Lighting the Torch: The Kinder Method(TM) of Life Planning [Hardcover]

George Kinder (Author), Susan E Galvan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2006

Each of us carries within our hearts a "dream of freedom" where lives feel fulfilled and are truly worthwhile. Financial planners offer clients the most comprehensive opportunity to discover and integrate a financial life plan that in fact melds meaning with money. No other professional can help the client unveil his or her most profound dreams and values, and then articulate a financial strategy that empowers successful implementation. The book empowers planners with the processes for connecting the client's dreams of freedom with the strategies of financial planning. It provides training in the Kinder Method(TM) of life planning and a skill set that can provide a consistent and successful process with clients, leading to that moment called "lighting the torch."

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About the Author

George D. Kinder, CFP, is nationally recognized as the father of the life planning movement and author of The Seven Stages of Money Maturity. Harvard-educated, he is the founder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning and director of life planning at Abacus Wealth Partners. He has been a practicing financial planner and tax adviser for nearly 30 years. Susan E. Galvan is co-founder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning. Throughout her career, she has worked as a professional counselor, educator, trainer, minister, and administrator. She has initiated and developed a wide range of projects and programs,with a special emphasis on emergent models in the fields of psychology, education, and human development.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: FPA Press; 1st edition (October 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975344854
• ISBN-13: 978-0975344859
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

George Kinder is a poet, spiritual teacher, life planner, artist and photographer. He has been coming to Hana since 1979, and makes his home in both Hana and Massachusetts.

George leads his seminar, the Seven Stages of Money Maturity, in locations all over the country. For more information visit the Kinder Institute of Life Planning - http://www.kinderinstitute.com

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marrying Meaning With Money Through the EVOKE(c) Process, October 14, 2007

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Denis Hijmans "Sir Readalot" (Eugene, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lighting the Torch: The Kinder Method(TM) of Life Planning (Hardcover)

This book describes the E.V.O.K.E.(c) process, which is a truly remarkable method for working with financial planning clients that want a deeper relationship with their planner, and a plan for their lives. Using the techniques and process so well described in the book, a CFP(r) practitioner can take their client(s) to a deeper understanding of their life's goals and aspirations. When used with the knowledge obtained from a careful and complete reading of the "companion" book "The Seven Stages of Money Maturity", a planner can provide very meaningful service to their client.
True understanding of the E.V.O.K.E.(C) Process which stands for Exploration, Vision, Obstacles, Knowledge and Execution comes after one has attended the 5 day training course offered by the Kinder Institute, so named after the co-author George Kinder.

For those seeking a deeper relation with financial planning clients, there is no better book in this field.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the lay man, November 16, 2009

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A. Lawrence "akaamd" (Reno, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This book is directed towards an audience of personal finance managers that are training clients. It is not designed to aid the individual.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful work, January 13, 2009

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Colin Drake (Sausalito, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a rare book in that it is both highly practical in the very specific skills and processes it teaches and also highly inspirational in sharing a vision of financial planning done right. Anyone with an inclination toward life planning will be extremely well served by reading this book. George Kinder is a man of great depth, experience and vision. He mines these qualities in creating what is really a textbook for how to offer true life planning. The reader is sure to experience revealing self-reflection while learning how to guide clients through their own. One thing which differentiates this book from others on life planning is that it points to the importance of and teaches some very powerful relationship building skills. It reveals how central to the life planning process clients' emotions are and teaches how to work with them. Full of inspiration, wisdom, joy and vision, this book is a must read for any financial planner.