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Get Ready with Sheryl Garrett: Making Competent, Objective Financial Advice Accessible Jan 23, 2024

“Sheryl says the role of a financial advisor is one of the most important jobs but there is a segment of the industry that operates like the...

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Get Ready with Sheryl Brown: Female Advocacy in the Financial Services Community Jan 23, 2024

On business efficiency: take out the things that are big item expenses and try to pare those down. You’ll streamline your business, you’ll c...

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Get Ready with Bill Heestand: How a Smart Employee Can Buy Out the Boss Jan 22, 2024

“Your ownership in the business, the way that you finance your exit, allows you to help that person finance the sale and is an annuity for y...

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Get Ready with Sam Renick: It’s Never Too Early for Financial Education Jan 22, 2024

“ The most important thought, is the idea of paying yourself first or spending less than you earn, however you like to look at it.  It’s an ...

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Get Ready! with Shawna Reeves: Preventing Elder Financial Abuse Jan 22, 2024

“Change is going to happen from the top down, not waiting for a bad agent to get turned in to adult protective services, to then get prosecu...

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Get Ready with Maxwell Schmitz: The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Insurance Industry Jan 22, 2024

It’s a very fluid situation. 90% of financial services institutions had a pandemic response ready. From a broad scale perspective, the finan...

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Get Ready with Shennandoah Connor: Focusing On Your Client’s Perspectives Jan 22, 2024

“It’s your story, you own it, you get to write the story that you’re going to tell, you get to write the story that you’re going to live” - ...

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Get Ready! with JM Ryerson: Best Practices in Leadership & Teamwork Jan 22, 2024

“My #1 tip is to have a plan, which sounds complex for people, but quite literally just asking a couple of questions, like when do I want to...

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Get Ready! with Donna Bandelloni: The Value of Family Financial Meetings Jan 21, 2024

“Be educated about sources of information, because knowledge is power and then live within your means. That to me, goes hand in hand.” - Don...

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Get Ready with Chris Hall: Why You Should Review Your Estate Plan Jan 21, 2024

Quote: Estate planning is not just for when you die, having a proper estate plan means that you’re going to be able to keep control over you...

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Get Ready with Daniel Lee: Have An Investment Plan Jan 21, 2024

Have a plan. Have goals. But, don’t just have goals and a plan, have a system that works for you. That might be creating an investment plan ...

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Get Ready with Peter Kwadwo Asare Nyarko: Global Financial Literacy for Children Jan 21, 2024

“You have to decide to make a conscious and intentional effort to obtain financial independence and once you do that, get all the resources ...

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Get Ready with Christine Benz: Simplifying Your Investment Strategy Jan 21, 2024

“Simplify and reduce the number of moving parts in your plan. Your investment portfolio doesn’t have to be complicated to be successful. Tha...

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Get Ready with Barry Flagg: Applying Prudent Investor Principles to Insurance Policy Reviews Jan 19, 2024

In this episode of GET READY!, I spoke with Barry Flagg, the Founder of Veralytic about the importance of reviewing insurance policies.

We ...

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Get Ready with Maxwell Schmitz: Financial Literacy and Disability Insurance Jan 19, 2024

“The most important thing is to make sure that obligations to your family can be met under any circumstances and yes, that’s going to involv...

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Get Ready with Laura Adams: The Money Girl Philosophy Jan 19, 2024

“Be curious. When you have questions, pursue those , ask the question, find out the answer, many people wonder , should I do this, should I ...

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Get Ready with Cameron Huddleston: Financial Literacy and Family Communication Jan 19, 2024

“Start by educating yourself, there are resources out there that you can access easily and that you should be taking advantage of. Learn as ...

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Get Ready with Tracey Bissett: Financial Fitness and Young Money Jan 19, 2024

“Take small forward actions and to be kind to yourself in the process, so try to learn something new every day we’ve never been in a better ...

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Get Ready with Lynn Demmons: Financial Confidence Jan 19, 2024

“The #1 key take-away is to invest, to invest in yourself, to invest in whatever is the vehicle for you, investing in the stock market, inve...

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Get Ready with Michelle Boss: The Money Boss Jan 19, 2024

“First of all commit to being financially prepared. There are a great number of resources to be financially prepared. Start with a financial...

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Get Ready with Dana Mantilia: Protecting Your Identity Jan 19, 2024

“We need to stop over sharing on social media. Every time we’re sharing something, it’s a piece of your personal information.” - Dana Mantil...

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Get Ready with Bob Bland: Lifequotes and The Future of Life Insurance Jan 19, 2024

Buy enough (life insurance) the first time and don’t let it lapse.

In this episode of GET READY!, I spoke with Bob Bland, the founder of Li...

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Get Ready with Dave Seibel: Don’t Run Out of Money Jan 18, 2024

“Don’t be a bobblehead, don’t just sit there and shake your head. And don’t be afraid to ask for help.” - Dave Seibel

David Seibel, Author ...

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Get Ready with Haruka Yamashita: College Knowledge Jan 18, 2024

“Pay attention. Prepare for the heart to heart college money talk.” - Haruka Yamashita

In this episode of Get Ready, I spoke with Haruka Ya...

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