After a lifetime of being busy, retirement can feel a little boring. Suddenly, you have a lot of extra free time. Sure, doing nothing is fun for a few days. But after a week or so of watching too much TV, you’ll be ready to move on to phase two. So what’s next? Retirement can […]
These Fitness Routines are a Total Waste of Time
Mainstream fitness gurus have long touted the benefits of pumping iron and getting your heart rate up. But John Jaquish and Henry Alkire are champions of alternative methods, including monitoring hormone levels, developing good eating habits, and strength training. Consider hormones. Until recently, their function with regard to fitness and exercise was not well understood. […]
How To Bring Your Best Memories To Life
For Dave Grohl, hearing a Kiss song is like traveling back in time. Suddenly, he’s in his old bedroom with dirty socks, lots of posters, and his first guitar. Since he was a kid, the Foo Fighters front man and Nirvana alum has measured his life in musical bars instead of months or years. Where […]
What Makes a Product Successful?
Most businesses begin with ideas about products and services. But often, during the development process, too much emphasis is placed on product features. The product is important, of course. But it should always be secondary to your business objectives. With the right objectives in place, the product team will have its marching orders. They will […]
Tom Brady’s Big Exit
Tom Brady had a very special bond with Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. Their link was so sacred that Brady had stated his intention to stay with the team until his planned retirement in 2022. So why did Brady leave two years early to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Part of […]
How To Survive the Apocalypse
Maybe the world as we know it finally ends. Or maybe it’s something less dramatic: your car blows a tire as you’re driving through the desert, or your family loses the path on a hike through a remote wooded area. Maybe health care systems around the world endure unprecedented strain because of a pandemic. (Sound […]
What Happened in Washington?
That’s the contention of California Congressman Adam Schiff, a Democrat who has been in office for 20 years. Schiff was there when Trump supporters mobbed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021—and he had never experienced anything like it. In a secure location with members from both parties, Schiff donned a gas mask and waited […]
Move the Goalpost
We take it for granted that our wants and needs change as we age. Yet many people assume it’s best to pick one financial strategy and stick with it for life. That’s a mistake. The best planners rethink what financial wholeness means to them at different stages of life. A good evolving financial plan is […]
High-Performance Investing, Starting Now
A given business falls into one of three areas: it’s at the center of your circle of competence, near its edge, or outside it. You should always ask where a company falls with regard to your circle before you invest in it. Companies that are outside your circle of competence can be tempting, though. Too […]
Bill O’Reilly Takes on the Mob
In January 1925, Al Capone became the head of the Chicago Outfit, a giant mob that controlled many illegal businesses across the US. This extensive crime network operated in near total secrecy. When Capone was finally jailed about a decade later, it was for tax evasion—not the many murders he had committed. Written by O’Reilly and […]
