Mindset/Leadership
What Do We Do?
We have been in business as Uncommon Wealth Partners for 3 years and still, to this day, we get asked, “What is it that you do, exactly?” This is a compliment to us as well as an opportunity to explain what we do and how we do it. Why is it a compliment? To us,…
Read MoreTaking Ownership
All too often, it is easy to fall victim to your circumstances and not take ownership of your decisions in life. I think the reason we avoid ownership is that it feels better to have someone else take the blame instead of taking a good, hard look at yourself and owning up to how you…
Read MoreHug Your Customers
Customer service today is paramount and creating value in new ways is the last frontier in differentiation between most businesses. The book, Hug Your Customers is the answer you’ve been looking for when it comes to differentiation. It’s the whole point of this book – that as competition and digitization increase, connection with your customers…
Read MoreCyber Threat Ready
We just got back from a conference in Omaha and got to spend some time with CLS, the money manager we use to manage the money that our clients have in the market. CLS did an amazing job hosting us and gave us a ton of great information in regards to how to serve our…
Read MoreMistakes we have made
At Uncommon Wealth Partners, we get the opportunity to talk to many business owners. We love working with owners because we are one of them! We love to talk through what is working as a business and what is keeping them up at night. One question I am always eager to ask is, “If you…
Read MoreTraction
After spending 5 years in corporate consulting and using various methodologies to audit businesses and help launch new ventures, I really appreciate a good business framework. What do I mean by a framework? I mean something to help a business communicate – with themselves, their customers and the world at large. How does a business…
Read Morewords of wisdom from mike tyson
We all know Mike Tyson as a professional boxer, in fact, he holds the record for the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title! Pretty impressive, but I’m not going to talk about his boxing. What I want to talk about is an answer he gave to a reporter before one of his fights. It…
Read MorePerception
Perception is a funny thing. Everyone has one and in some situations, it can help you but in others, look out! Perception is unique to each individual and most of us are all too happy to share our perception or opinions any time we are asked and sometimes even when we’re not. As I get…
Read MoreCrush it
It was 2005 and I was reading a book by this guy that no one really knew much about. The internet was new, Google was newer and I had a hundred business ideas, but I also had a day job and a baby on the way. But there was something about this book and this…
Read MoreFinancial Guilt
When it comes down to it, most of us have some kind of guilt about where we are at financially. Life isn’t perfect and neither are we. As life happens, so does our money. We help out a family member; we go through a health issue or take a financial risk – that’s life. Financial shame…
Read MoreWhat will your job look like in 10 years?
I have always been fascinated by the following quote from Bill Gates, “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” I am firmly in the overestimating camp and always try to do too much in a year. As I get older and hopefully wiser…
Read MoreGive yourself a raise!
I had an interesting discussion the other day with a client. She was not happy with her job or her daily routine. She was also complaining that she was underpaid at work. We suggested she take income from an investment account to give herself a raise, but her immediate response was “I don’t want to pay…
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