How was your experience trying something new? What did you learn about yourself in the process? (not sure what I am talking about? check out the post How to Get Out of a Rut) For me, this past week I tried a new food (chia seeds) and found out that while they don’t have a ton of flavor they have a LOT of nutrition. I explored a new city and enjoyed the great southern accents. And I started [...]
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3 Steps to Saving For the Future
3 Steps to Saving For the Future
We followed back up with Elaine Mayson with a few more questions regarding finances, specifically regarding saving for the big ticket items in the future. For those planning for the future (retirement, child’s college educations, etc) what tips do you recommend to wisely plan for the future? 1. Start with a goal. There are numerous tools online to help you calculate how much you need. Retirement Calculator The value of a goal is that it gives you a target. [...]
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The Two Week Rule
The Two Week Rule
From the time I can first remember taking my saved money to the store to buy something I remember my mom or dad saying, “You can buy anything you want that you can afford, but you have to wait two weeks.” The Two Week Rule was a part of our life growing up, and served a great purpose to prevent us from making impulse buys that we would later regret. I distinctly remember being with some highschool friends [...]
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The Power of Being Debt Free
The Power of Being Debt Free
We have called on some excellent resources to help us unpack the topic of debt. Elaine Mayson worked for Ron Blue & Company as a Financial Planner, and graciously gave us her thoughts on debt: We asked her: For those currently in debt, what is your motivation for them to get out of debt? I’ve seen the impact debt has on individuals and families. It causes stress, deteriorates relationships and is a leading cause for divorce. It limits [...]
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Avoiding the Stress of Money
Avoiding the Stress of Money
For those of us that have an elephant that is financial, the next few blogs are for you! For some the elephant revolves around removing debt, while for others the elephant is about saving. We are going to start off with guidance regarding removing debt and then move onto practical tips for saving. Today, lets start the discussion with some thoughts about why any of this matters. A year ago my awesome husband, John, and I were going [...]
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Lessons from the designer of JAWS
Lessons from the designer of JAWS
Last Friday I was able to attend a workshop on innovation. The day started with hearing from Joe Alves, Production Designer for JAWS. I was blown away by his humility as he entertained the group with stories of how JAWS came to be…or in many ways how it almost DIDN’T. His passion was evident as he spoke, and his presence lacked any sense of pretentious ego. He was the kind of guy that you could listen to for [...]
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Clarity: When a Five Year Old Get’s It
Clarity: When a Five Year Old Get’s It
Clarity…A beautiful, beneficial, and necessary ingredient for productivity. All too often we breeze past this element because honestly it can be very difficult to identify. What is it we are really trying to accomplish? What very specifically is our elephant we are biting? Whether it is excitement, another great idea, an unexpected opportunity or fear, these distractions can cloud our clarity and get us off focus. Today we want to take a moment to capture back our clarity [...]
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3 Questions to Ask When Seasons of Life Change
3 Questions to Ask When Seasons of Life Change
“Time is fungible, you can spend it any way you want, once.” – my wise father shared with me one evening as I was explaining to him how much I wanted to train for a full ironman, but was weighing the sacrifices against the benefits. This caused me to think through my: • Priorities – what do I want to be true of how I spent, or invested, my time this coming year? • Dreams – if I [...]
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3 Secrets to Achieve Your Goals
3 Secrets to Achieve Your Goals
Have you ever heard the phrase “how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”? No, this is not encouraging the human consumption of elephants, but rather is an analogy for moving forward on big projects, opportunities, or dreams we have in our life. Right around this time of year we naturally consider what we want the next 12 months to include. Career, relationships, health, finances, taking up a new hobby…whatever it is, many of us [...]
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