Decisions and Consequences
by Jim Stovall We all succeed or fail based on the decisions we make. All the decisions you have made in your entire life have brought you to this place, at this time, reading these words in a...
View ArticleTeaching Your Kids About Santa And Money (Spoiler Alert)
Even the most well-intended and prepared parents must confess to the crime of inventing worldview improvisationally when faced with the query of inquisitive little ones. We may even be building our...
View Article2013 Personal Finance Reading List For The Attention Deficient
When a student of mine recently asked for a reading list that could help satiate her budding interest in the intersection of money and life, I was pleasantly surprised and inspired to aggregate a list...
View ArticleThe Most Stressful Event Of Your Financial Life: RETIREMENT
I don’t mean to strip you (or anyone else) of your idealized view of retirement that may have helped you overcome Lord knows how many miserable days—or years—of perpetual, slave-to-the-grind ladder...
View ArticleStart With Your Obituary
This is a guest post from my friend, mentor and co-author, Jim Stovall, who has overcome blindness to become a best-selling author and source of inspiration for literally millions. Please enjoy. Most...
View ArticleDon’t Cut Your Spouse Out Of Financial Decisions
“I make all the financial decisions in my household, but does it make sense for my spouse to be involved in our financial planning?” is a question I’ve heard several times in my career and seen implied...
View ArticleSteve Job’s Financial Planning Advice: You Are Already Naked
“If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” Steve Jobs was not the first to say this, but apparently the most famous. He mentioned it at the Stanford...
View Article3 Ways To Simplify Your Money Management
“‘Tis the gift to be simple,” begins the legendary Shaker dance song, “Simple Gifts,” written in 1848 by Joseph Brackett. And while virtually all of the world’s major religions have extolled the...
View ArticleYou Might Be An Underachiever If…
Here’s some humor and inspiration to send you into your weekend—another phenomenal guest post from my friend, mentor and co-author of The Ultimate Financial Plan, Jim Stovall—that is sure to make you...
View ArticleThere Are No Free Skittles
Last week, I went on a mission with my two sons, Kieran and Connor, ages nine and seven. The mission was to acquire newly released Lego sets bearing the resemblance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning Your Financial Plan In 7 Steps
Cliché or not, there is something refreshing about the vernal equinox and the advent of spring, isn’t there? And yes, with the birds, flowers and warmth also comes a sense of optimism that often...
View ArticleSuccess Is Overrated
I’m curious, what pictures come to mind when you read the word SUCCESS? Time’s up. Almost invariably, this exercise results in visuals of sports cars, attractive people, tailored suits, high-end...
View ArticleDon’t Disregard Mom’s Financial Instincts
The collective work of moms everywhere is so incredibly significant that it almost seems too limiting to honor them only one day each year. Thousands of years of paternalism has allowed society to...
View ArticleThe Art of Screwing Up
I was enjoying breakfast with my good friend, Danny O’Brien, recently, when our conversation moved to the topic of screwing up, making mistakes and the steps we take thereafter. Danny said, “The...
View Article7 Reasons I Dumped Facebook
It’s official. I’m off the Facebook grid. Nobody offended me. I didn’t have a bad experience. While I’m not thrilled about the idea of Big Brother watching my every move, I’m not particularly...
View ArticleHow To Win $120,000 Playing Poker
My wife, Andrea, won $120,000 at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City playing Caribbean stud poker in 1997, before I even knew her. She parted with exactly $16 in that fateful hand, and received 7,500...
View Article10 Reasons To Take A 10-Day Vacation
For only the second time in my adult life, I just completed a vacation of more than seven days—10, to be exact. Corroborating my first experience, I am now convinced that there is a certain magic to...
View ArticleMen Want It All Too: Work And Family
“I wanted to be able to change diapers.” That’s what Tim Donohue told me when I asked him about the life-altering choices he’d made regarding the elusive work/life balance. We had both just read the...
View ArticleBoomer Esiason: NFL Great Turned Life Insurance Advocate
“Today is your day to go out into the world. You’re going to be great!” This affirmation is one of a precious few memories that National Football League great, Boomer Esiason, can vividly recall...
View ArticleRevolutionary Retail: Test-Driving Warby Parker And Dollar Shave Club
Eyeglasses and razors are two notoriously high-margin personal commodities for which we’ve been overpaying for decades, but two companies have declared war on these monopolistic product lines. Using...
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