Category: Personal
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What Really Makes You?
What makes you? I mean what truly makes who you are? Is it stuff? Expensive stuff? Impressive stuff? Flashy stuff? Maybe money? It may even be your job. Many people lives their lives trying to impress others and, in some cases, trying to impress themselves. Whether it is flashy friends they are trying to impress,…
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Prepared, Not Paranoid…
Recently, I spent some time working with a client and we were talking about building an emergency fund. That fund, sometimes known as a rainy day fund, is in place to help us get through troubling times and survive. Those troubling times come under many variations. A job loss, loss of a family member, a…
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I Love When Clients Leave….Like This!
A couple of days ago, one of my client couples came to visit for the last time as part of their program. I really wish every client left my programs just like this, but is most cases they do not. This client came bearing a gift. They informed me, while I was opening the…
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Resolutions – MidYear Checkup
It is hard to believe that July is here. For most of us, it is hot, humid and hazy – summer is in full swing. Before you know it, our children will be back in school, vacations over and we will be preparing for fall and winter. Where does time go? Looking back, it was…
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An Apple A Day…
You have heard the phrase that “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away” or something like that. Most of us are not real keen on the idea of going to the doctor (some I have seen live for those times) and will do anything to avoid the poking, prodding, shots and lectures that our…
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Vacation Spending
My family and I just returned from a week at the beach. It was fun and very hot. We spent the week with all of my wife’s family. I can say for me, I am glad to be back and able to get some rest!! Being at the beach is fun, relaxing and interesting. We…