Financial Planning: 13 reads for financial advisors in the summer of COVID — Here’s what Marguerita Cheng recommends!
Reporter Erika Wheless writes: This has been a summer unlike any other. It’s only fitting that our annual list of beach reads for financial advisors, based on recommendations from your fellow planners, executives and industry experts, covers a particularly wide range of topics and genres — from estate planning to racial disparities; from fraud to science fiction — with a particular emphasis on coping personally and professionally with our coronavirus-transformed lives, and the importance of diversity. Read on for some engrossing and enlightening titles to add to your list before the summer is over. Click here to discover all 13 titles.
Here’s what Marguerita Cheng recommends:
You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Marguerita explains: In a world where technology allows multiple opportunities to connect, no one is listening or even knows how to listen. If people aren’t listening, then people aren’t feeling heard. Kate draws upon her experience as a reporter to help us understand the science of learning (neuroscience, psychology and sociology). She infuses her storytelling with humor, so it’s a fun read. Last but not least, after reading this, we may no longer take listening for granted because how well we listen, to whom, and under what circumstances can play a significant role in who we become.