The Tension
The Tension
Podcast Description
In The Tension, we discuss the challenges facing leading financial advisors and how you can manage them. In each episode, we explore “how it is and how it could be” in the financial advice landscape. We break down industry trends, share insights, and wrestle with how to navigate the tension that advisors face as they serve their clients and grow their business.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers key themes such as advisor-client relationships, business growth strategies, and talent development within the financial advisory landscape, with episodes like 'The Trusted Advisor Tension' focusing on building trust with clients and 'The Growth Tension' addressing effective growth tactics.
If you’re a builder, leader, or change-maker, you already know the tension: the push and pull between where you are and where you want to be. It’s the moments when success doesn’t feel like you expected, when growth forces hard decisions, or when challenges test your limits.
Hosted by Travis Penfield, The Tension explores how high-performing leaders navigate these pivotal moments. You won’t find simple solutions here—because the tension isn’t something to be solved. Instead, you’ll hear stories, strategies, and insights to help you manage the tension and turn it into fuel for your personal and professional success.
What does it really take to level up in life without losing sight of what matters most?
Travis Penfield sits down with longtime friend Clint Phillips, Founder & CEO of Medici, to explore The Tension of Leveling Up and what happens when ambition, adversity, and success challenge us to grow.
From a difficult childhood in South Africa to building successful healthcare companies, Clint has experienced both extraordinary success and significant challenges. Along the way, he's learned that reaching the next level isn't just about what you accomplish. It's about understanding what's driving you, what you're willing to give up, and who you're becoming in the process.
Clint and Travis discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, navigating adversity, choosing forgiveness and gratitude, and recognizing when success begins to mean something more.
It's a conversation about continuing to pursue big things while making sure you're pursuing them for the right reasons.
Follow The Tension for conversations about the tensions that shape our lives, leadership, and legacy.
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