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Archive for November, 2015

Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Twenty-Four

The Rules – a screenwriting ‘guru’ perspective:

“I always tell writers to expect the worst of life and in Hollywood.  This way you can guarantee that your surprises will be exclusively of the pleasant variety.

What I think really pays off is stumbling around, blindly and stupidly, and grabbing on to that which you really like.  That’s true in your life narrative, and it’s also useful in your screen narrative. (more…)

Two Perspectives on Advisor Performance

The October issue of The Insurance & Investment Journal is bookended with short articles about advisors, the first involving mystery shoppers and the second the ‘fee for service’ model.  Taken together, they provide some updated perspective on what goes, or perhaps what should go, into the scales of advisor compensation. (more…)