by Jim Ruta
Imagine yourself the “Mike Holmes” of your client’s finances. Mike Holmes of the television show Holmes on Homes leads a team of expert trades people to repair homes. Building and leading an expert financial team is the future of the general practitioner. No one...
by Jim Ruta
There are two ways to be a success in the financial services business: 1. Work like a dog – do it all. 2. The right way – focus your efforts. I just returned from a couple of speaking engagements in Singapore and heard a wonderful story about this. After talking about...
by Jim Ruta
I visited recently with TOT member Van Mueller after a Wisconsin NAIFA talk. He told me he was just speaking with a struggling advisor looking for help. Van asked a deceptively simple question that revealed the advisor’s problem. “Do you have a hobby?” “Fishing” he...
by Jim Ruta
Confucius said: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” I think the job you love should also be one in which you are well paid and at which you excel. Even as a rookie, that’s the key. Find that one thing you like to do, can do...
