This year on Standard Deviations, we are going to try something a little different. We will be running the episodes weekly now, there will be no guests, each episode will disappear a week after it publishes and we are really going to focus on meaning this season. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Crosby looks at how embracing imperfection and periodic failure is critical to reaching new heights in our lives and careers. In particular, we look at takeaways from the Japanese art of kintsugi, repairing ceramics with gold seams, and Wabi-sabi and what these can teach us about embracing imperfection. Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Dr. Crosby's first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and German. His latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Daniel was named one of the “12 Thinkers to Watch” by Monster.com, a “Financial Blogger You Should Be Reading” by AARP and a member of InvestmentNews prestigious "40 Under 40". When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and spending time with his wife and three children.

This year on Standard Deviations, we are going to try something a little different. We will be running the episodes weekly now, there will be no guests, each episode will disappear a week after it publishes and we are really going to focus on meaning this season. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Crosby looks at the psychology behind the highest growth financial advisors and firms. Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Dr. Crosby's first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and German. His latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Daniel was named one of the “12 Thinkers to Watch” by Monster.com, a “Financial Blogger You Should Be Reading” by AARP and a member of InvestmentNews prestigious "40 Under 40". When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and spending time with his wife and three children.

This year on Standard Deviations, we are going to try something a little different. We will be running the episodes weekly now, there will be no guests, each episode will disappear a week after it publishes and we are really going to focus on meaning this season. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Crosby looks at how we can face turbulent markets with the poise and calm needed to successfully make it through these tough moments. Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Dr. Crosby's first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and German. His latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Daniel was named one of the “12 Thinkers to Watch” by Monster.com, a “Financial Blogger You Should Be Reading” by AARP and a member of InvestmentNews prestigious "40 Under 40". When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and spending time with his wife and three children.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Joe Duran. Joe is a serial entrepreneur and an industry visionary in wealth management and wealthtech. Most recently Joe was a Partner at Goldman Sachs as Co-Head of the Workplace and Personal Wealth business. Joe founded and was CEO of United Capital, one of the nation’s largest independent wealth management firms, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs in July, 2019. Prior to that he built and sold Centurion Capital, one of the first Turnkey Asset Management Platforms to General Electric where he served as President of GE Private Asset Management (now NYSE listed AssetMark.) He has written three books on investing and entrepreneurship and has been on the New York Times and USA bestseller lists. Joe is a sought after conference speaker and appears frequently on a broad spectrum of media from CNBC to Goop. Joe has MBAs from Columbia University and UC Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree from Saint Louis University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of YPO. He has been a Yogi for decades, meditates daily and is an avid beach volleyball player. Joe is married to Jennifer and they have three daughters that they cherish. They live in Laguna Beach, California and Tribeca, New York. They travel frequently, love dining, dancing and live concerts.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Breanna Rae Blaney. Breanna Blaney is the Life, Invested Director & Vice President leading Dimensional’s efforts to explore the relationship between life and investing. The firm’s Life, Invested program helps simplify the world of investing, integrating it into the bigger picture of people’s lives so that they can not only invest better but live better. Bre also has over 1,000 hours training in yoga and Ayurveda and is passionate about the intersection of mindfulness and finance. She serves on Dimensional's Women & Wealth steering committee and has prior experience in real estate private equity and corporate finance. She graduated with a BA in business and economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Dr. Christina Lynn. Christina Lynn, Ph.D., CFP®, AFC®, CDFA®, is a wealth management consultant specializing in the psychology of financial planning, divorce finances, estate planning, and digital assets. Her approach to financial planning is holistic and evidence-based, with a strong emphasis on life planning and innovation. One of her passion projects involves leveraging Motivational Interviewing to enhance the work of wealth advisors. Christina earned her doctorate in personal financial planning from Kansas State University. Her work has been published in the Journal of Financial Planning and Counseling and the Journal of Financial Planning. In addition to her consulting work, Christina is an aspiring author, focusing on raising financially savvy kids.