Succeeding at Life: Perspective

Succeeding at Life: Perspective

Recently, I read about how a pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses were sold at auction for $340,000. While I don’t have an opinion as to whether or not that’s the correct price for his actual glasses, I wondered what the value of his perspective would be.  ...
Health for Life: The Doctor of the Future is You

Health for Life: The Doctor of the Future is You

“The doctor of the future is you,” said Dr. John Kim when I interviewed him on the LifeBlood podcast.  We were talking about how to have great health for life, and how so much of it is about taking personal responsibility.  He spoke of the importance of...
Home-Based Businesses Are Open for Everyone

Home-Based Businesses Are Open for Everyone

Thanks to today’s new at-home business environment, more people than ever are starting their own part-time or side-gig businesses. Previously, people who were home with small children or people who needed better workplace access found employment opportunities...
Teach Your Children Well: Money Lessons for Your Kids

Teach Your Children Well: Money Lessons for Your Kids

How do you teach a kid to ride a bike?  Do you tell them how to do it? Do you read them a book, maybe the user’s manual? Do you watch a video? No, of course not. You show them how to do it.  How do you teach a kid about money?  Do you tell them how to...
Recapping My Son’s First Lemonade Stand

Recapping My Son’s First Lemonade Stand

I want to help my kids be good with money.  It seems obvious, but here are my reasons: I want them to have financial independence and to earn a great livingI want them to have great lives, and to be able to pursue whatever they’re passionate aboutI want them to...
Family Finances: The Power of Ideas and Images

Family Finances: The Power of Ideas and Images

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Simply put, a picture can convey an idea more quickly and effectively than the written word.  Here are some of the most iconic images: Proverbs and rules-of-thumb are extremely effective at expressing ideas.  Here...