“They basically found that after going through discovery, when presented with a master list of goals, 75% of the time, people change their top three goals.”

Michael Yoder · Financial Advisor Success · Creating Effective Discovery Meetings To Convert 100% Of (High-Value) Prospects Into Clients with Michael Yoder

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Maintain a master list of 12-15 common goals and present it after the discovery questions to prompt prospects to reconsider their top three goals

75% of the time prospects change at least one of their top three goals after seeing the list

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