• Columnists

Nancy Hartsock, Financial Advisor and Financial Planning Specialist

COLUMN = FINANCE

Nancy Hartsock is a financial advisor and financial planning specialist with The Hasenberg Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Washington, DC. She specializes in wealth management, financial planning, and multi-generational family work.

During her years in the financial services industry, she has helped her clients reach their wealth goals through hard work and a common sense approach to successful investing. Nancy began her career in the financial services industry with AXA Advisors, LLC in 2001 prior to joining Smith Barney in 2005.

At both firms, Nancy has led her colleagues in completion of financial plans for her clients. Prior to her career as a financial advisor, she worked for 25 years in the health care industry, with the last 10 years in senior management as a business owner.

She earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology and English from Southern Illinois University and Master’s of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the Rehabilitation Institute at Southern Illinois.

Originally from Illinois, Nancy has lived in the District of Columbia area since 1998. She and her fiancé, Russell Moore, MD, have been together for 15 years. Outside of the office, she loves travel, fine wine, art, opera, and reading.

Nancy has served her communities for over 35 years through her commitment to several nonprofit organizations. She has served on the boards for two battered-women’s shelters, a music conservatory, and a historic preservation and economic development organization. She is currently on the board of directors of the Dupont Circle Village and is serving as the treasurer for the board of directors of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association.

About Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and its affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice. To the extent that this material or any attachment concerns tax matters, it is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law. Any such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

For more information visit www.fa.smithbarney.com/hasenberg

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

– Nelson Mandela

Your own words are the bricks and mortar
of the dreams you want to realize.
 The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.”

– Sonia Croquette

If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained individuals quitting their day jobs.”

– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. 
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”

– Mary Jean Irion

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

– Eckhart Tolle

He who knows he has enough is rich.”

– Tao Te Ching

The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”

– August Rush

Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”

– Eve Ensler

I don’t do very well without fear. There needs to be a part of me saying, ‘That’s going to fail,’ so I can prove myself wrong.”

– Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

– Carl Rogers

My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”

– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

– Lao Tzu

Don’t follow, lead. Don’t copy, create. Don’t start, finish. Don’t sit still, move. Don’t fit in, stand out. Don’t sit quietly, speak up. (Not all the time, sure, but more often.)”

– Seth Godin

As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”

– Andrew Carnegie

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

– Leonardo da Vinci

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which obstacles vanish.”

– John Quincy Adams

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

– Robert Frost

Change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change.”

– Alan Webber, author, "Rules of Thumb"

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”

– Alfred Adler

Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

– William Jennings Bryan

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

– Charles Darwin

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”

– Robert Frost

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing.”

– Maya Angelou

Women once had the goal of being Superwoman; I think most of us now simply strive to have a super day.”

– Author, Activist Lee Woodruff

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”

– Henry David Thoreau

A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”

– Marilyn vos Savant

If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

– Zig Ziglar

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”

– Lord Chesterfield

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.”

– Martha Beck, from "Leaving the Saints"

It is to no purpose to turn away from the real nature of the affair because the honor of its elements excites repugnance.

– Carl von Clausewitz, On War

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”

– Jim Butcher, White Night

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”

– Andrew Carnegie

A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.”

– Carlos Castaneda

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

– John Quincy Adams

‎No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”

– Charles Dickens

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

– Magical

Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”

– Steven Schussler

Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”

– Martha Beck

A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”

– Chinese Proverb

I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even that of president, says little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, to learn, and to achieve.”

– Barack Obama

I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”

– Michelle Sedas

Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”

– Victor Hugo

I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”

– John D. Rockefeller

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

If you would create something,
 you must be something.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Speaking more than one language is no longer just an asset in today’s job market; it is a requirement.”

– Tom Adams, CEO, Rosetta Stone

The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”

– William James

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson