While looking for some entertaining statistics on how much exercise equipment is bought in January, I found out why Presidents Day sales are so good. It falls in line with all the returns made on the New Years Resolution items from January. In one way or another this rings true for all of us. I…
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Too often money is looked and considered for just what it is: money. A financial plan focuses on numbers, targets, returns, risk, etc., with a lot of hype placed on the latest and greatest investments, and returns on your money. After all, almost everyone wants their money to grow and they want to protect it,…
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This is certainly a loaded question… and it’s meant to be. You might immediately think of the people you treasure, the things you love to do, the places you want to see, or the memories you have yet to make. There’s nothing wrong with a little mental wandering when you consider the question, but you…
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Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought- whoa, that can’t be right? Who is this old person staring back at me? As funny or not so funny as this may be, the fact is that life is short and it seems to hurry along faster the older we get. We look up and…
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The Pareto principle (known as the 80/20 rule) states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. How many times have you heard the 80/20 rule in conjunction with business, health, wealth, etc.? The implication associated with this is that 20% of your efforts produce 80% of the results. Interestingly,…
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Medi-Share, which is a Christian healthcare sharing program used as an alternative to traditional health insurance, puts out a frequent newsletter with a short devotion or two. This week’s letter came at a perfect time. In case you’ve been hibernating, there is more than a bit of chaos in the world, in our nation, our…
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Everyone has a slightly different definition when it comes to success. Recently we attended a forum that is made up of some of the most “successful” people in our industry. Interestingly enough, this was the focus the forum which lasted almost two hours. One of the definitions I heard, “Success is reducing the “have to’s”…
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In my opinion, there’s nothing like a good James Bond movie—likewise the titles. Ironically, we live in a day and age that the title of this article rings true—too true. There is no time to die. After all, there seems to be no time to do the things we want/need to do, much less not…
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Your financial health is akin to your physical health—there are two ways you can go about managing it. Most people wait until something isn’t quite right or something needs attention. Then they try some medicine, go the doctor, or make changes to their lifestyle. The second path is one much less traveled: the preventative route. …
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Recently I was speaking with a client about how important it is to take preventative measures in regard to health – eating right, exercising, and taking the right supplements. People are living longer than ever before, but that doesn’t mean we are living healthier than ever before, which can prove to be a double whammy.…
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