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As a new year settles in, it’s important to stay focused on your plans and aspirations. In this episode, members of the MDRT Executive Committee share how coaches and other MDRT members provide encouragement while preventing them from losing sight of what they want to achieve. 

Through photos and stories, Kheng, the MDRT President, identifies the collective spirit of MDRT and members' ability to lift each other toward new levels of growth and achievement. Learn what Kheng's own photography has taught her and how she believes all MDRT members can thrive in the present and future.

While on a dream vacation in Australia, Plewes and his wife were critically injured in an automobile accident. Stranded in a foreign country, in a trauma hospital 10,000 miles from home, things looked bleak — until MDRT members in Australia entered the scene and acted in the most caring, compassionate and unselfish ways to help navigate logistics, food, transportation and emotional support. Plewes shares his story as well as transferable life lessons that reinforce the power and value of being part of the MDRT community worldwide.

Passion, perseverance, and purpose are all core values for Nichols, the incoming MDRT President. He explains how he solidified these while recovering from a life-threatening injury and finding in the MDRT community a chosen family committed to helping and engaging with people around the world.

What moments create your path for thinking differently and reaching higher? Lister, the MDRT Executive Committee Nominee, shares impactful events and choices that have shaped his MDRT journey.

Yeo shares a personal story of a challenging client experience that tested her resilience as a financial advisor. From being humiliated and facing rejection to handling her first death claim, Yeo learned powerful lessons about perseverance, the unpredictability of life and the urgency of financial planning — including how moments of crisis can become turning points toward securing the future. 

Ann Ruth Gochingco, a 14-year MDRT member from Quezon City, Philippines, faced the heartbreaking loss of her husband, the family's sole breadwinner, just two years into their marriage. This tragedy made her understand the importance of financial planning, and enhanced her ability to connect with clients and emphasize its crucial role in protecting their future.

Despite misconceptions, these MDRT members lean on sensitivity, listening and empathy for strengths.

MDRT members develop strategies to create camaraderie and invest in office staff.