Happy, Healthy & Financially Wise
“Every single relationship, business and educational outcome improves when the brain is positive first. If you cultivate happiness while in the midst of your struggles, work, at school, while unemployed or single, you increase your chances of attaining all the goals you are pursuing, including happiness.” – Shawn Achor When it rains, it pours! Especially […]
Faith vs. Fear Revisited
“The only ones to get hurt on a roller coaster are the jumpers.” – Paul Harvey Last month, I attended my first Kingdom Advisors conference with Carter Payne from our office. Going to the conference, we did not know what to expect but came away inspired and excited about what we can accomplish through our […]
Passing on the Savings
You’ve likely noticed all the ads for brokerage custodian firms rapidly slashing the cost of trades to zero on some of their most popular items, notably stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). At Franklin Wealth Management, we had already negotiated with our two custodian firms, TD Ameritrade and LPL Financial to reduce costs for our clients. […]
Leadership & LOVE
WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR LOST LUGGAGE? & WHY I SPEND OVER $50K A YEAR ON COACHING. Last month we visited Germany to attend the Rotary International conference and spent a few extra days to enjoy the culture and the sights. We enjoyed ourselves immensely, but we also had our share of scares during the week. […]
Finding Freedom
This week we choose to honor our fathers and our founding fathers prior to Independence Day. I choose to remember my father for the great things he taught me. He taught me to learn from my mistakes, to continually make improvements and to learn and grow personally and professionally. He taught me that learning does […]
Lost in a Foreign Land
What Do the Beatles Have to Do with Any of This? Imagine you are arriving in a new country where you do not know the language. You wander around the airport for nearly an hour trying to find the best way to the central train station. A nice person informs you there is a small […]
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Nothing Can Replace Meeting Face to Face Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember the old commercials that promoted keeping up with family and other loved ones. The commercials were designed to inspire us to grow closer together through the use of the telephone. When my grandparents were still living, we would talk […]
Reasons to Celebrate
The Franklin wealth Team (above) of Innovative Advisory Partners is proud to be acknowledged by Forbes as one of the best advisory firms in the state of Tennessee. Last week, Robert Pragnell and I attended an LPL conference in Florida rewarding its top advisors. I was looking forward to some time spent learning about upcoming […]
What’s The Best Benchmark?
For those clients who attended our most recent Forecast event, Jeff Weniger, CFA and Market Strategist for Wisdom-Tree was most entertaining. Our thinking continues to be very similar and I thought I’d share some of his recent reflections. Jeff recently wrote, “There are 34-year-olds who have been in the business for 12 years and haven’t seen […]
Who NOT How
Monday, I spent the day with a select group of top-notch entrepreneurs in Toronto Canada sharpening the saw, refining our purpose and improving our businesses. One of the key concepts we continued to focus on was “Who, not How!”. When most entrepreneurs (including me) face a challenge, our first reaction is to ask: “How do […]
