Your Life
Is Immortality Possible?
Leonard Jones believed he was immortal. A would-be American politician in the early 1800s, Jones ran for President multiple times, hailing his “immortality” as his platform. According to Jones, mortality…
Read MoreGood Deals Gone Wrong
If someone were to offer you a “brand new” iPhone for $50, would you take it? What about $30 for a “genuine” Louis Vuitton purse? Maybe you’d jump on a…
Read MoreFailing Forward into Success
Thomas Edison was both hearing impaired and fidgety. He only lasted three months in school where his teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was eventually homeschooled…
Read MoreFreedom Leads to Purpose
Frederick Douglass, African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman, knew what freedom meant to him. He escaped from slavery in 1838 with the help of Anna Murray, a woman…
Read MoreIf Only Macbeth Had Waited
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a power literary character. More than his memorable lines (“Out, out, damn spot!”), he is a perfect example of a person whose success led him to a…
Read MoreWhat Does Your Planning Sound Like?
Few of us can forget that scene (and that voice) from the iconic 1980s movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, when actor Ben Stein gives the world’s most boring economics class…
Read MoreDon't Settle for Typical
When it comes to your personal life, do you settle for typical? Or do you strive for more? And do you follow your head AND your heart? The word “typical”…
Read MoreThe Cure For What Ails You
If your go-to cardiologist says you have heart disease, and you take the medicine he prescribes but still have symptoms, what would you do? Do you think you’d return to…
Read MoreWho's On Your Team?
When you were in school, chances are you were on some sort of sports team. Teams are an integral part of life, from childhood and on into the rest of our…
Read MoreSay No to the Quick Fix
In my interviews across the country with some of the most successful business owners and executives I often heard this request, “I wish someone could help me think through my wealth planning…
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