What Actually Happens in the First Trust Meeting?
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What Actually Happens in the First Trust Meeting?

The appointment is on the calendar, and the dread changes shape. What happens in that room? Day two of The Fridge List walks you into the first trust meeting: a conversation, not an exam, fewer decisions than you fear, and a cost you learn up front. And almost everyone says the same thing on the way

The Annual Physical for Your Money
Retirement Income

The Annual Physical for Your Money

You would not skip your annual physical, and you should not skip your money's either. To close out our week on financial interactions, here is what actually happens in a real annual review, piece by piece, and the moment from one of ours that I would put up against any product pitch in the country.

Why Is the Attorney's Number Still on Your Refrigerator?
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Why Is the Attorney's Number Still on Your Refrigerator?

The card went up under a magnet so you would see it every day and call. That was years ago. 73 percent of Americans say estate planning matters to them, and 56 percent have not signed a single document. Day one of The Fridge List: the call is smaller than the dread. Here is what it actually sounds l

The Box They Named Bob
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The Box They Named Bob

A couple we work with gave their beneficiary planning box a name, and somewhere along the way, Bob became part of the family. This is a story about paperwork, which means it is really a story about love, new grandkids, and the kindest gift you can leave on a shelf.

Every Product Had Its Own Salesperson
Retirement Income

Every Product Had Its Own Salesperson

One of our clients sees more doctors than anyone I know, and every one of them is careful, thorough, and completely unaware of what the others are doing. His money worked the same way for thirty years. Here is what happens when nobody is the general practitioner, and what it looks like when somebody