Intentional WealthGood morning & happy Monday! “All the resources we need are in the mind.” – Theodore Roosevelt I am constantly learning. I seek to be a lifelong learner. I read books, listen to podcasts, attend conferences, study resources, join webinars, and seek out new learning opportunities constantly. With my long-winded memo last Monday, I thought […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard, Danish theologian, 1813-1855 With today being the 22-year anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, I wanted to revisit that horrible day for a moment. In January I had an opportunity to go […]
Good morning, happy Monday, and happy Labor Day! “Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1884-1962) I hope you are enjoying your holiday weekend. According to the Department of Labor website Labor Day “is an […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or […]
Good morning and happy Monday! “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist, 1817-1862 Let’s have a little fun this morning. See if you can solve this puzzle: Count the number of “F”s in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “Timing the market is a fools game, whereas time in the market is your greatest natural advantage.” – Nick Murray, financial author With the kids back to school I thought this might be an opportune week to talk about the power of time when it comes to investing. There is […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “We are choked with news and starved of history.” – Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981 The headlines are busy these days! Lots to talk about. Lots to worry about. Just in this last week we had the Fitch rating agency downgrade the U.S. credit rating, the current president of the […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “Sometimes we must look outside our own backyards to realize how big the world is and how blessed we are.” – Eugene Nathaniel Butler Last month I had a life-changing opportunity to go on a mission’s trip with Hope Project International to Guatemala. It’s been about a month since I […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. But what they hide is vital.” Aaron Levenstein, former business professor Last week I addressed math, today I am going to jump into statistics. I can tell you are excited! 😉 My wife and I were talking about statistics the […]
Good morning & happy Monday! “It’s the nature of stock markets to go way down from time to time. There’s no system to avoid bad markets. You can’t do it unless you try to time the market, which is a seriously dumb thing to do. Conservative investing with steady savings without expecting miracles is the […]