There is one answer that every financial advisor should be giving regularly.

Like it or not, you’re always selling yourself.
I never figured out how to do that as an actor. Switching careers helped me understand why.

Acting doesn’t prepare you to be a doctor, an architect, an accountant. It prepares you to be a leader. A builder of relationships. Acting lines up with the skills of CEOs, politicians, entrepreneurs.

The last few months have been incredibly destabilizing. I mean this from the obvious perspective of global trade, but also from the less obvious perspective of our collective psyches.

Let's address this upfront: money alone cannot alleviate loneliness, resolve deep-seated trauma, or forge genuine friendships. It cannot mend broken family relationships or bring reconciliation with adversaries. Money cannot cure chronic diseases or guarantee everlasting happiness.