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Welcome to the Balanced Advisor Podcast with Dr. Travis Parry. We want to help financial advisors achieve balance in their lives. If you're an advisor who has struggled to make time for the important things in your life both in and out of the office, then this show is for you.

Join Travis for new episodes each week that will feature interviews with advisors from across the country. They'll share their personal stories of struggles and successes when it comes to striking that proper work/life balance. Travis will also interview other financial industry peers to connect advisors with other valuable resources that can hep them live a balanced life.

Dr. Travis Parry began his career as a financial advisor in 2002. Over the next decade he developed an interest in helping individuals and couples manage and plan for their lives in more ways than just their finances. The shift turned into a new business, new goals, and a few books along the way. Eventually, Travis founded the Make Time Institute with the specific goal of helping financial professionals and business owners achieve work/life balance.

Read more about Travis' background.

Get Travis' newest book, Achieving Balance: The Make Time Method For Advisors To Reach Business And Personal Goals In An Overworked World.

Make Time Institute Website

Email: travis@travisparry.com

Jan 13, 2022

Today, Cory Swain, the Vice President of Advisor Development at Advisors Excel, joins us. He’s helping advisors improve their marketing tactics while scaling their business. Cory and his wife have been married for over ten years and have three children. In his free time, he enjoys surfing and traveling. 
 
Cory finds balance and synergy by involving his spouse in his career journey. Family life and work-life don’t have to be separate for Cory. He finds the more his family understands his work, the more time they spend together. 
 
A lot of us struggle with delegation when our businesses start to grow. But the next thing you know, you are spreading yourself too thin. Cory is helping good advisors become great CEOs through marketing, delegation, and balance. 

 

What we further discuss in today’s episode: 

  • Having a bigger purpose when we set goals 
  • Why advisors struggle with delegation, hiring, and running a business
  • Finding the things you love to do and learning to let go of the rest 
  • How marketing has changed since 2020 and what the future holds
  • What factors make an advisor successful in virtual work 
  • How Cory’s business takes good advisors and makes them great CEOs 

 

TIMESTAMPS

1:12 – Living in Kansas, but loving to surf 

3:52 – Cory’s definition of balance 

5:51 – Understanding why we are here

7:58 – Struggles advisors face 

10:40 – Having a hard time letting go 

14:40 – Learning to let go 

16:28 – Marketing changes after 2020 

19:30 – Balance when working from home 

25:53 – Cory’s marketing approach 

27:17 – Things you can do differently 

30:00 – Contacting Cory and The Proven Way 

 

RESOURCES

Learn more: Cory Swain and The Proven Way 

Email: travis@travisparry.com

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