Successful Planning

Ep #56: Transitioning From Corporate America to Financial Planning with Karina Linehan

Karina Linehan is an Associate Advisor with SAGEbroadview Wealth Management based out of Morristown, NJ. She joins me on the show today to share her career journey from corporate America to the financial planning world. Listen in as she shares how she started in financial planning, what her responsibilities are as an Associate Advisor, and what the first few meetings of the new client experience are like at SAGEbroadview Wealth. We also dive into how her role with the firm shifted as a result of ...

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Nov05

Ep #55: Pivoting Away From Tax Accounting to Financial Planning with Cole Christian

Cole Christian is a Wealth Strategist based out of St. Louis, MO, who initially began his financial planning career pursuing an accounting degree and becoming a Certified Public Accountant. He joins the show today to share his journey into the financial planning world and how his career has pivoted from accounting to financial planning. Listen in as Cole shares his beginning in financial planning, including the very unique internship situation he found himself in and why he chose to work for a ...

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Oct29

Ep #54: From Wirehouse Advisor to Business Transformer with Jen Goldman

Jen Goldman is a Certified Financial Planner and Business Transformer with Jen Goldman Consulting based out of Boston, MA. Jen knew she wanted to be a financial planner when she was 19 years old, and she joins the show today to share her story of how she thrived as a young woman in a male-dominated industry. Listen in as we dive into how Jen brought in clients during her early days as a wirehouse advisor, the things she learned about herself and her skills after a few years on the job, and why ...

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Oct22

Ep #53: From Admin Assistant to CEO with Tina Mistry

Tina Mistry is a Financial Advisor with Portfolio Advisors in Fresno, CA. She joins the show today to share how she found her first job in financial planning while she was still a college student, as well as what she did to progress to become a Lead Advisor and, ultimately, the owner of the firm. She also describes how she passed the CFP exam and gained confidence as a newer planner. Listen in as Tina opens up about the challenges she faced and how she overcame them, plus specific ideas for ...

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Oct15

SPECIAL EPISODE: Bringing Minority Planners into the Profession with Emlen Miles-Mattingly and Luis Rosa

Luis Rosa and Emlen Miles-Mattingly join the show today to discuss the BLX internship program they co-created with Chloe Moore and Shawn Tydlaska. In this episode, Luis and Emlen share the "why" behind the BLX program, which stems from their personal struggles in entering the financial planning profession, a desire to increase the number of Black and Latino financial planners, and wanting to make advice more accessible to Americans who desperately need it. Listen in as they share the ...

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Oct01

Ep #51: New College Graduates to Lead Planners in 4 Years with Emily Boyd and Brandon Gutierrez

Emily Boyd and Brandon Gutierrez are Financial Advisors with Browne, Draper & Land Financial Concepts in Dalton, GA. Today they join the show to discuss how they learned about the profession, including what intrigued them to become involved in the industry, what their roles look like day-to-day, and how these tasks have changed as their careers have progressed. If you are in an associate planner role and want to move into a lead planner role, then this episode is for you. Listen in as ...

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Aug06

Ep #43: Taking Control of Your Career with Brandon Odell – Part 2 of 2

Today we're back with part two of my conversation with Brandon Odell, a Partner at the consulting firm Ensemble Practice, which specializes in financial planning firms. In this episode, we continue the discussion on career growth for new planners. Listen in as we talk about the biggest mistakes that many new planners make when it comes to their careers, as well as how you can avoid making those same mistakes yourself. You'll learn what the most successful new planners are doing, how their ...

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Feb26

SPECIAL EPISODE: How to Pass the CFP Exam with Deanda Wilson, Brooke Cantrell, and Sean Gold

Today we are joined by three special guests—Deanda Wilson, Brooke Cantrell, and Sean Gold—who all recently passed the CFP examination. In this episode, they will each describe their own unique path to passing the exam the first time, describing in detail their exact study plan approaches and daily schedules. They will also explain the pros and cons of the review provider vendor they used and how much time it ultimately took to receive their passing results. Listen in as they share what actions ...

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Feb19

Ep #22: Overview of the Jumpstart Community for Financial Professionals with Dominique Henderson

Dominique Henderson is the Founder of DJH Capital Management, a fee-only RIA, and The Founder of the Jumpstart Coaching Lab, a community for aspiring financial professionals offering virtual mentorship, training, and coaching. He joins the show today to discuss how his exposure to a diversity of cultures early on in his life paid substantial dividends for him as he began his career and building his firm. Listen in as he explains why he left a position that was paying him close to $300k per year ...

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Jan08

Ep #16: Transitioning from a Wirehouse to an RIA with Hallie Kraus

Hallie Kraus is a financial planner with The Humphreys Group in San Francisco, CA. Today she joins the show to share how she was introduced to financial planning through a credit counseling position and what made her want to get into the profession, as well as why the wirehouse channel was top of mind for her when looking for a position and why she ultimately left the wirehouse channel for the fee-only RIA channel. Listen in as Hallie explains how she found a perfect fit at a small boutique ...

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Dec25

Ep #14: A Career in Operations as a CFP with Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore is the COO with Quest Capital Management in Dallas, Texas, and 2021 President-Elect of the Financial Planning Association. Dennis joins the show today to discuss why he pursued a career in financial planning, how he found his internship and first full-time job after graduating from a CFP program, and tips for effectively making the transition from student to professional. Listen in as he opens up about why he pivoted away from being a full-time client-facing advisor to pursue an ...

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Dec11

Ep #12: How to Deliver Results Beyond Years of Experience with Casey Bear and Logan Ross

Today we have two special guests joining the show from Cranbrook Wealth in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Casey Bear, CEO, and Logan Ross, Advisor. Casey and Logan work with three other colleagues to manage $800 million for 225 clients, and they are here to share their individual journeys in becoming important members of the Cranbrook team. Listen as Casey discusses how he was hired into the firm as an advanced planning analyst with no experience—and then got promoted to CEO at just 31 years old. ...

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