The Broken Dealer
The Broken Dealer
Podcast Description
Welcome to Broken Dealer with Carmine Corino & Daren Blonski. In this podcast, we help advisors stuck in constrained environments overcome the frustrations of big firm bureaucracies and restrictions. We do this by exploring the best channels for building the business of your dreams. Join us as Carmine and Daren share hard insights, compelling stories, and years of expertise—alongside guest experts—to empower you to break free, serve your clients fully, and live a life of abundance.
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The podcast focuses on topics relevant to financial advisors, such as overcoming corporate constraints, establishing client-centric businesses, and transitioning to independent practices. Episodes include discussions on personal experiences in the finance industry, strategic insights for navigating bureaucratic challenges, and advice for building trust and transparency with clients.
Welcome to Broken Dealer with Carmine Corino & Daren Blonski. In this podcast, we help advisors stuck in constrained environments overcome the frustrations of big firm bureaucracies and restrictions. We do this by exploring the best channels for building the business of your dreams. Join us as Carmine and Daren share hard insights, compelling stories, and years of expertise—alongside guest experts—to empower you to break free, serve your clients fully, and live a life of abundance.
Growth as an advisor begins with growth as a person.
In this episode, Carmine Corino and Daren Blonski discuss how self-development, health, and discipline directly impact your capacity to lead and grow your business. They share how tracking a personal development budget, joining masterminds, and committing to daily habits have transformed their lives and leadership.
Key takeaways:
- How Carmine and Daren allocate 10% of their annual budgets to personal development
- The link between physical discipline and business growth
- How a personal development (PD) budget fuels leadership capacity
- The importance of asking, “Who do you need to become to achieve your vision?”
- Why breaking barriers in health and mindset makes business challenges easier to overcome
- And more!
Resources:
- Broken Dealer: Navigating the Path to Financial Advisor Independence by Carmine Corino and Daren Blonski
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
- Who Not How by Dan Sullivan
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