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Adam Tolliver. Adam Tolliver is a Partner Financial Advisor at Artisan Financial Strategies. He approaches each engagement with a strong commitment to helping clients achieve financial security for themselves and their families. When meeting Adam for the first time, clients quickly sense his deeply held belief that the keys to generations of wealth and financial security can realistically lie in just a handful of critical conversations that people have not yet had with their loved ones. With previous professional experience in personal banking, Adam holds a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University. (Interesting fact: his second cousin was the first African-American undergraduate student at the same university.) Adam is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and has already earned an impressive collection of professional awards: 2016 Career Life Success Award; 2016 Career Life Producer Award; 2017 Agency Builder of The Year, Greater Atlanta; and Executive Council Member in 2017-2020 and MDRT Member 2021. Adam brings the same passion and energy to community leadership roles as he displays in his professional pursuits, serving as Chair of Atlanta Smart Academy School Board and Vice President of The Vision Foundation. He also holds memberships in the Atlanta Business League and Urban League of Young Professionals. Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Adam makes his home in Southwest Atlanta. Like any true Southerner, he relishes a good peach cobbler whenever he can. Adam is a talented writer and artist in addition to his professional skill set and enjoys movies, drawing, poetry, and spirited debates. Don’t get him started on college sports though – for Adam, it’s Noles all the way!

This week on Standard Deviations, Dr. Daniel Crosby shares an unreleased essay from his new book, The Soul of Wealth. Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets. Dr. Crosby's first book, Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management, was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, The Laws of Wealth, was named the best investment book of 2017 by the Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and German. His latest work, The Behavioral Investor, is an in-depth look at how sociology, psychology and neurology all impact investment decision-making. Daniel was named one of the “12 Thinkers to Watch” by Monster.com, a “Financial Blogger You Should Be Reading” by AARP and a member of InvestmentNews prestigious "40 Under 40". When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and spending time with his wife and three children.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Michael Finke. Michael Finke, PhD, CFP® is a professor of wealth management and Frank M. Engle Distinguished Chair in Economic Security at The American College of Financial Services. He received a doctorate in consumer economics from the Ohio State University in 1998 and in finance from the University of Missouri in 2011. He leads the O. Alfred Granum Center for Financial Security at the American College and is a research fellow at the Retirement Income Institute, and a member of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association Academic Advisory Council. He also serves on the board of the Puerto Rico Pension Reserve Trust. He is a nationally known researcher in the areas of retirement income planning, retirement spending, life satisfaction and cognitive aging. He is a frequent speaker at financial planning conferences and was named one of the 25 most influential people in the field of investment advising in 2020 and 2021 by Investment Advisor Magazine.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Greg Davies, Head of Behavioral Finance at Oxford Risk. Greg is a specialist in applied behavioral finance, decision science, impact investing and financial well being. He founded the banking world’s first behavioral finance team at Barclays in 2006, which he led for a decade. In 2017 he joined Oxford Risk to lead the development of behavioral decision support software to help people make the best possible financial decisions. Greg holds a PhD in Behavioral Decision Theory from Cambridge; has held academic affiliations at UCL, Imperial College and Oxford; and is author of Behavioral Investment Management.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Megan Gorman. Megan is the founding partner of Chequers Financial Management, a fee-only planning firm that specializes in high net worth and ultra-high net worth families in San Francisco, California. Chequers focuses on establishing long term relationships with families and helps them navigate through tax, estate, liquidity and investment planning. Megan heads the firm's family office services practice. Megan is a Senior Contributor for Forbes in personal finance and tax. She is also quoted regularly in the press as a tax and financial planning expert including such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and CNBC among others. She regularly blogs at www.thewealthintersection.com and has appeared on numerous podcasts and is a regular weekly commentator on The Money Tree Podcast.