Who owns today? We often give our day up to those we don’t know. We look at Facebook, TV, or some form of media. We may not know whose agenda we are hearing, but we still let it impact our
Everything You Own A realtor friend jokingly congratulated me on purchasing my home in 2009 by saying, “Welcome to the class of ‘home-moaners’!”. Get it? Homeowners constantly moan about their property’s maintenance, upkeep, and to-dos. If you’ve owned a home
Thoughts or Strategies? Which is worth more? Many people have thoughts about financial plans. They have opinions that they’re willing to give you. But is that what you want to build your future on? Probably not. I have many thoughts
What is investing? Is it the buying of one stock, gambling on the future of that company and the regulations that govern it, the competition that is unknown, and the price of the stock that is more controlled by unknown
I recently talked with a man that was almost irrational with anger. Something else had performed better than his portfolio. In his career he had been a perfectionist and only the best was ever acceptable. If you only accept being
I was driving through the Columbia River Gorge towards Portland, Oregon and it struck me once again, as it often does, that life is beautiful! You know what else is beautiful? Freedom. Freedom equals choices, choices equal action, action equals
I believe we live in the greatest country in the world, but I do not believe that success comes without hard work, commitment and some degree of risk. If our children grow up thinking that success, particularly financial success, is
Thunder storms, lightning, rain and wind….. maybe some hail. This is a part of summer and warmer weather. Now depending on whether you are traveling, farming, just living or maybe even on vacation you will react to the thunder storm
Change is interesting isn’t it? We just had a new election and really with all the money, noise and expectation it is much the same at the end. For some of us that is a positive and for some of
We are smart people. We are experienced, educated, well read and have more information available to us than ever before in previous decades. If this is the case, why do so many continue to want to make financial decisions based