Barron's Advisor

Best practices learned while working with Amazon's CEO can be adopted at many firms, says former Amazon executive Bill Carr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unlike investment returns or interest rates, advisors can fully control the quality of service they provide to clients, says Cassaday & Co. CEO Stephan Cassaday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"It's very tough to get through just with information," says journalist and author Trish Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UBS advisors Rachel Gottlieb and Will Rose weren't interested initially in becoming business partners, but then recruited a new client together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developing better skills centered on awareness and concentration can lead to high performance, psychologist Michael Gervais says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prospects like professional athletes should be wary of advisory firms with short track records, says Rockefeller Capital Management's Michael Bapis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Advisors who are successful at recruiting have a strong sense of how to talk about themselves, author Annette Simmons says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Every meeting that we go to, it's the same type of narrative," says Ben Harrison, the head of Pershing's RIA custody business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Stephanie Kelton says the nation should reject "myths" about government deficits and spend even more aggressively to bolster the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goldman Sachs financial planning executives Joe Duran and Larry Restieri discuss whether sustaining an advisory practice by growing independently is realistic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices