Financial planning is not just about numbers and calculations. It is also about understanding your client’s values, goals, and dreams so that you can assist them in achieving them through sound financial strategies.

Whether you are an attorney, a CPA, or a financial advisor, you need to have the skills and mindset of a financial advocate to serve your clients well.

In this episode, Greg DuPont sits down with Mike Ringel, CPA, RICP®, CDFA®, CExP, Financial Coach at Wealth Design Group, to dive into the secrets of financial advocacy. They explore the importance of embracing a consultant mindset, the value of specialized knowledge in financial planning, and the need to create holistic financial plans that align with your clients personal values.

Greg and Mike discuss: 

• Mike’s transition from being a CPA to becoming a financial advisor and the challenges he faced along the way
  
• The importance of viewing yourself as consultants rather than salespeople
  
• Focusing on uncovering clients’ real issues and helping them achieve their desired state
  
• The shift in the legal industry towards providing holistic financial guidance
  
• The purpose of Mike’s practice, which is to empower families to discover purpose, freedom, and abundance in their lives through investing and financial planning
  
• Mike’s experience in working with solo and small law firms to help them protect, grow, and eventually exit their businesses
  
• And more!
  

Connect With Michael Ringel:

• LinkedIn: Michael Ringel
  
• (917) 734-4748
  
• MRingel@WealthDesignGroup.net 
  

Connect with Greg DuPont:

• Wealth Solutions Network Website
  
• LinkedIn: Greg DuPont
  
• LinkedIn: Wealth Solutions Network
  
• LinkedIn Group
  
• Facebook: Wealth Solutions Network
  
• info@wealthsolutionsgroup.biz
  

About Our Guest:

As the son of a college professor (Dr. Herbert Ringel, Ph.D., Physics), Michael’s passion for teaching began at a very early age. While his father wanted him to pursue the same noble profession, Michael’s mathematical mind and entrepreneurial spirit led him down a different path. After pursuing his CPA and MBA, he explained to his father that he would be pursuing a career in teaching and education, except in a nontraditional setting. He decided to teach families about money and investing.

Since 2004, Michael’s has been working with business owners, divorced women, families with children with special needs, and typical families to build confidence around their money.

Michael’s philosophy is to guide each family to discover for themselves what is important to their family, both personally and financially. Then, Michael shares with each family a variety of financial strategies that are prudent for them. He shares with them what may be financially possible for them in the future. It is only then when they agree upon a prudent strategy, that financial products and services are recommended to fulfill each strategy. Michael’s academic approach to financial planning has served his clients well.