How to Speak With Authority as a Young Advisor (Without Knowing Everything)
Most young advisors think authority comes later. After more designations. More gray hair. More years in the chair. But this episode makes a different case: authority is built long before you know everything — and it starts with how you communicate.
James breaks down one of the most important skills an advisor can develop early in their career: how to speak with authority without sounding performative, rushed, or uncertain. This is not about pretending to have all the answers. It is about learning how tone, pace, pauses, sentence endings, and framing shape the way clients experience your…
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