5 ways the Stock Market will make you wealthy
I love the stock market. For all its flaws, and the angst we feel when it goes down, it is the most reliable long-term road to riches available to most …
stewardship and Money
The labor shortage opportunity
I almost made a waitress cry yesterday. It’s not what you might think. I didn’t yell at her for poor service. Quite the contrary. My wife and I went out …
Four Keys to Flourishing
A bank I worked for paid an advertising agency hundreds of thousands of dollars to come up with a new slogan to excite customers. It was a big deal. The …
Four keys for investing in a Woke World
It was fascinating to see major companies like Coke and Delta jump into Georgia election law politics earlier this year. By taking sides they made many of their customers mad. …
the case for a Big Travel Budget
I spent the last three weeks in the Carolinas. It was great. The picture of me is from Hilton Head, South Carolina where we stayed for a few days. We …
The way of the dragon
Being a banker, I suppose it was logical that I would be drawn to read dragon books to my kids. These complex creatures remind me of some of my more …
Butkus, Rivers and Retirement
I understand why poets use rivers as metaphors for the passage of time. Rivers move me to think about life. Perhaps that’s why I found myself evaluating a personal milestone …
Break the rules–Occasionally
I’m not much of a lawbreaker. But one Halloween some of my teenage buddies and I were having a great time throwing water balloons at trick or treaters. It was …
Retirement DAshboard Part II
I’ve been enjoying a Western Philosophy course the last couple of weeks. It started with that fascinating scene in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. You might remember it. There are …
Set Your Financial Redlines
I learned the power of a flashing red light one night when I was flying home. My company had chartered a small prop plane for several executives and me. With …