Do you remember the song “Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh My!” from The Wizard of OZ? The grown up version of that is “Covid, inflation, recession and cancer! Oh my!” It’s not as fun.  Adversity is one of life’s realities. Some of them, like winter, we can prepare...

How’s life going? Are you succeeding? Is everything going as planned? Do you know?  I figured something out a couple of years ago, and while it’s obvious, it’s also profound. Are you ready?  The only way to live how you want is to know how you want to...

Have you ever asked yourself, “What’s the story of my life?”  Have you asked “What am I capable of and what could I be?”  If you worked harder, accepted personal responsibility and took ownership for everything in your life, good and bad, what would your...

Why do we wait to do important things? Do we think there’s someone more capable or more qualified who should, or will, be fixing the problem?  Do we wait because the timing isn’t right? Once things settle down at work, then I’ll do it. Once the kids are out of...

As a society, we’re asking questions. In fact, we’re questioning everything.  We’re questioning why and where we work the ways we do? Why are we educating our kids the way we are? Why do we police our communities the way we do? There’s no topic or area of life...

Are you living how you want?  Here’s some truth: The only way to live how you want, is to know how you want to live.  I know I haven’t always been in the habit of, or had the headspace to reexamine everything, meaning my life. If COVID had a silver lining,...

There was a time when retirement was straightforward. You worked for the same company for 30 years, had a retirement party, then rode off into the sunset with a gold watch, a pension, and Social Security.  Not so much today.  In fact, it might be the...

I’m writing this on June 20th, 2022. We’re coming off one of the greatest bull market runs of all time, and entering a potentially new era of investing.  As you try and successfully navigate your financial future, and work on solving the ever-present money...

I’m constantly trying to get better.  Living a happy and healthy life is a top priority, as is helping you do the same.  Solving the money problem is where I spend most of my time and attention. I recognize people need different things at different times of...