Process

The pathway to a balanced financial life.

To help bring order to life’s financial complexities, we use a systematic, independent, objective process. This helps ensure your financial world is:

  • Coordinated – Each financial component is monitored to make sure it’s in balance with the others
  • Consolidated – From cash to credit to retirement accounts, all things financial are within easy reach and under proper care
  • Optimized – All accounts are designed for optimum benefit and no opportunities are overlooked
Discovery meeting and initial client interview

During this all-important meeting, we will establish where you are now, and the specific goals you want to accomplish in order for you to experience those things that matter most to you and be more inspired to action. To achieve success, we must all be committed.

Implementation meeting

We are now ready to take our first step forward with your plan. With your approval, we will begin implementation of your comprehensive lifetime written financial plan.

Initial progress update meeting

We are at a point where it is necessary to measure and discuss our progress since the implementation meeting. We will review all actions that have been taken and their results.

Comprehensive safety review
  • At this meeting we will assess and discuss risks to your plan. We will review:
  • Recommendations from a full insurance review
  • All key progress reports
  • Your GPS action plan for every year of your life for which our team has made a recommendation
Progress meetings

These will take place every four months and be scheduled one year in advance. They will include:
Goal progress update
We will measure Your Progress Against Your Goals and review:

  • Strategic and Tactical written plan for every goal
  • All key progress reports
  • Recommendations from a comprehensive review and update of your Estate Plan

The annual review
We will address all actions taken throughout the year and review:

  • Recommendations from the comprehensive written strategy for cash reserves
  • Recommendations from the comprehensive written strategy for debt
  • All key progress reports
  • Your GPS action plan


Each year we will cycle through a three meeting process on your behalf. These comprehensive meetings are done in concert with your other professional advisors (i.e. CPA, attorney, risk management specialists, business consultants, etc.).

  • It takes approximately 6 months, and three meetings to cycle through this process initially.
  • Once we have completed the initial cycle we will continue to semi-annually.
  • Our proprietary process is repeated each year thereafter.

As a result, there’s no more wondering whether or not the changes in your life – or the world – are being addressed and considered by your team of advisors. And meetings are not casual coffee-and-doughnut chats. Each has a specific purpose and desired outcome. Action items are assigned and accountability metrics are established to help keep your team moving forward and to keep everyone focused on pursuing the results you desire.

Contact Us
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