Running on autopilot can be dangerous. If a pilot’s course is off by 1 degree traveling from San Francisco to New York, they will end up 40 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Likewise, if you don’t recalibrate your financial autopilot settings, you’ll miss your destination of financial security. A particular setting that I find […]
Financial Planner. Financial Advisor. Investment Advisor. Or even Investment Adviser. Do these terms create vibrations of stress in your life? Yeah, me too. You see, I don’t really know what they mean! Every one of these people who calls themselves by one of these titles seems to do something a little bit, if not completely, […]
People do it all the time. In the face of their worst imaginable fears, they do it. Probably not because they want to. They do it, maybe, because that’s the way we humans are wired. What do they do? They continue. And the only thing that might be driving them is a faith in the […]
My wife makes fun of my driver. Every time we play golf, she has not one, but several “witty” comments during the round. Every time. But, you see, I like my driver. Yes, it’s 25 years old. Yes, it’s very small (or, I like to think of it as normal-sized as all the drivers these […]
There is always room for change or improvement when it comes to your finances. But what you really should be asking yourself is this: Am I looking to optimize my current situation, or am I looking for tremendous improvement? The vast majority of what passes for financial advice is directed at optimization instead of drastic […]
