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Endcaps: Beware of Items in Checkout Lane
"Choices are the hinges of destiny." -- Edwin Markham The other day, a fellow blogger wrote a post about a friend that needed to justify things he might consider to…
Money & Mates: Q&A with Paula and Kim
This week, we speak with Paula and they are living proof that the family that saves together stays together. Hear what they have to say about money and a long-term…
Thin Slicing and GTD
"One either meets, or one works." -- Peter Drucker My favorite time management technique is called touch it once. This post isn't specific to finances, but every now and then…
Gay Couples Should Share Load with Finances
"Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitude of things." - Percy Bysshe Shelley I've always heard that the family that saves together stays together. In the Southwest Airlines magazine…
Tender Age Investing: Teach Kids Money Concepts
"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other." -- Kurt Herbert Alder One of my most rewarding experiences as an adult was teaching business skills…
Money & Mates: Q&A with Joel and Martin
Joel lives in Long Island, New York and has been dating Martin for a couple of months. They have already had the "money talk". Joel is a smart conversationalist. Here's…
Real Estate: Building Long-Term Assets
"Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned." -- Donald Trump One of my first posts way back when was about reading obituaries and noticing that often…
Sudoku Logic Applied to Retirement
"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth" -- Jean de la Bruyere Over the last six months, on most business trips I've noticed people on the…
Tricks To Saving Money
"Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse" -- George Sheehan I've posted a few times about the parallel between staying healthy and financial…
Trivial Untruth: Gift with Purchase
"The cruelest lies are often told in silence." -- Adlai Stevenson Last weekend, Jeanine and I were hanging out at the house in Palm Springs with our friend, Debbie. After…