Carl Richards: It Should Be OK to Relax Out Loud

<p>Our guest on the podcast this week is Carl Richards. Carl is a Certified Financial Planner and a Financial Advisor Communication Expert. His new venture is called The Society of Advice, which he describes as a global gathering of real financial advisors. Carl created the Sketch Guy column in <em>The New York Times</em>. And he is also author of two books: <em>The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money</em> and <em>The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things With Money</em>. In addition, he hosts the <em>Behavior Gap Radio</em> podcast and also cohosts a podcast with financial planning guru Michael Kitces, called <em>Kitces & Carl</em>. </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p><strong>Background</strong></p></p><p><p><a href="https://behaviorgap.com/about/" target="_blank">Bio</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y8mOVhEnYLd-G53XJ8kbA" target="_blank">The Society of Advice videos</a> </p></p><p><p>“<a href="https://www.morningstar.com/articles/984391/carl-richards-lets-focus-on-being-a-little-less-wrong-tomorrow" target="_blank">Carl Richards: ‘Let’s Focus on Being a Little Less Wrong Tomorrow’</a>,” <em>The Long View</em> podcast, Morningstar.com, May 13, 2020.</p></p><p><p><a href="https://behaviorgap.com/" target="_blank">Behavior Gap</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Behavior-Gap-Simple-Doing-Things/dp/1591844649/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1627311923&sr=1-2" target="_blank"><em>The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things With Money</em></a> by Carl Richards</p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Page-Financial-Plan-Simple-Smart/dp/0241019443/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1627312055&sr=1-3" target="_blank"><em>The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money</em></a> by Carl Richards</p></p><p><p><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Invest-My-Money-Finance/dp/0857198084/" target="_blank">How I Invest My Money: Finance Experts Reveal How They Save, Spend, and Invest</a></em>