I once heard Michael Port, a successful author and speaker, talk about goals. He wrote Book Yourself Solid, which was released in 2006 and held the number 2 spot on the Amazon best seller list for three days. That would have qualified as a wild success for most, but...
Some of my fondest memories growing up include Sunday afternoon lunches with the family. My parents, four brothers, numerous cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents would all get together to have a home cooked meal and enjoy each other’s company. I don’t have that in...
Acting as your own boss and calling the shots while translating original and unique ideas into an income is the epitome of making a living for many people. A friend of mine, thinking her dream was to be an entrepreneur, convinced herself it was the route she should...
You’d much more likely be found perusing books on thirteenth century Scandinavian religious poets than caught even walking near the personal finance section in the bookstore. You break out into hives when you pick up a book on money management. You can hardly...
They could have been contestants on The Newlywed Game, their answers revealing how little they were in agreement on matters of married life. She wanted to travel to Europe and experience the finer things in life. He wanted to know how they were going to pay for their...
The last week and a half has been rough for investors. Everywhere you look there is dire market news. Like Chicken Little, it’s easy to feel like the sky is falling. Here are my five tips on what to do when the market is taking a downturn: Turn off the news I...
oThe Bloomberg article on Monday, August 24th leads with the line: “Panic. Judgment Day. Carnage. Meltdown. Fearful. Depressing. Psychologically Draining. Wired.” These are words money managers used as they tried to process the effects of the current market downturn....
Not every financial planner is going to offer you what you need. Working with a financial planner requires making sure that you have a good fit. We’ve already gone over how to decide whether you need a financial planner and making sure you’re on the same...
Throw your Net Worth Statement in the trash. Every year most Americans look at this piece of paper riddled with dollars and cents and they draw drastic conclusions about their financial success. Often when I sit down with clients, there is a tendency to look solely at...
Every client I have is a different relationship. I work hard to understand my clients as individuals and to learn what is different about what each of them needs and how they like to work. The best clients understand that there are things they can do to contribute to...
