Years before Edward Jones, I worked in my father's small construction business digging ditches and laying pipe. Working alongside my dad, I understood about working hard and doing a good job, making customers happy, the value of hard work and what it felt to earn a good days pay. Unfortunately, in the construction industry, we would have to work long hours in the summer time hoping it would carry us to and through winter. I found out over the years, that many times, our summer work failed to carry us through the winter and my father would have to borrow money.
Because of this, I realized no matter what our good intentions were and no matter how hard we worked there were times our finances fell short. This drove me to the financial industry where I started initially with a heavy emphasis on protection. Determined to succeed and using what I learned from my father, I invested myself fully into setting and achieving goals. In this process, I developed many wonderful relationships and understood the concerns of my clients and their families which drove me to a higher standard. Today the depth of my concern for my friends and family has changed me dramatically.
Partnering with Edward Jones gives me the ability to access more resources to continue helping my family, friends and clients. Looking back, I had no idea what the future held for me but I now know where I need to be; utilizing these resources while working along side my team using an established process, building personalized, tax-efficient investment strategies to help achieve long-term goals that goes beyond wealth building but purposely planning together to move forward towards our clients goals to a bring a bright and hopeful financial future.