Collaboration is critical if our society, our profession and our practices are to work, succeed, grow and prosper. Dogged self-sufficiency on one hand and top-down authoritarianism on the other are not the fountainhead of order or progress. As fiduciaries, we will not foster client-focused methods of ethical practice just because regulators demand it. We do so because it is right, as we learn better ways from each other. We will advance our education because we show up and engage.
Woody Allen talked about 90%. Generally, it is less than 10% who truly go beyond showing up, those who make things happen. In which percentile are you?
Lewis J. Walker, M.B.A., CFP®, CRC®, is the author of the forthcoming e-book Fiduciary Ethos: Living in a Fiduciary World-Planning for the Challenges of Aging, Heathcare and Special Needs. Published by FPA Press, the book is Volume II of the Fiduciary Ethos series. It will be available in May 2012.