What happens when financial advisors put connection, creativity, and client experience at the center of their practice? You get 𝗝𝗼𝗹𝘁! I am to start this one backwards … The only standing ovation at #JoltConference…. 🎉 was given to Cici Prsha and her team. In a class move, @robertsofia invited them all on stage to accept the credit they deserved. Jolt! 2025.... started with a Jolt!… A Jolt in the form of a fire alarm evacuating us at 1 am due to active explosions in the attached parking garage. 🌞 The next morning … Other than the coffee and donuts, the Renaissance @RenNashville kindly placed in the lobby and the fans around the hotel, you would have never known everyone had been awoken and on the street in the early morning hours. 🔋Robert, Diana Cabrices, and Matt Halloran bought the energy and high-voltage reminder that financial planning is about more than spreadsheets. Financial Planning is about connection, clarity, leading with 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 and reminding us: 📘 Are you connecting with your audience? 💡 Storytelling is the most underrated skill in financial services 🎯 How do you make them feel? 🔂 That it’s about doing, about improving by putting the rep’s 🔋 JOY isn’t just a feeling; it’s a strategic advantage. If you were at Jolt!…. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? 🔨 In this closing, Robert nailed it @SnappyKraken has created a community A community of outliers…. But…. for an advisor who wears a t-shirt that says 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝗼𝘆?® that’s just fine. 💬 The feedback I received after sharing how we are leading with JOY at @MitlinFinancial was touching. And it reinforced my plan to pull back the curtain on our process. A giant thank you to Kim Skermer for her coaching and for transforming Denise's words into a TED Talk that I was told inspired! 📝 Brian Thorp of @wealthtender, thank you for the valuable insights and for disclosures, so on point compliance agrees… 🏒oh, and for making it so I can end this post like most of my stories.... with HOCKEY Let’s Go Oilers