We find that people who have reached the highest levels of success and built truly significant wealth tend to share a number of key traits that are responsible for their amazing results.

One of the most important traits: a strong sense of purpose that drives what they do to become highly successful. In this Whistle Stop Report, The Power of Purpose in Reaching Audacious Goals, you’ll discover the clear connection between having a strong sense of purpose and achieving excellence.

When you think of brands, you probably envision the logos or slogans of household-name companies. But did you know that your family can have its own unique brand—and that your brand could help strengthen your relationships, improve your communities, and even potentially increase your wealth?

In this Whistle Stop Report, The Many Benefits of Building a Family Brand, you’ll discover the power of working together with your loved ones to spell out your most important shared values and visions—and how to put those ideas into action to live your best lives as a family.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could tackle your many to-do lists more effectively and efficiently than ever, and boost both your success and your overall enjoyment of life?

Well, we’ve got some good news. In this Whistle Stop Report, Boost Your Efficiency and Effectiveness—at Work, at Home and in the World, you’ll discover four key attitudes to adopt that can get you on the right track—along with four action steps you can take right away that will help you gain more focus,

You need more than a bunch of experts to help you address your financial needs, challenges and opportunities—you need them to work together on your behalf, in a coordinated manner.

In this Whistle Stop Report, You Need a Cohesive Wealth Management Team. Here’s Why., you’ll discover what high-impact, fully-aligned teams of professionals do to deliver maximum value to their clients—and how having a cohesive team in your corner can position you to achieve your most important financial goals.

Working from home has become a necessary fact of life in 2020 for so many of us—and it may very well be a key component of the new normal going forward.

In this Whistle Stop Report, Best Practices for Successfully Working From Home, you’ll discover important advice about how to set up your home workspace for maximum effectiveness—along with crucial work habits and action steps for getting the job done from your home,

Let’s face it: None of us will live forever. But you can take some small yet important steps that can potentially make things much easier on your family and heirs when your time comes. One of the best ways to prepare financially is to choose a person to be the executor of your estate.

Your executor essentially acts as the CEO of your estate—the person responsible for making sure your will is executed properly.

When we spend money, we are doing more than simply buying things. We want to create feelings of happiness, satisfaction and well-being—for ourselves and the people we care about. But are we really spending our money in ways that achieve those results? The answer, unfortunately, is probably not.

The good news: We can shift our spending so our purchases deepen our happiness and help us create more meaningful lives. They key is to focus more on experiences and less on physical stuff.

Inheriting money comes with plenty of benefits. But an inheritance—even a big one—doesn’t automatically mean a worry-free life of ease. A windfall can actually create unique challenges and conflicts that become the root of significant problems for your heirs—and for you, too.

The good news: You can take steps now to address potential issues related to the transfer of your wealth down the road. In this Whistle Stop Report, Preparing Heirs for Their Inheritance,

Stress testing is a process that carefully examines your current wealth planning strategies. The main goal is to assess the likelihood that your strategies will deliver the results you expect them to in various environments and situations. Stress testing can also be effective at identifying potentially big problems—or possibly huge mistakes—so you can make changes proactively.

We believe stress testing should be part of many people’s due process when vetting financial plans, products and services.

Too many of us put our work first and our lives second—and end up with little to no time for ourselves, our health, our families and all the other aspects of life that really matter to us. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

In this month’s Whistle Stop Report, Reclaim Your Time: Finding the Right Work-Life Balance, you’ll discover actionable steps you can take to prioritize the people you care about most—and build impenetrable walls around yourself that empower you to live a fuller,