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Chad Opel, CFP (Senior Wealth Management Advisor, CEO Investor & Mentor & founder of Front Office Wealth Strategies), welcomed us into his beautiful office this week.
In addition to discussing how his team helps educate and guide clients on every aspect of sound wealth strategies and planning, he shared his story and essential life lessons he has learned along the way.
In high school, Chad, like many of our students, was not 100% certain what he wanted to do. He knew he loved sports and baseball, and pursued several playing and coaching opportunities in his collegiate career (including being drafted into the minor leagues!).
Looking for a job closer to home, Chad took a position at Enterprise when he moved back to the Edwardsville area. During that time, a client told Chad that he would make a great financial advisor which sparked a new interest. The rest, as they say, is history!
Chad explained that many times, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฃ๐, ๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ.
The lessons Chad learned while playing baseball and coaching are applicable to any career and essential to being successful.
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Chad, thank you for the delicious breakfast and valuable conversation. We appreciate ALL you do for our program, students and community and are very lucky to have you as such a strong supporter of CEO! Special shoutout to Chief Client Relations canine, Aeriel Repunzel ๐ถ. Thanks for giving us such a warm welcome this morning!
