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Business Lessons from MrBeast:
The Power of Vision
Your definition of success must be defined and agreed upon before you set out on a business journey. For those of you with children under 15 living in your home, you are probably familiar with...
“Winning Has a Price…”
– Michael Jordan
I recently completed my third viewing of the 10-part documentary series, “The Last Dance,” detailing the Chicago Bulls’ 1998 championship season, and highlighting Michael Jordan’s entire...
How Note Taking Can (Hopefully!)
Keep My Head Straight
Previously on this blog, I detailed a strategy that I have implement which has resulted in a more productive and creative work week. Today, I want to share a strategy I am still struggling to...
Entrepreneurial Advice From The
Craziest ‘80s Hair Band of Them All
“If you wanna live life on your own terms,You gotta be willing to crash and burn…” - “Primal Scream, ” Mötley Crüe, 1991 When most people hear the term, “entrepreneur,” the first names that come to...
Heartbroken
This tribute to Eddie Van Halen is going to seem silly to most readers, considering I never met the man, but the fact remains that I am absolutely devasted by the news of his passing today. ...
What Would David Lee Roth
Do If He Owned an RIA?
I was 9 years old when Van Halen’s masterpiece album “1984” was released. That album had the same effect on me as it did many people my age – it changed my...
Working with Your Spouse May Be
Tricky, Except in a Global Pandemic
Over the past 4 ½ years many people have said to me “You work with your spouse?!? I could never do that!” And my humorous reply has always been, “What makes it work is that Reese works from home,...
Gratitude
& the Mamba Mentality
Yesterday was Kobe Bryant’s memorial service here in Los Angeles. On January 26th Kobe, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and 7 others tragically...
A Gen Z Perspective
on the RIA Space
Proud of your latest Millennial hire? You may want to consider the fact that Gen Z, the generation after Millennials, has already begun graduating college and are looking for our first...
The American Dream, Through
the Life of Geremia Papa
This is my grandfather, Geremia (“Jerry”) Papa. He arrived in the United States in 1920, at the age of 18, from his homeland of Italy. My mother assures me that “Papa” is his real last name, but...
The Age-Old Debate: Profit vs. Growth – What’s More Valuable?
At the Echelon Deal and Deal Makers conference in Newport Beach earlier this month, several sessions tackled the big question: If I’m looking to sell my firm, what is more important to a buyer - my...
Far from Forgotten: The Impact Layla Paige Sonnen Has Made
Layla – you left us one year ago, at 3:58am on July 8th, 2017, in your mother’s arms, surrounded by your dad and big brother Luke, and more love than we ever thought possible. There was no...
Mark Tibergien’s Latest Book Could Put RIA Consultants Out of Business
As a consultant to both breakaway advisors and RIAs, some may question my title to this article, and others may question my timing, as “The Enduring Advisory Firm: How to Serve Your Clients More...
Coming from a Millennial: We Want a Mentor and #Values
PFI Advisors’ Analyst, Anna Maria Garcia, suggests Millennials seek a mentor that leads with values in the beginning development of their career. “Millennials and their entry into the workforce” has...
“Lean In?” How About Simply “Don’t Lay Down”
Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 book kicked off a public discussion on what it means to be a successful woman in the workplace, and it provided strategies and motivation…
Build It For Greatness – Not Just To Sell It
We often hear from industry experts that the end game for entrepreneurs is to build their firms so they can monetize and sell them down the road as quickly as possible. Perhaps these “experts”...
How My Special Needs Daughter Has Made Me a Better Entrepreneur
My wife, Larissa ("Reese"), and I launched PFI Advisors on September 25th, 2015. One month and one day later, our 6-month old daughter, Layla, had her first...
Parlaying skills into ‘Promoting Financial Independence’
With his wife, Larissa ("Reese"), as sidearm, Matt Sonnen seeks to fulfill a niche for a service level between John Furey and Shirl Penney Tuesday 1.19.16...