Posts Tagged ‘advice’
How to Make Your Retirement Dream a Reality
For entirely too many hard-working folks, there is a significant gap between the retirement life they desire and the one they will be able to afford if they do not adequately prepare for the future. Traditional goals such as li...
Commencement Advice for Everyone
This weekend, thousands of students all over the country will dawn their cap and gowns to walk across a stage. At the end of the day, their lives will change. No longer are the college students, but they are graduates. The seas...
How to Protect Yourself From Financial Heartbreak
What’s going on (financially) in the private lives of couples across America? As someone who earns a living providing financial advice for women, I’m fascinated by this question. A recent study about the money behavior of m...
Why our Generation Falls for this Unfortunate Myth
The world moves at a rapid-fire pace these days, and so do we. Information is consumed in abbreviated form as pithy sound bites, you can inform your loyal followers around the globe of every detail of your life in real time, an...
10 Tips for the Travel-Saavy
I’ve traveled 1000s of miles this past spring. Here are a few pointers that I want to share… for the good of all people. 1) Get to the airport 60-75 minutes early. I know it seems obvious, but I can’t...
Salmon: There’s something fishy about the price tag
If you were to ask someone which product is better: farmed or wild salmon, I think most people would guess correctly. Wild salmon is better on several fronts, including taste, ecological impact, and health. However, when standi...
Moving in Before Marriage
A recent report in CNN suggests that more and more people are choosing to live together before they get married. This could have to do with a number or things, like delaying marriage because of career choices and the stigma sur...
Which One Is Your Partner: A “Tightwad” or “Spendthrift”?
Are you and your significant other financial opposites? If so, you’re not alone. As a financial advisor, I’ve seen time and again how the results can be quite painful. When the American Institute of Certified Public A...
Does Your Ego Match Your Professional Qualifications?
There’s a person who I barely know and rarely see who for whatever reason has decided I am a worthwhile project to invest his time into. I frequently seek his guidance and advice for two reasons, 1) while I adore my mom, dad,...
The Guilt-Tripper’s Guide to Saying No
The other day I tried something new: I said no to someone who asked me to do something. You see, I have the biggest guilt reflex on this side of the Atlantic. This, combined with the delusion that I am invincible and can do eve...
