by Chip Workman | Oct 16, 2019 | Effective Decision Making, Smart Spending
Following a birthday sleepover for my oldest daughter last week, my wife and I were out for an early morning walk in search of some peace, quiet and a good cup of coffee. Reflecting on the fact that we now have a teenager in the house, talk turned to our home. While...
by Jeannette Jones | Sep 25, 2019 | Budgeting, Financial Planning, Retirement
The song Once in a Lifetime sums up the way I believe many people feel when they get to a certain point in their lives. Time has passed, they made decisions – or avoided making them – and they find themselves living a life they aren’t so sure about. Or as Talking...
by taaginc | Aug 7, 2019 | Money Basics, Smart Spending
(from Seth Godin’s blog dated January 30, 2019. Click here for the original post. Seth is the author of more than 18 books that have been bestsellers all over the world. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting,...
by taaginc | Jun 19, 2019 | Financial Education, Smart Spending
Have you ever had a waiter or waitress take your order without writing it down? Whenever that happens to me, I am so impressed when my order comes out correctly. In the days when I waited tables, I tried the memory method. I would take an order and recite it in my...
by Chip Workman | May 29, 2019 | Budgeting, College Planning
In sitting down to write this blog, my setting certainly impacted the topic. I’m sitting on the campus of the College of Wooster in northern Ohio. I’m chaperoning my daughter who is here to compete in the finals of a state writing competition. My reward is working...
by taaginc | May 22, 2019 | Effective Decision Making, Smart Spending
Anyone who has ever quit smoking, gone on a diet, attempted to wake up earlier or exercise more often knows that re-programming our behavior is tough. The will to stop doing something that gives us pleasure in order to make us healthier, more fit or an otherwise...
