Is being a hard worker a gene passed down from your family? My grandfather passed away in July. No need to be sad; he was almost 103. Do you realize how many stories you get to hear when you meet someone who has lived that long? The story that stands out most to me is what a hard worker my … Read More
Why Forecasting is So Unpredictable
Michael Lewis’s book, The Undoing Project, sets out why it is hard to predict life and financial outcomes. The book focuses on the unusual relationship forged between two Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. The pair wrote a series of original studies regarding our assumptions about our decision-making process. Their papers showed how the human mind erred systematically when … Read More
We Can’t Grow Without Our Families
By Paul Fenner, CFP®, ChFC®, CRPS® At TAMMA Capital, our business is different from other businesses in a few ways, but perhaps one of the main differences is how we grow and flourish. Our growth is primarily attributed to our client families who let their friends and family know who we are and what we do. We are incredibly grateful … Read More
How to Scale Yourself and Get More Done Than You Thought Possible
Danny Schreiber has put together a piece that summarizes and provides some additional detail into an earlier post that we put out Scott Hanselman – It’s not what you read, it’s what you ignore. The world provides us with a plethora of opportunities for distractions that help us sidetrack our goals and what we really want out of our lives both personally … Read More
Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Five reasons kids are awesome
I originally posted this piece in April 2012 after spending about 8 hours in an ER from late into the night to early into this morning with one of the triplets. I found a brief post by fellow financial field colleague #JoshBrown head at The Reformed Broker. Given the current pandemic and kids homeschooling, I can definitely relate to … Read More
Optimize Your Spending to Increase Your Happiness
Many people think having more money and the ability to buy whatever they want will make them happier, but in reality, the way you spend your money has a greater impact on your happiness. Research even shows that once you obtain a certain income level ($75,000), your level of happiness does not change much. You have likely heard the expression, “spend money on experiences, not things.” As more research … Read More
Essentialism; If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will
I often find myself in discussions with individuals and families regarding the personal and financial priorities that seem to continually push and pull on people. I try to get people to think and focus on what is essential to them and the lives that they want to lead. This focus is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and … Read More
How Decluttering my iPhone Helped to Eliminate my Facebook App
This weekend my wife and I were able to go on a college road trip with some very good friends of ours. This was one of the rare trips where I wasn’t going to have to drive and the drive was likely going to be close to 5 hours each way. I was prepared to get some work done with … Read More
The Ability to be Adaptable and Flexible
One of the traits that helped me during my corporate finance career was learning how to be adaptable and flexible. Over the course of my Corporate career I faced some fairly challenging experiences: Took part in the closing of 2 MFG facilities; Involved in the movement of product which eventually resulted in the closure of 4 MFG facilities; Went through … Read More