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06 Aug

Financial Readiness

  • By Marlene Large
  • In Blog, Financial Planning, Live Your Best Life, Personal Finance
What does “financial readiness” mean? Many people say, “Well, that’s having the perfect portfolio.” Some say that you have to outsmart and predict the market. Some say that it’s the ability to be agile enough to adjust when things go
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12 May

What Would You Do?

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Estate Planning, Giving, Live Your Best Life
What is life? We’re born, go to school, get a job, get married, have kids, retire and die. Is this all it is? A few days ago, I reached out to a client and left a message just to check-in.
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29 Mar

Coaching, Are You Ready?

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Financial Planning, Live Your Best Life, Success
It is interesting to be in the business of coaching. Many people identify me as a financial planner, however, what I really am is a financial coach. I coach people to have better actions, better habits and ultimately, as a
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09 Mar

Rolling Back on Dodd-Frank

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Live Your Best Life
Is regulation protection? Does it hinder productivity? Does it make dishonest people, honest? Could regulation possibly keep honest people, from being their best for their clients?   I think we could write a book on these four questions. Whatever happened
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16 Dec

Investing and Politics

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Investing
Who will have the greatest impact on your financial future? You or President-elect Trump? Now I know there are two groups in this country: one hates what they see going forward based on our election; and one loves it. What
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18 Oct

The Good, The Bad and The Bored

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Investing
We all have good days…we all have bad days…and we all have times when we feel bored. I’m going to tell you to beware all three! Why? Because when it comes to investing, any day you are feeling a strong
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31 Aug

Secrets of the Successful – #4

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Live Your Best Life, Success
A friend, mentor, and father like figure to me in business was Jack Howe. Some would say that he was not easy to get along with, some would say he pushed too hard. But what he possessed was determination. He
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08 Jul

Secrets of the Successful – #3

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Leadership, Live Your Best Life, Success
Do you find yourself searching or wondering what your true talent is? Do you think that maybe if you can uncover your true talent you will find the right job, the right opportunity, or that special circumstance that will be
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30 Jun

Brexit and the Boston Tea Party

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Investing
Let me ask you a question? Do you perceive the Boston Tea Party as a negative historical event? I would agree that in the short-term it was not very pretty, yet in the long-term it led to the independence, formation,
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23 Jun

Secrets of the Successful – #2

  • By Wayne von Borstel CFP®, CKA®, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
  • In Blog, Leadership, Live Your Best Life, Self-Help
As human beings we want to feel we belong. After all, being part of the group is instinctual to our survival. We are taught from a young age to not make a scene, to be mindful of what we say
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