I returned to the classroom last night and thanks to the folks at Advance Your Reach, I was able to make FMT's incredibly boring materials sound interesting.  In this video, I share some of the tactics I learned and applied. If you aren't using the power of the stage in your [...]

One of my favorite TV shows is “Gold Rush” on the Discovery Network. The first episode aired December 3, 2010 and it’s been running strong ever since, including several spinoffs. It focuses on the efforts of several teams of miners, each seeking to extract a fortune in gold using the latest [...]

Well, this is something I didn’t expect… In a recent New York Times article, the author warns us that not only could Artificial Intelligence (AI) take over many jobs, for many workers already it’s acting as their BOSS. It seems that companies like MetLife and Amazon are now using AI technology [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re already well into the 2020 elections. And don’t worry, there’s absolutely ZERO risk of having too “LITTLE” analysis, ads, and conversation forced upon you over the coming months until that special November day arrives. In case you were worried – I won’t bore/upset you today [...]

Unless something’s hit the fan as I write this email, the economy’s humming along nicely right now. And by all indications, it’s looking to continue on track for some time to come. But we humans didn’t manage to survive all these years without having that “worry-wart” gene built in. Would-be ancestors [...]

There’s a growing trend among the “boomer” generation concerning retirement. They’re not. It shouldn’t be a surprise. This is, after all, a generation that defied previously held societal notions about music, dress, hair styles, and much more. So the stereotypical image of “old uncle Joe” sitting on the front porch, rockin’ [...]

There’s nothing that livens up a wallet like a stack of crisp $100 bills. It’s hard NOT to have a smile on your face when you open up yours and see a stack of smiling Benjamins grinning back at you. There’s a great many reasons why Ben Franklin’s moniker is on [...]

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know about the final installment in Marvel’s Avengers series:  “Endgame.” On the off chance you’re one of the few who has NOT yet seen the film, don’t worry, I won’t reveal any “spoilers.” My purpose today in writing is instead to offer a bit [...]

Did you know that Lee Iacocca, the auto guru best known for the development of the Ford Mustang and later digging Chrysler out of the ditch, uses coupons? Being worth approximately $100 million, you wouldn’t think coupons would enter his mind. But apparently, his long-time housekeeper takes great care in clipping [...]

Have you heard of the 4% rule? It’s a guideline established almost 30 years ago that determined you could withdraw no more than 4% of your portfolio each year during retirement. But… that was 30 years ago. So is 4% still a good rule of thumb? Probably. Now, I could fill [...]