Most people don’t plan to retire broke… They just never do the one thing that would’ve prevented it. I’ve watched it happen too many times. Decent people, hard workers, and people who did everything they were told (contributed to the 401k, paid down the mortgage, skipped the splurges) and they still end up in their […]

I came within a week of making a $40,000 mistake. It seemed like a solid opportunity at the time… A trusted contact vouched for it… the numbers looked good on paper… I’d done my research (or at least what I thought was research)… I was ready to commit. Then I made one phone call that […]

There’s a conversation I’ve had more times than I can count, usually with people who’ve done everything right, worked hard, saved where they could, followed the advice they were given, and still ended up wondering why it doesn’t feel like enough. They made it… by your typical standards… And yet, they don’t feel fulfilled. I […]

Not long ago I was chained to a job I hated, suffering a loveless relationship, living month to month, and drowning in debt that was acquired to make myself feel better about a life I despised. Perhaps you can relate? But all that changed for me when I responded to an invitation I received in […]

Years ago, a man I deeply respected sat me down and asked me a question I wasn’t prepared for. Not “how much money do you make?” Not “what’s your five-year plan?” He looked me dead in the eye and said, “If nothing in your life changed from this point forward, would that be okay with […]