Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

Dr. Joy Lere is a psychologist with a practice focused on the merger of money and mindset. She has worked internationally with driven, achievement-oriented professionals who are motivated to reach the next level in their careers and finances. Tune in to hear: What is “an existential boundary experience?” How we can hold on to, and harness, the clarity that moments of hardship and grief can afford...

Kyle specializes in connecting the dots between the future of technology and finance, building strategic relationships and connecting people. He’s currently working with SS & C Advent and is focused on shaping the Black Diamond Wealth Platform for large financial service firms. Kyle lives in Georgia with his wife and 4 children and he’s passionate about golf, craft coffee, southern cooking, th...

Lisa Brenneman is the Behavioral Finance and Strategic Innovation leader at TD Wealth. She created the TD Wealth Personality Assessment Tool using the Five Factor Model of Personality, enabling clients and advisors to identify their financial and investing blind spots. Tune in to hear: What are the “Big 5” measures of personality? What lessons can financial advisors learn from the Big 5 personalit...

Jack Forehand is a partner at Validea Capital and is responsible for the firm's overall operations and portfolio management. Working in conjunction with founder John Reese, Jack led the development and optimization of Validea Capital's quantitative investment models. He is also the co-author of The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History's Best Investment Strategies. Jack graduated fro...

Paul Hebert is the Vice President of Individual Performance Strategy at Creative Group, and is widely considered an expert on motivation and incentives focused on influencing behaviors that drive business results through employees, channel partners and consumers. Using tested behavioral economic and motivational ideas he has driven engagement programs at Michelin, Chrysler Service and Parts, Toyot...

Bio: Dennis Moseley Williams is an entrepreneur, founder of DMW Strategic Consulting and author of ‘Serious Shift: How Experience Staging Can Save Your Practice.’ He’s also a certified expert of the Experience Economy (Pine and Gilmore). He lives with his wife Sherri, two daughters and a yellow lab. He loves spending his winters skiing as much as possible. In the summer he spends time with family...

Emily Binder is an entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Beetle Moment Marketing.  She focuses on AI and voice assistants, branded audio content, and digital strategy. Tune in to hear: if synchronicity can be cultivated or if it is just random why people often dislike their own voice why voice is more compelling than text or visuals what ingredients make for a successful podcast if the podcast phe...

President and CEO of YCharts, a Chicago-based, cloud provider of financial data and analysis/visualization tools. They help enable smarter investment decisions via providing robust data, intuitive tools and outstanding customer support. Sean received his MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and he graduated in the top 10% of his class. Tune in to hear: ho...

Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal. He writes about big financial trades, hedge funds, private-equity firms and other investing and business topics. In the past, Greg wrote the "Heard on the Street" column and covered the credit markets for the paper. Greg is the author of "The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters,&qu...

Coach Dana Cavalea is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees. He led the team to a World Championship in 2009. He is also the author of his new book, ‘Habits of a Champion, Nobody Becomes a Champion By Accident.’ Tune in to hear: why influence is a cornerstone of performance how to hate losing while not becoming overly risk averse why too much d...

The Psychology Of Commitment Vs. Context by Dr. Daniel Crosby

Tune in to hear: Why retirement is the #1 financial concern of most people How storytelling and introspection are revelatory when considering which financial retirement option suits you best What qualities to look for in a financial professional who will bring your best interests to the table when preparing you for retirement Advice for those who simply cannot save 20% of their present income for...

Corey Phillips is a successful financial advisor with the Bulfinch Group in Boston as well as a co-owner of a retail liquor-store,  community advocate that sits on the Board of four different non-profits, a youth sports coach, and a dad of one and one-on-the-way, we ask Corey Phillips, how do you do it all?  Corey explores how to manage the illusive time-to-value ratio so that we can decide what d...

The Four Pillars of Investor Psychology by Dr. Daniel Crosby

Nichole is wealth management advisor with Westpac Wealth Partners who has 13 years of industry experience. She joins Dr. Crosby this week to discuss the good, bad and ugly of taking on personal debt. Listen in to learn: How certain types of debt can actually be good What she thinks can be done about the student debt crisis Why you might not be able to afford as much home as that mortgage calculato...

Jim O'Shaughnessy is the founder of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management and the author of "What Works on Wall Street", one of the most influential investing books of all time. He joins me this week to discuss: How we can overcome the "illusion of uniqueness" and understand that we are just as prone to bias as the next person -Whether or not he in fact killed value investing -The pri...

Andrew Guyton is a financial advisor with seven years of experience who joins us today to talk about the pros and perils of family business. In specific, we discuss: What he and his father do to make financial planning fun and engaging How he maintains a personal identity within a family business What his father required him to do to prove himself before signing on How he and his father manage to...

Laurie Ruettimann is an HR consultant, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and now, the proud owner of a pretty sweet book deal. In this candid interview she speaks to the ins and outs of something that 80% of Americans hope to accomplish: writing a book. Specifically, we discuss: Why writing a book is a goal for so many people -How to know if you have what it takes -How much money you stand to make fr...

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury is on a mission to break money silence and shatter taboos around finance. She joins us this week to discuss: Why we are more comfortable talking about sex, politics and religion than money -How to talk to children about money in a manner that's meaningful to them -The pros and cons of financial literacy Join us for this fascinating discussion that will lead you to break do...

Marty Nachemson is a partner at Prosperian Wealth Management where he specializes in holistic financial planning. Today, he joins us to discuss how he stays adaptable in a business world that's always changing. We touch on: How "adaptability quotient" or AQ, differs from IQ and EQ Is the world really changing faster than ever? Harvard's take on the three keys to having high AQ How to cre...

Doug Shaw believes that we are all artists and teaches business professionals to regain the natural enthusiasm for creativity we all had as children. Join us this week to learn: How we can regain our former skill with and love of creative thinking -Why the World Economic Forum rates creativity as one of the top 3 skills needed for the future -How to focus on creative process rather than outcomes H...

Perth Tolle is the founder of the Life + Liberty index, the methodology underlying the launch of a new ETF. She joins us to discuss how she lives her mission of "We invest in freedom." Tune in to learn: -How Perth and her team measure the abstract concept of freedom -Why countries like the Philippines, with high profile human rights abuses, are still represented in the index -The unique...

Bob Seawright is the Chief Investment Officer of Madison Avenue Securities and a widely read blogger at Above the Market. He joins us to discuss: -How to actively seek out dissenting opinions -How investors can become educated without being inundated -Some practical tips for overcoming overconfidence Listen in to see what the king of long-form behavioral finance writing has to say about overcoming...

Andrea Schaffer CLU® ChFC® CFP® is with Pacific Advisors in Claremont, California. Her practice focuses on individual and business planning, with special knowledge in charitable and investment planning, tax offset strategies, executive tax issues, executive benefits, and business succession. She joins us today to talk about opportunity zones, including: • What is an opportunity zone anyway? • From...

Ron Carson is one of the most successful financial advisors in the world in addition to being a bestseling author and sought after coach. He joins Standard Deviations to share his journey from college dorm room to the top of the mountain. Within, we discuss: How Ron moved from loving to hating the financial advice business Why he thinks that tech giants pose a threat to the world of finance His vi...