Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

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Kathi Balasek - Becoming Grief Literate: A Comprehensive Guide to Coping with Loss and Supporting Others Sep 07, 2023

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- What life journey brought Kathi to a place where she focused on grief professionally?

- Why did Kathi experience guilt and shame around her lack of financial literacy in a moment of crisis?

- People often say very inappropriate things when they are struggling to address the grieving, even if well-intentioned. Why is this the case and what can be done about it?

- Why something as simple as asking a deceased person’s name can be so meaningful to their loved ones.

- What does it mean to be "grief literate?"

- What is it about the unique combination of loss and money that makes us so reticent to talk about it?

- What is "disenfranchised grief" and how can loved ones, advisors or others avoid falling prey to this phenomenon?

- How does Kathi work with advisors who are a bit hesitant to talk about grief and other intimate topics?

- What are some best practices / things to say when talking to someone who is actively grieving?

- How can we strike a good balance between sitting with someone in their grief and offering optimism? Is this hopeful perspective often more hurtful than it is helpful?

https://www.kathibalasek.com

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Dr. Daniel Crosby - Mastering Life and Money: 7 Rules That Can Transform Your Future Aug 31, 2023

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- What the landscape of financial planning looks like broadly in the United States.

- How working with a financial advisor plays a prophylactic role that extends just beyond mere performance and into mental health and one’s interpersonal relationships.

- Why money is an emotional hair trigger for so many people.

- Whether or not you can take your clients further than you’ve taken yourself.

- What “The Pratfall Effect” is and how can you use it to your advantage.

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Dr. LaKeitha Poole - How Sports Psychology Can Improve Your Daily Life and Performance Aug 17, 2023

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- What’s the number one misconception about sports psychology? What are the Monday morning quarterbacks missing when they comment on a game?

- Has Dr. Poole noticed any common thread shared by the championship teams she has worked with over the years?

- How do teams really individualize their overarching goal above and beyond simply aiming to win and take home the championship trophy? Does this customization really help with overall buy in to the team culture and with collaboration between teammates?

- What are some of the ingredients, or elements, that makeup a good team culture? Does this look very different from team to team or are there elements that are consistent across the board?

- If Dr. Poole was called in to help a team that was in a major slump, in both performance and culture, where would she start to try to pull them out of this?

- Are most teams pretty responsive to Dr. Poole’s process, as a rule, or does it vary a lot from sport to sport or team to team?

- Are visualization exercises a part of what Dr. Poole does or is this just a stereotype?

- Does she advocate for visualization on game day or does it prove more useful in a practice context?

- What can athletes do to reliably increase their chances of entering into a “flow state?”

- What is the psychological mechanism that trips that might account for the yips?

- What are some takeaways from sports psych that we could apply in our everyday lives?

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Sterling Johnson - The Path to Economic Equity: Addressing Inequality and Empowering Communities Aug 10, 2023

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- What does the Partnership for Southern Equity really focus on and what is Sterling’s role there?

- What is the difference between equity and equality and why is this an important distinction to make when talking about the kind of work the PSE does?

- What things, governmentally or institutionally, are still in place structurally that disadvantage Black and brown people from economic equality?

- Atlanta consistently ranks among the highest of American cities with the greatest economic disparity. At a city-wide level, what drives this massive wealth gap?

- How can one balance an awareness of the past, and a realization that people don’t start on even ground in life, with a cautious optimism about how we can move forward?

- When some of the biggest drivers of wealth inequality are so organic, like who you choose to marry, how can we make meaningful progress?

- What things have we not gone over that might move the needle towards a more equitable future in America?

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Stacy Havener - The Scientist and the Storyteller Miniseries (Pt. 2) Aug 03, 2023

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- Why does Stacy believe that every company should have a well crafted origin story? Why does this speak to the authenticity of a brand?

- What’s the importance of a hook or conflict within a corporate brand story?

- How can we present a hook that helps with brand buy-in without the story relying on the classic narrative tools of danger, suspense and intrigue?

- What are some brands that effectively make their customers the hero of their brand story?