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Cady North, Founder and CEO of North Financial Advisors. Cady North is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, author, and entrepreneur. Her parents were small business owners, and she learned to balance a business checkbook by the age of 13. She spent more than a decade advising high-level executives of Fortune 500 companies while working for industry giants such as Bloomberg and Financial Executives International. In 2015, after a life-changing sabbatical, Cady took the leap to start a financial planning business, North Financial Advisors, helping women act on their biggest dreams and build resilience for the future. As an investment advisor, international public speaker and author, her work has been featured in Bustle, Business Insider, The Washington Post, and Forbes. Her book, "The Resiliency Effect" teaches us how to own our adversity to act on our biggest dreams. Her latest work, "The Art of the Sabbatical," is a money and mindset guidebook for taking a life-changing work break. She is also a Registered Life Planner® and has an MBA from Georgetown University and BA from The University of Texas at Austin.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Emily Blue, co-founder of Hue Partners. Emily Blue attended William Jewell College, where she studied mathematics, economics and business. She started her career in the weeds of M&A integration for a large asset manager. She made the transition from asset management to wealth management by joining one of the largest aggregators in the country to lead their valuation efforts. In this role, it became clear to her why she loved numbers - it was the people behind those numbers that mattered most to her. Before starting Hue, she served as Head of Corporate Development at a national multi-family office. When Emily is not working with her clients, she is spending time with her family. Emily serves as the Board Chairwoman for the Girl Scouts of NE KS and NW MO. She also serves on the leadership team of the Community Impact Makers for Newhouse, the oldest domestic violence shelter in Kansas City. Lastly, she is a member of EmpowHER for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a women’s philanthropic group dedicated to mentorship.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Dr. Charles Eckhart. Dr. Charles Eckhart is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the co-founder of Cathexis Group. Charles has extensive experience in working with families and individuals of wealth, with a particular dedication to the challenges of the rising generation and generational issues involved with succession planning. Prior to the founding of Cathexis Group, Charles has had numerous academic teaching and training roles in doctoral clinical training programs and maintains a visiting professorship at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. Charles has broad expertise in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice, and psychoanalytic views of the challenges of wealth in families and individuals.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Clare Flynn Levy, CEO and Founder of Essentia Analytics. Prior to founding Essentia, Clare spent 10 years as a fund manager, both active equity (running over $1B of pension funds for Deutsche Asset Management) and hedge (as founder and CIO of Avocet Capital Management, a specialist tech fund manager). She ultimately “went native” into the software space as President of Beauchamp Financial Technology, a market-leading provider of portfolio management systems to hedge funds, which was acquired by Linedata Services S.A. Clare’s vision for Essentia is based on years of being the customer, followed by years of listening to the customer.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Tim Holland, Chief Investment Officer – OCIO. Tim Holland is the Chief Investment Officer – OCIO, where he consults with Orion’s largest customers growing their firms through Orion’s OCIO services. He joined the Brinker Capital team as Global Investment Strategist in 2017 and was named Chief Investment Officer following Orion’s merger with Brinker in 2020. In the CIO role, Tim had responsibility for the investment management and strategies for Orion Portfolio Solutions and Brinker Capital Investments. Tim has over 20 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Brinker Capital, Tim was a Portfolio Manager at TAMRO Capital Partners, where he directed overall portfolio construction on two long-only, US equity strategies based on fundamental company and industry analysis and understanding the potential impact of economic, industry, and political trends on portfolio holdings. Prior to TAMRO, Tim was employed as an Equity Analyst at Manley Asset Management, a long/short hedge fund firm. Additionally, he was a Partner at Towers Group, a boutique corporate communications firm providing media and public relations counsel to capital markets companies. Tim received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Drew University. He holds a FINRA Series 65 designation and is a CFA® charterholder. Tim’s investment commentary can be found in various business media, including CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio, The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and Financial Times.