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How to get clients to think and talk about retirement image

Harpreet Singh Atwal, Dip FA, BSc (Hons); Richard Jones, CFP; Brent R. Kimball, CFP, ChFC; Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Sep 1, 2017

How to get clients to think and talk about retirement

For many, retirement is easier said than done, with a lot of uncertainty about what to do and how much it will cost. In this episode, MDRT members discuss how they address the financial challenges of retirement with clients while helping them understand the questions that they should ask themselves.

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Oct 24, 20196 min

If I had only known

Scott discusses how you can prevent your clients from falling victim to the fastest growing white-collar crime in America.

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Oct 10, 201959 min

Client planning beyond the grave

If you passed away tomorrow, would you look at your loved ones and wish you planned better? As a financial advisor, you help your clients focus on the appropriate investment strategies, wealth creation and death benefits, but you shouldn’t stop there. Unpreparedness leaves families in chaos during the initial and ongoing stages of grief. Scott shares strategies to help clients get their affairs in order so the survivors never have to say “If only they had known.”

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Aug 15, 201917 min

Hunting and farming

When the new year begins and your MDRT production is reset to 0, how do you make it back to MDRT and grow our production? Scott explains how to balance your schedule between farming (centers of influence, proactively engaging clients for referrals) and hunting (leveraging a change or disruption or going for a target market) to make it happen.

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Jun 12, 20196 min

If only I had known

How you can prevent your clients from falling victim to the fastest growing white-collar crimes in America, from Michaela Scott at the 2019 Annual Meeting.

Harpreet Singh Atwal, Dip FA, BSc (Hons); Richard Jones, CFP; Brent R. Kimball, CFP, ChFC; Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Nov 21, 201910 min

What advisors wish they knew sooner

Have you always helped clients as much as possible? When did you realize how communication impacts the service you provide and the information you gather? In this episode, MDRT members share changes they have made in their practice from lessons that, if possible, they would have learned earlier.

You’ll hear from:
Harpreet Atwal
Rick Jones, CFP
Brent Kimball, ChFC, CFP
Michaela Scott, CFP, RICP

Episode breakdown:
0:26 – The expenses of divorce
1:13 – Adjusting your approach to help clients prevent problems
2:29 – Are you being as comprehensive as you can?
4:47 – Learning to ask more questions
5:43 – Let the clients provide the answers
6:24 – Make sure to relax

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Sep 16, 20196 min

If I had only known

Scott discusses how you can prevent your clients from falling victim to the fastest growing white-collar crime in America.

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Jul 8, 20193 min

I wish I'd known

My client's identity was stolen after he died.

Michaela Scott, CFP, MSFS

Jun 6, 201936 min

Client planning beyond the grave

If you passed away tomorrow, would you look at your loved ones and wish you planned better? As a financial advisor, you help your clients focus on the appropriate investment strategies, wealth creation and death benefits, but you shouldn’t stop there. Unpreparedness leaves families in chaos during the initial and ongoing stages of grief. Scott shares strategies to help clients get their affairs in order so the survivors never have to say “If only they had known.”