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Retirement “Are you Adam?” he asked. “Yes”, I replied – “Are you Ed?” I’ll refer to this person as “Ed” to protect his anonymity. And because I can’t remember his actual name…ok, mostly because I can’t remember his actual name. The year was 1993 and I was meeting Ed in a...
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“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy living, or get busy dying.” This is my favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption. Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) is an innocent man who is wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a horrific crime. ...
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For 27 years, work provided me with an inescapable sense of purpose. I was not only responsible for providing for my family, but also for adding value at whatever work I was doing. Regardless of our career, entrepreneurial endeavor, or side hustle, we all need to generate value in order...
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Earlier this month I saw a news story tickler that truly shocked me when I first read it. According to a recent survey conducted by Pymnts.com and LendingClub Corp, more than one in three Americans who earn at least $250,00 annually say they are living paycheck to paycheck. Whoa! According...
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Time flies as the saying goes. The end of this week marks one year of being retired for me and it certainly seems as if time as flown by. I wanted to mark this week by sharing some key year one retirement lessons. Even the fact that I have time...
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Admit it. When you read “one million dollars”, your pinky finger goes up to the corner of your mouth. Dr. Evil may have missed the mark by blackmailing the world for the paltry sum of $1 million in 1990 but this sum still represents a psychological threshold for many individuals...
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Adam, Jeanette told me your father passed away last week. I’m very sorry for your loss. She also told me…
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Thank you Marci. My mom did get a chance to read it to him, and I'm very grateful for that.