There's a version of this job that would be a lot simpler. The kind where you manage portfolios, check performance once a quarter, and call it a day. No tax forms, no life events, no late-night texts — just markets and models.

It sounds peaceful, almost efficient… until you realize that real people don't live their lives in neat, quarterly increments. That's why today we're talking about what it really means to do this work — the human side of financial advising that no spreadsheet or benchmark can ever capture.