Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something shows up in your mailbox that proves you wrong.
Yesterday, as I was going through the mail, I found a letter from DirecTV, a satellite TV provider. I was intrigued because the letter was not addressed to me as a consumer, but rather to me as a [...]
A common theme I’m seeing come up over and over again among the customers of my clients’ businesses is this: “I’m broke. I can’t order/register/subscribe because I don’t have any money.”
I guess I can’t blame people for tossing out financial objections. After all, a lot of people are hurting financially, and we all have to [...]
Back in the summer of 2005, I found myself between a rock and a hard place.
On April 19, 2005, exactly one month after my second child was born, I quit my job to pursue a new career as a financial planner. I was able to do this because I had received a bonus and, at [...]
With a couple minor exceptions, I did not work last week.
I haven’t taken a week off since 2007 when I went to Florida for 10 days with my family.
It was definitely good to have some down time… relax the gray cells… and just go with the flow.
On the flip side, half the time I felt [...]
I was watching a Broncos game the other night — the one in which they clobbered the Giants on Thanksgiving Day — and it occurred to me that the NFL is a heck of a lot smarter than me and you.
Here’s why.
After every play of the game, the sportscasters share the most arcane stats you’ve [...]