Episode 17

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18th Feb 2021

Grow Your Wealth Building Mindset with Ashley M. Fox

On this episode Kristin talks about money with a Financial Education Specialist Ashley M. Fox. Ashley is a former Wall Street analyst, a Howard University graduate, and CEO of her company Empify. Empify represents merging of the words EMPower and modIFY. Empify is an education-based organization created to help both adults and children understand financial literacy. Ashley is an international speaker and financial journalist.

Episode Highlights

02:30 – Ashley shares about how you can make yourself feel comfortable to talk about money.

9:36 – There is a mental shift that people have to make in order for them to believe they deserve to be wealthy. 

12:35 – You have to invest.

13:35 – The easiest way to start is to think about who do you spend your time, money and energy with.

20:45 – You cannot say that you want to be wealthy but you do not have time to build wealth.

Resources

Connect with Kristin @meetkristinburke on Instagram and on her website kristinburke.com

Ashley on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymfox1/

Ashley on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/_ashleymfox/

Ashley on Twitter

https://twitter.com/_ashleymfox

Ashley on website

https://www.empify.com/

https://wbcommunity.empify.com/

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About the Podcast

Elite Achievement
A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders
Elite Achievement with Kristin Burke

You’re a financial advisor. Your calendar is booked with back-to-back client meetings. You have a vision to grow your firm. You’re not sure if you have the right team in place. You’re holding on to work you know you should be delegating. You want to spend more time doing complex planning and working with your best clients, but you’re still trying to deliver for every client in your book.

At the end of the day, you’re still the one driving the revenue.

Or…

You’re leading a team of financial advisors or a firm. You’re responsible for growth, but don’t produce the results yourself. They come through the people you recruit, develop, and retain. And many of them aren’t traditional employees, which means you’re leading as much through influence as you are through expectations and accountability.

Your calendar is full, but your time doesn’t always feel well spent. You start the day with a plan, and it quickly shifts as people come to you with questions, challenges, and decisions that need your input.

You’re constantly balancing competing priorities. Attracting and bringing in new talent. Launching and developing new financial advisors. Supporting career advisors as they continue to grow. Having difficult conversations when someone isn’t performing. Protecting the culture and keeping everyone aligned to the vision.

At the end of the day, you’re still accountable for the results.

Different roles. Same challenges.

How do you create clarity around your vision and get others aligned to it?

How do you focus on the right priorities when everything feels important?

How do you develop people and hold a high standard of performance?

How do you lead effectively while still driving results?

This is the work of Elite Achievement.

A leadership and execution podcast for financial advisors and firm leaders who are building and scaling a firm and being challenged to lead at a higher level as success becomes less about your individual effort and more about how you lead.

Kristin Burke brings over 20 years of industry experience and works closely with financial advisors and firm leaders as they build firms, develop people, and navigate the challenges that come with growth.

Elite Achievement is about setting a bold vision, executing consistently, and becoming the kind of leader capable of building a legacy.