Our next JDH Employee Spotlight features Ben Turner, our Associate Wealth Advisor.
Ben leverages his adaptability and broad perspective in the wealth management sector, aiming to help clients achieve their financial goals so they can enhance other aspects of their lives. A Santa Rosa native, Ben earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from William Jessup University before returning to Sonoma County. In his spare time, he enjoys weightlifting, martial arts, and watching football.
What effect do you want to have on your industry with your work?
I want to demystify investing to the layman. If people invested more in the market they would be better off for it, but many people are too overwhelmed with information to take that first step. I don’t blame them, I was too! It’s very difficult to take that first step, but once people get their feet wet they realize it’s far from scary, it’s actually a rather beneficial experience.
I’ll caution those starting out, this experience can be addicting: my initial forays into investing gave me a desire to know more, leading to a career shift into wealth management.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
Becoming an Eagle Scout with two palms. It took a lot of work and dedication, something that was at a premium during my teenage years. I got the award at seventeen after six years of work, countless weekends, and hundreds of Monday night troop meetings. It taught me the value of having a goal and working towards it at a very young age; when I received the award on stage I felt like I had really earned something. The two palms were supplementary awards, and were less of a life lesson and more of an exercise in showboating, but what’s a little showboating if you’ve earned it?
What values do you wish to pass on?
Whether it’s good times or bad times, nothing lasts forever. We need to appreciate the good times while they are here; I don’t mean give into a foreboding sense that the good times will end, but rather don’t take it for granted. On the flip side, know that bad times won’t last forever. A difficult stage isn’t the end of the world or indicative of a personal failing, it’s just a challenge you have to grit your teeth through until it’s over.
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