It just doesn’t matter

I feel like I’m getting older because I’m getting nostalgic.  I remember a time when political campaigns were limited to the several months leading up to the election.  And when a difference of political opinion did not automatically mean someone

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Wait, phones are distracting?

Imagine hiring an assistant whose job consisted of walking around connected to you 24 hours a day and would pinch you whenever he or she felt like it.  This is the equivalent of what our phones are set to do

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Happy Birthday!

“We are food for worms, lads” So goes the line from a classic film about living your life and embracing the gifts you have been given.  Dead Poets Society is the film and it was released nearly 30 years ago. 

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What’s your exit strategy, LIAM?

As we approach the end of Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM), it’s fitting to bring up one more financial benefit provided by Participating Whole Life Insurance policies.  Specifically, the exit strategy.  A properly designed PWLI policy should provide you tax

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Confirmation that Universal Life is all Sizzle

The Wall Street Journal published an article[i] today that confirms what many of us have known for some time.  Universal Life (UL) insurance, along with sister products Variable Universal Life (VUL) and Indexed Universal Life (IUL), does not live up

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Disturb us, Lord

Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance

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Stress! Financial and otherwise.

“Procrastination is like a smoke break” said Mel Robbins in the YouTube video posted below.  As I watched the five minute clip of her explaining how procrastination may not be what we think, while putting off the growing to-do list

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Happy Star Wars Day

It’s May the 4th, and I’m considering seeing Avengers: Infinity War again.  The debate is not if, it’s a matter of when.  While I’m working out my scheduling logistics, let’s consider how similar this film is to the best of

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Virtual Mentors

I listen to a lot of podcasts.  It all started very small with just one podcast that jumped out at me after reading a blog post.  That one led to another and the avalanche of iTunes subscriptions was on.  There

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