and Achilles tendon injuries, the active games of our youth would be replaced by more cerebral games fitting of true financial genius.
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