Category: Planning

  • Don’t Use The Grocery Store As A Restaurant

    Going grocery shopping has definitely changed through the years.  In the last few years it has changed to where you can actually purchase prepared meals that you can take home, heat up, and eat.  Wow – convenience. Picking up a prepared meal every once in a while will most likely not break you financially.  However,…

  • A Real Coach

    Zig Ziglar is a great motivational speaker. He has helped many through the years including me!  I received this email from him this week and thought I would share it with you. What do you need in a coach?  Click here….

  • Are You Prepared?

    I was on my way to a meeting early, before the sun was up, this morning.  Driving down the interstate, fighting the wonderful Atlanta traffic, the overhead traffice message board flashed the following message – “September is National Preparedness Month”.  Did you know that?  Honestly, I was not prepared for that at all. It is…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • No 2011 Budget? Do They Really Think You Are Crazy?

    Let me start by saying that, YES, they really do think that you are crazy.  They think you are stupid, irresponsible and dependent on them.   Ok, I answered that question from the title, but the real quesiton is what are they thinking of. Who am I talking about?  Your U.S. Representative and Senators.  Most…