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Matt Ackermann, Chief Content Officer at Integrated Partners. Matt supports Integrated Partners’ growth by creating content that enlightens, informs and entertains. He loves shining a spotlight on the incredible advisors and leaders at Integrated. He really enjoys leveraging blogs, podcasts and multimedia to highlight the incredible talent at Integrated Partners. He has spent his career coloring inside — and at times outside - the lines with amazing content. Through incredible storytelling, Integrated shares the amazing work that their advisors are doing from coast to coast. He has spent the past 20 years working for various wealth management media outlets to create content that really stands apart. Before joining Integrated in 2020, he was director of multimedia at InvestmentNews, where he was honored with 15 ASPBE awards for digital content creation, including Practice Makeover, a reality series about helping financial advisors jumpstart their business, and a documentary on impact investing that debuted at the United Nations in 2019. Before working at InvestmentNews, Matt worked at Financial Planning, American Banker and the New Jersey Law Journal, where he was honored with the New Jersey Press Association’s “Rookie of the Year'' Award in 1997. Most people would be surprised to discover that Matt has coached semi-pro baseball for the past 25 years, accumulating over 600 wins, three New Jersey state titles, and the 2019 Metropolitan Baseball League Title. When he’s not coaching baseball, he is spending time with his wife Marisa, who is a counseling director at Verona High School, and their two sons, CJ and Ryan.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Phil Bray, Founder and Director of The Yardstick Agency, a firm that stands at the forefront of marketing for Financial Planners. Now in his third decade in financial services, Phil’s experience spans advising, compliance and marketing. Phil brings this unique mix of knowledge and experience to all Yardstick clients. He’s long held a dream of providing truly high-quality marketing options to financial advisers and planners, brokers and providers. When he’s not at work, Phil loves playing cricket with Will, his 18-year-old, cricket loving son.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Andy Baxley, Senior Financial Planner at The Planning Center. Andy works with clients from a variety of professional backgrounds, but he is uniquely positioned to serve those who work in higher education and other large non-profit institutions. Utilizing his background as a former educator and his experience as a Wealth Management Advisor at TIAA, Andy takes pride in approaching his work with the heart of a teacher and insights gained from years of relevant experience. Andy’s approach to financial planning goes beyond the numbers; it’s about helping the individuals and families I serve achieve clarity, confidence and a sense of purpose around their money. Ultimately, he doesn’t just want his clients to feel financially secure; he wants them to feel empowered to plan with a sense of optimism and possibility. As a Colorado native, he cherishes moments in nature with his wife, Yi, and their son, Bo. While a piece of his heart will always be in the Rocky Mountains, Andy has found much to love in Hyde Park, Chicago. On any given Saturday, you’re likely to find them riding their bikes along Chicago’s beautiful Lakefront Trail, spending lazy afternoons with friends at Promontory Point, or taking a stroll to get pastries and coffee at Plein Air, their favorite neighborhood cafe. Like the clients he serves, Andy takes pride in being a lifelong learner and can often be found working his way through new degrees, designations and courses. In 2021, he was proud to complete Kansas State University’s master’s in personal financial planning with an emphasis on advanced financial planning and financial therapy. Recently, his focus has turned to mentoring young planners and helping them build rewarding, purposeful careers.

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Nuala Wash. Nuala Walsh is a non-executive director, behavioral scientist, visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and author of TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World. Her global career spans three decades in investment management, banking and consulting with Blackrock, Merrill Lynch, PA and Standard Life Aberdeen as Chief Marketing Officer. Today, as MindEquity founder and CEO, she advises leading institutions on reputation, culture and human rights matters. Her board appointments in business, sport and not-for-profits include Non-Executive Director at British & Irish Lions; Chair of Innocence Project London; President of Harvard Club of Ireland; Council Member at The Football Association; Advisor at World Athletics; Founding Director of the Association of Behavioral Scientists; and former Vice-Chair at UN Women (UK). A TEDx speaker, Walsh publishes in leading publications and has been featured in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Fox Business.