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

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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.

This book is directed towards an audience of personal finance managers that are training clients. It is not designed to aid the individual.

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.

With Lightening the torch, Kinder gave me the possibility to get my need for wisdom in connection for human live complete