The Best Advice I Ever Received, with Anthony Chen, Host of Family Business Radio
In this commentary from a recent Family Business Radio episode, host Anthony Chen shares the best advice he ever received.
Anthony’s commentary was taken from this episode of Family Business Radio. Family Business Radio is underwritten by Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network.
Transcript
The most thankful advice I ever received from my mentor was “Anthony, people don’t make rational decisions. They make emotional decisions and then rationalize it.” And for those who know me, I know I’ve run my life in a very “Spock-like” manner where, Oh, what do you mean?
Everybody makes rational decisions. Yeah. Okay. That that, that took two to three years of him beating that into my head for it to finally sink through in terms of really advice to pass forward to piggyback off of our two guests and especially what just happened in the pre-recording is there is a calendar and spreadsheet of a life.
And then there’s life and for those who know me being the anal retentive control freak now that I have an almost seven-month-old that the idea of control is just fantasy. So for those of you listening in this I’ll end the show with this, if you think you can control life of on just a calendar and spreadsheet this is again, hearkening back to my mentor, Daryl, spoken like a true bachelor who doesn’t have a family yet.
And I did not realize that until I have my own family. Thank you for listening in to Family Business Radio.
Anthony Chen, Host of Family Business Radio

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Anthony Chen started his career in financial services with MetLife in Buffalo, NY, in 2008. Born and raised in Elmhurst, Queens, he considers himself a full-blooded New Yorker while now enjoying his Atlanta, GA, home. Specializing in family businesses and their owners, Anthony works to protect what is most important to them. From preserving to creating wealth, Anthony partners with CPAs and attorneys to help address all of the concerns and help clients achieve their goals. By using a combination of financial products ranging from life, disability, and long-term care insurance to many investment options through Royal Alliance, Anthony looks to be the eyes and ears for his client’s financial foundation. In his spare time, Anthony is an avid long-distance runner.
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