Learn to Love the Lava
The topic for this blog…Simplicity At age 69, I am not as strong, fast, sharp or organized as I use to be. And yet, I continue to be able to function quite well. How?…it is simple. Linda (my fabulous wife of 47 years) and I decided to simplify everything in our lives. We moved to…
Read MoreAnnouncing Your Retirement
Topic for today…When to let people at work know you are retiring. This one is fresh out of current experience. I have a close friend who just told two of his favorite people at work the secret that he was going to retire in a year or two. No problem…these are two of his closest…
Read MoreFear Not the Social Security Administration
Hey, here is a happy topic…the Social Security Administration. Wait…don’t run off just yet. There is good news. I did 100% of my dealing with the Social Security folks, to set myself up to get those huge monthly checks, online. I have never set foot in a Social Security office. And…the online process was easy…
Read MorePreparing for Disasters: Stuff Happens
I am going to keep these short…the older I get, the more precious time becomes. So here we go… Personal opinion…I think most of us are horrible at planning for disasters. What do I mean? I mean that we all know darn well that disaster will strike everyone of us, but most of us wait…
Read MoreNice article on the Wall Street Journal Digital Network site…FINS
My thanks to Jane Porter for including me in an article called Getting Paid What You Want. You can find the article at… http://it-jobs.fins.com/Articles/SB131048064202228767/Getting-Paid-What-You-Want
Read MoreWoops! Got to be more careful with my words
I am extremely grateful to Dr. Zara Larsen and her Circle of Change radio show from Tucson, Arizona for providing me with a podcast of my recent segment with her. I will post it within the hour on this site. I just listened to it and learned a couple of things… First…I use the word…
Read MoreCPCU News article in the April/May edition
OK…not everyone takes the CPCU News…the publication for those who hold the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter designation. I do and I was pleased to see that they included an article about the book in their latest edition. The title of the article is Hot New Book Release-The Way Up. The article reads… “In March,…
Read MoreChicago Tribune
Nice article in the May 1 edition of the Chicago Tribune. My thanks to Christopher Nelson of Tribune Media Services. You can see the article at… http://bit.ly/iHePRF
Read MoreCareerBuilder.com article
Special thanks to Beth Braccio Hering for a fantastic article posted at CareerBuilder.com. The link to that article is… http://on-msn.com/mwcvra
Read MoreMy thanks to Cord Cooper of Investor’s Business Daily
Cord Cooper wrote a terrific article about the book. Take a look at http://bit.ly/fcECe5
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