- What role does a “villain” play in a brand’s story and is this usually another business (e.g. competitor) or more ideological in nature?

https://www.stacyhavener.com

https://www.billiondollarbackstory.com

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Neil Bage - The Vital Role of Self-Care in a Financial Advisor's Professional Growth Jul 27, 2023

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- Some people think that “we can only take our clients as far as we have gone ourselves and that we must do our own work.” Does Neil believe this and, if so, what does “doing the work” look like in the context of a financial professional?

- What is Carl Jung’s idea of “a wounded healer?” Also, in terms of our own story, how can we walk the line between being vulnerable and approachable without making our time with the client all about us?

- What are the most common sources of stress for financial advisors and what is the potential fallout of stressed advisors trying to comfort stressed advisors?

- What are some practical tips for helping advisors manage the stress that can accompany a bad bear market?

- Where does Neil think the financial services industry is headed over the next decade?

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Nicole Casperson - Fintech is Femme: Breaking Barriers and Shaping the Future of Financial Technology Jul 13, 2023

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- Can Nicole speak to the power of podcasts, newsletters and new media and the role these play as she tries to fulfill her personal mission?

- Can brands do anything to really humanize and authenticate themselves or do we just favor individual influencers and have a general distrust of institutions now?

- What do we need to do as an industry to take women more seriously and how can we meet them where they’re at?

- From a behavioral standpoint, women always do better in aggregate than men with regards to investing, and yet on average they consistently undervalue their investing capabilities. What can be done about this?

- What can we do as an industry to better understand and better serve women at both an individual and global level?

- What are some practical steps that people in the majority can take to advocate for a more inclusive and diverse industry?

- What is the best savory Filipino food? What is the best sweet Filipino food?

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Stacy Havener - The Scientist and the Storyteller Miniseries (Pt. 1) Jun 30, 2023

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Learn how to adapt cognitive biases to your benefit within a sales funnel.

What is the mere exposure effect and why is it so powerful?

Considering the mere exposure effect, what chance do boutique asset managers have going against giants like BlackRock and how can they set themselves apart?

Is there such a thing as too much exposure and how can sales people intuit where to draw the line if so?

What is the loss aversion bias and how can it be used to your benefit within a sales context?

What is negativity bias and what are its implications for sales? How can you use negativity to better differentiate yourself from the broader market and how much is too much?

What is status quo bias and how can it be applied to closing a sale?

Why are “sins of omission” typically judged less harshly than “sins of commission?”

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Derek Hagen - Top Techniques for Navigating Change-Resistant Clients and Building Stronger Relationships Jun 22, 2023

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- In studies, non-compliance with financial advice generally hangs around the 50% range. However, many advisors say that their clients are very compliant and that these stats don’t hold true for them. Has Derek noticed this and what does he think accounts for this difference?

- What is the “stages of change” model and how might it be applied in practice with clients who are pushing back?

- What is a concrete, actionable step an advisor can take to help move their client from the contemplation stage onto the preparation stage?

- A lot of clients are held back by their anxiety and fear. Is there a path for removing roadblocks that unearths clients' motivations as well?

- What is the “righting reflex?” When does it prove helpful and when does it get in the way?

- If you are an advisor and your client is putting up walls, giving pushback and privileging the status quo - what is the best way to move forward and break this stalemate?

- What are scaling questions and change rulers and how are they applied in practice?

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Dr. Michael Finke - The Science of Happy Retirement: Key Factors for a Fulfilling Life After Work Jun 15, 2023

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- Do certain people have a natural proclivity for deferring gratification for a greater reward at a later date (e.g. exercise and saving) or can this also be learned?

- Is whether or not you are more forward-thinking or present-oriented hardwired in you from a young age?

- What are some of the things that those who “get retirement right” might know that those who “get retirement wrong” don’t?

- Why is working in retirement important for many people and how might this look different from working pre-retirement?

- What are the three pillars of retirement satisfaction and what can we do to prepare ourselves for the non-financial ones that are often overlooked?

- What are some ways that we can spend money, smartly, that may make us happier?

- How does Michael live his life differently based on the research he has done on retirement?

http://www.michaelfinke.com

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