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Titles mean nothing; responsibilities mean everything

When I was younger and it involved with student organizations, there was this saying that you should...

If You Make An Ultimatum, Deal With The Consequences

What’s an ultimatum? It’s a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a ...

The Concern of TPA Referrals Made By Advisors

A friend of mine and I were talking about a financial advisor that we knew that had a big book of 40...

You Are Replaceable

I was reading a great book on the 1981 PATCO air controllers strike and President Reagan’s dec...

The Legend of Fred

When your practice is successful as a retirement plan provider, you’re going to want to hire p...

Sometimes it’s about control

As a retirement plan provider, you meet a potential client and you just do so well in the meeting th...

Meeting Client Expectations Even If You’re A Super Lawyer

A few weeks back and I was waiting at the train platform and I met a former client of mine from my l...

Avoid the Walter Principle

Since I’m a big fan of business and human interactions, I’d love to throw out another ma...

Complying with The Fiduciary Rule is feeling your way around

I am a huge fan of the Airplane! and Naked Gun films of the Zucker Brothers. Not to be crass, but a ...

The reason for the Fiduciary Rule

There was a recent conference (thanks for the invite) where they had a roundtable about why the new ...