Huddle Up: Teamwork's Key Role in Success
By Angie HerbersSchool has started again, bringing frowns to summer-loving children and grins to college football lovers everywhere, including myself. Yes, I'm excited about this fall season,...
August 27, 2007
Recruiting Season: Is There Such a Thing?I am currently suffering through a heat wave at my home in Manhattan, Kansas. But we come to expect and plan for this, as August...
August 26, 2007
What Are You Really Worth?Historically, independent advisors have had a hard time bringing themselves to charge enough for financial advice. I think that's been a large part of the...
August 24, 2007
Vision, Strategy, TacticsRemember the commercial with the guy who slaps his forehead and says, "I could've had a V8!"? I felt like that guy recently, but instead...
August 16, 2007
If You Do It . . . They Will ComeDo what, you ask? Why, financial planning of course. Now I'm not talking about the off-the-shelf variety where you spend a little bit of time...
August 15, 2007
That Pesky Fiduciary IssueAs usual, Morris Armstrong raises a valid, and very popular, point in his response to my latest posting, which warrants some further exploration. How can an...
August 12, 2007
Despite Noise Over McCarran Repeal, Enactment Is UnlikelyFor those insurance industry people old enough but still capable of remembering where they were when told that Elvis Presley had died, one of the ...
August 12, 2007
They're Buying Advice, Not a PortfolioPeople express their trust in you, or lack thereof, in different ways. This week brought with it some interesting and encouraging developments. I had a...
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