Our Business Connections

I recently had a note from a client I’d known for about 20 years.  In the time we’ve worked together, he’s gone through many changes in his life and I have as well.  He told me in his note that he was moving away and that as he prepares to leave, he has begun to think about all the people who’ve been important to him during the phase of his life spent in this town.  I’m honored to be on that list.  He was writing to say thanks, to express appreciation, and to say he hoped we have another 20 years of working together from a distance.

His kind note really got me thinking about how significant all of our business connections can be.  Yes, in my work, it’s all about business and money and growth and the markets.  But it’s also about so much more than that.  It’s about the changes in peoples’ lives and the hard financial decisions we all have to make from time to time.  It’s always been about money – but money throughout births and deaths, money as we take on awesome responsibilities like caring for the elderly, money put in the service of great causes, money to heirs.  It’s been about money for sure, but always connected to something important, like retirement, sending kids off to college, starting a new business or retiring from one.  It’s always been about so much more than money. Really it’s been about our dreams, our aspirations, our fondest hopes and our greatest fears.  And I’ve always been honored to be a part of the money side of my clients’ lives.
 

What a great business I’m in!  How lucky I am for my business connections.