About the Episode:
Do your clients call in a panic when the market drops, ready to abandon their long-term strategy based on the day’s headlines? In this candid conversation, hosts Dave Alison and Jason L Smith, discuss how advisors can effectively guide clients through market volatility using The Bucket Plan® framework. Jason shares the evolution of the approach he pioneered from the early days of his career through multiple market cycles, highlighting how time-segmented planning helps clients maintain perspective during uncertain times. The discussion explores why clients react emotionally to market fluctuations and how advisors can reframe these conversations to reinforce long-term thinking.
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About the Host:
Dave Alison, CFP®, EA, BPC is an accomplished financial planner and business leader committed to helping advisors expand their reach and improve the quality of their service to clients. In addition to being the President and a Founding Partner of C2P and the Founder and CEO of Alison Wealth Management — his own financial services firm — he is also the President and Founding Partner of Prosperity Capital Advisors, an acclaimed planning-first RIA. Dave leverages his expertise in all things financial planning, particularly taxes and solutions for high-net-worth clients, to educate financial professionals on best practices and ways to raise the bar in their own practices. Wealth Management, his own financial services firm.
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About the Guest:
Jason L Smith is a father, husband, nationally acclaimed speaker, financial planner, best-selling author, coach, and entrepreneur dedicated to simplifying financial planning for families worldwide and supporting advisors everywhere. He is the Founder and CEO of C2P, as well as his own financial services practice, JL Smith Holistic Wealth Management. Jason’s passion and expertise lie in all aspects of holistic financial planning, further evidenced by being Founder and CEO of Prosperity Capital Advisors, a nationally recognized planning-first RIA. As a skilled leader in the financial services industry, Jason truly enjoys helping advisors secure and scale their businesses and better serve clients through C2P’s trusted processes and models.