Slave, Save and Die – In that Order

Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning

Sounds exciting. Living your entire life forever postponing life. This is the path the financial factory needs you to...

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The Deferred Happiness Model

Posted in: Cash Flow, Financial Factory, Risk, Yield

You can’t escape them.  The “experts” are everywhere, on TV and radio – gurus like Clark Howard, Suze...

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The Unintended Consequence

Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Investment

If you’re not from the South, that strange vine that seems to permeate every vacant space is called Kudzu...

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Welcome to the Only Get Rich Once Blog!

Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Frustration, Risk

A lot has happened in the three months here at Holcombe Financial. We had a wonderful turnout for our open house. We...

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Painting Your Picture

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk

I read a loosely translated Japanese Proverb from the Zappos Twitter feed. It made me think about issues faced by many...

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Focus on the Right Emotion

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Factory, Financial Planning

Emotion is a powerful driver of behavior. In The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt discusses the relationship...

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Cloudy with a Chance of Profit

Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk

The weather is actually a perfect metaphor. The financial markets operate with absolute autonomy. Predictions have no...

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Take the Loss

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning

Golf is a very frustrating sport where form and concentration yield good results, but perfection is impossible.  ...

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Financial Advisors, Wall Street and JAWS

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Investment, Risk

Changes in stock prices can swing wildly, suddenly. So can our emotions. The combination of an out of control market...

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69 Days, 33 Miners, 1 Cave

Posted in: Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Risk

The excavation of 33 miners from a Chilean cave will go down as an amazing feat. Never before have so many miners been...

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Crisis Causes Clarity

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Risk

It’s the morning of April 10, 1912. You and your family are preparing to enjoy a great breakfast and then take in...

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The Consumption Rat Race

Posted in: Decisions

Consumption of material items as a source of happiness highlights a problem.  We all remember the smell of the new car...

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Moniphany

Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk

An epiphany is generally associated with a type of awakening. An exact moment in time where everything we’ve held as...

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Your Home, Your Anchor & Your Memory

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Frustration

Just finished a beautiful drive to the North Georgia Mountains. I visited a client who is selling her home. It isn’t...

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A Rational Veneer

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Frustration

We are moving our office and I’m in the market for a new flat screen television for our conference room. The...

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