Escape the Hedonic Treadmill: Embrace lasting happiness beyond material pursuits. Discover the keys to a more fulfilling life. “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.” – Thomas Jefferson “Status symbols are medals you buy yourself.” – Bernhard Wicki When you’re not paying attention, expenses act … Read more
“I understand how hard it is to talk to people about multiple sclerosis (MS). You don’t want pity or random advice.” –Teri Garr “Stop shaking your head when you sing. You’re trying too hard.” That was what my wife’s voice teacher told her one day during a voice lesson. She was a little confused. She … Read more
Thanks for sitting through 15 (or so) minutes of me trying to talk as quickly as I can to impart as much information as I could without actually running over time. I appreciate your patience and attention! There’s no way I can adequately cover everything about personal finance in 15 minutes, so, since you were … Read more
This is the home page for the Winning With Money course. I recommend that you bookmark this page for future reference. You can click on any of the lessons below, and you’ll be taken to a specific lesson page. When you’re done with the lesson and ready to return for another lesson, come back here. … Read more
“He who goes to bed hungry dreams of –Proverb (probably attributed to Aunt Jemima) March 3, 2015 is National Pancake Day from IHOP. You go, get free pancakes, and the cost is a donation of whatever you think is appropriate to give to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. I love the notion and the intent … Read more
If you’re in the process of applying for a mortgage and find something horrendously wrong with your credit report, then is your mortgage application doomed? No. You can use a process called Rapid Rescoring to correct your credit report. Take a look at the video below and find out what to do. While you’re at … Read more
Retire from work, but not from life. – M.K. Soni When I was first in the Army, I was full of vim and vigor. I wholeheartedly thought that I was going to stay in for 20 years, doing great things for God and country, and then, hopefully having achieved the lofty ranks of lieutenant colonel … Read more
“If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.” – R. Albert Mohler, Jr. At West Point, every graduate has a degree in engineering. While we could choose other majors and areas of academic focus to study (I was, for example, a German major), we were required … Read more
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” – Hector Berlioz Have you ever tried to make up for lost time? How did you do it? Did you hop into Wells’s Time Machine and go back? No? Why not? It’s because you can’t actually make up for lost time. When we … Read more
“Hermits have no peer pressure.” –Steven Wright How many times when you were younger did you do something which you knew you shouldn’t have done, but you did it because all of your friends did it? I think about half of the ABC After School Specials I watched had to do with resisting peer pressure. … Read more