The road to financial freedom has two lanes. One is the ability to set, and reach, realistic goals. The other is creating and maintaining the habits to enfor...

As we begin our second year together, it's a good time to give our finances a makeover. We are going to tackle just about every personal finance and investin...

As anyone who has lost his or her health will tell you – there is no amount of money that can replace good health. We have a friend that worked really, reall...

For the past two weeks we have talked about business cards – today the personal card. The credit card is one of the most divisive products among all the fina...

Before you apply for a new small business card, whether it’s your first or your tenth, do some legwork to make sure the new card is a good fit for you and yo...

Credit cards are a powerful tool for us as both individuals and small business owners, offering an easy and convenient way to manage cash flow, track and man...

I am a work in progress. I have so many ideas that things I want to accomplish that each day is a delight. It is also a burden. I have become addicted to bus...

I spend much of each day helping business owner’s change some aspect of their organization to create rapid and sustainable growth. Most days I love, love, lo...

What is networking? The official definition is to interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career...

This week we are going to have a little self-reflection. One thing I have learned over the years with my own money issues– and the money woes of my clients i...

Do you dream of starting your own business? Do the successes of Uber, Facebook, Tesla, Airbnb leave you yearning to become an entrepreneur – especially a sti...

This week we are going to join the world of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Napoleon Hill, Franklin Roosevelt's and his "Brain Trusts", Andrew...

Do you remember when you were a child and life's smallest moments could engage and delight you in the most enchanting way? I believed in magic, angels, and f...

Do you want to be a millionaire? I certainly do! But winning the lottery, an inheritance from a yet unknown relative, a trust fund, or random stock tip from ...

It’s spring – the time of growth and renewal. I love looking at nature and seeing things that look dead coming back to life with a renewed force. It’s been t...

The primary way most of us make money is our job or career. But often we are perplexed as to what we should do to move ourselves forward. We are stuck in a...

It’s that time of year again. When high school seniors and other young adults anxiously await the acceptance letters from the college of their dreams. When t...

My friend, who owns a preschool, told me about the tool they used to help the students learn how to make good choices. Her method was called the Better Choic...

Last weekend I was out of town at a conference in Minneapolis. Day two of the conference dawned a cold, dreary, snowy day. I was feeling a bit blue. I hav

Your co-worker left the coffee pot empty again — this is without doubt very annoying, but this petty issue isn’t worth the fight that may ensue if you decide to dwell. This angry mind serves no benefit, it only disturbs your relationships with friends, family, co-workers and with whatever it may be that you are trying t

Where did you learn about money? Most of us learned from one of several ways: parents, friends, school, Internet, from financial professionals or a combina...