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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Getting There from Here

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Risk

The financial market is an aggregation of remote sectors acting as one. A synchronistic orchestra without a conductor....

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Just Make an Incision!

Posted in: Financial Planning

Remember the commercial where a surgeon instructs his patient on how to operate on himself? The doctor is at the...

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The Power of Financial Redundancy

Posted in: Cash Flow, Financial Planning

In my upcoming book, You Should Only Have to Get Rich Once, we detail why flying represents the ultimate form of trust....

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Forget the Birds in the Bush

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning

Having too many choices can create misery. Unless you learn to limit your choices, you risk watering down the concrete...

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Success Is 90% Planning, 10% Execution

Posted in: Financial Planning

I recently had lunch with a friend of mine who owns a very successful home improvement business. I heard wonderful...

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The Solution Problem

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Factory, Investment

Nobody would buy a solution to a problem they don’t have. Unfortunately, business is marketing. The pharmaceutical...

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Making Your Map Your Experience

Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning

Geography is where something is located; topography is what it’s like when you get there. Rarely does something...

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Checkmate! Making Better Decisions

Posted in: Decisions

Before making a move, the experienced chess player asks three pivotal questions. Where am I now? Where do I want to go?...

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Cash Flow, Flujo De Dinero, Flux D’argent

Posted in: Cash Flow

In every language, cash flow represents the same thing: survival. Cash flow is an irreducible component of personal and...

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Bird Dies Like a Dog

Posted in: Risk

Dogs don’t fly and birds don’t run. When they do, bad things happen. This invaded my thoughts as I attempted to...

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