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Unpack Your Backpack
In the very first chapter of Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins, he says “complexity is the enemy of execution.” In other words, our...


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The Thing That Makes My Clients Cry
I spend a great deal of time helping clients work through retirement and investment plans. I love talking with them about future goals...


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How Advisors REALLY Get Paid
What You Probably Don't Know The financial industry as a whole is very cloak and dagger when it comes to explaining how we actually get...


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Make Money Work for You (Kids & Money, Part III)
Most adults don’t fully understand investing, so how are we supposed to explain it to a child? My advice is to keep it simple, teach with...


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Now What? (Kids & Money, Part II)
So your child has now earned some money… now what? For my own children, I like to keep things simple. We follow the 80/10/10 rule. Save...


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Kids & Money (Part I)
At this point, you know I’m passionate about educating adults on finance. What you may not know is that I’m equally passionate about...

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Are You Prosperous or Wealthy?
Today I am talking about people who are making decisions right now that are going to cause them to be poor in the future...


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The Money Trap
What is money really for? Most people would simply answer “to buy stuff,” but I want to challenge that thinking. I agree that it can be...


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Why Budgeting Doesn't Work
I apologize in advance to those of you that are budgeters. Don’t stop what you are doing if it’s working for you. You are a rare breed....


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For All the Gen Xers Out There
I want to keep this brief, so I'm just going to lay it all out there. Let's start with the current situation, look at how we got there,...


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Protecting Your Family from Identity Theft
Reports of data breaches are common news. Already this month, data breaches have been announced by Panera Bread, Under Armour (their...


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Too Much or Too Little Risk?
Every time I'm out driving, I'm amazed at how slowly some people drive, while others nearly run me off the road with their speed. It can...


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Big Box Buying
Big box buying is fine for your toilet paper. I do it too. But trusting the future to a big box financial company? Think back to the...


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Don't Invest Like You Buy A House
There is so much news about the timing of when the fed will increase interest rates and what impact those rate hikes will have on...

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Saving: How to Go from 0% to 10%
Most of us know we should be saving, but for various reasons, we aren't. Watch this video as I share a (nearly) painless way to get up...

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Planning Leads to Anxiety?
If choice leads to freedom, then why do we have such anxiety about financial decisions? I think Charles Spurgeon got it right when he...

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What If I'm Embarrassed?
Click below to watch or scroll down for the transcript. Here’s a general rule of thumb… If you’re 45 and make $100,000 you should have at...

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Invest or Pay Down My Mortgage?
This is a question that many are asking. There are actually two schools of thought on this, so I'll briefly explain both and then share...
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