Most of us do not like change. I for one prefer to sleep on one side of a double bed, and I struggle to get to sleep when I try the other side. Everything seems different.
So you are probably experiencing the same thing that I experienced in 1998. I could do any financial calculation for any client at any time to attack any problem. I could save them income tax, estate duty and the rest. BUT, I did not feel fullfilled in the process. I was on my way out of the industry - I have had it after about 17 years in the life assurance industry. Then entered Bill Bachrach of San Diego in the USA. I took training with him in 1999 and was part of his trusted advisor course in 2000 visiting San Diego four times that year investing a huge amount of dollars.
Soon after that I started charging clients fees ranging from R40 000 to R99 000. I still remember how I asked my first client for a fee of R99 000. I was quite an experience! So enough about me and my experience...
Why would you become a financial coach and how would this work? A Financial Coach guides his client(s) to a value based approach to financial planning. He charges his clients a fee that they gladly pay. He does not make his living out of initial commissions or fees.
So how could your business and life look like? You may have 40 clients who all pay you an initial coaching fee of R50 000 each, bringing in a total of R2m. Over a two year period you guide them through financial coaching and they each entrust you with assets of R4m each on average. You have R200 million under management and you receive an income stream of about R2m per year from that with relatively small overheads. This means that you could spend one day per week per client (mabye two days) and have three days off week of every year ... or work hard for three months and take the rest of the year as vacation.
So what steps do you have to take when you want to do financial coaching with Hansie Louw and Anam Cara?
1. You need to be clear that you will invest a minimum of R50 000 in the process.
- options here: https://www.givengain.com/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_membership&id=216&cause_id=219.
2. You need to be coachable and teachable.
3. The Anam Cara coaching team must accept you as a participant in the course.
4. A limited number of participants will be chosen for the first course which will run for a period of 18 months.
5. There will be four two or three day seminars in Cape Town where you will participate in the process of becoming financial coaches - enough theory and the practical application of the theory.
6. There will be short weekly telephonic conversations (joint call) to measure progress, to impart knowledge and to reinforce principles
7. You will have a six weekly session with course facilitators to ensure your growth.
Please let me know if you are interested to become involved in the selection process for this coaching by e-mail to hansie@anamcara.co.za
