I have never been comfortable talking about what we do in the community. My parents taught me two important lessons about charity/philanthropy. First, you help those in need, full stop. Second, you don’t run around telling people how great you are for helping. Those have been my marching orders. A decade ago, our advisory council told

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Wesley and I talk about two things that are always true about personal finance. And, we discuss the difference between wealth and mindful wealth. We have a tendency, upon attaining wealth, to seek to protect it and keep it (this can make a lot of sense when resources are scarce). Sometimes this ends in separating

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Thanks, Chris, for having me on the Next-Level Income Show. I think we covered it – the critical importance of knowing your own values at the beginning, the incredible value of having (and following) a plan, the very limited utility of using headlines for your investment decisions, the advantages of truly “passive” investing (no phone

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During times of extreme stress (like the almost 2 years of COVID), we begin to fatigue and our decision making isn’t quite as sound. Schwab explores behavioral wealth advice in their BeFi Barometer. Here are the results of their 2021 Survey and a link to the more in-depth Cerulli whitepaper on the topic.

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Financial planning is tough, but it’s more about character than intelligence. Focusing on long-term gives you an edge and allows patience to be your most important tool. Shark Bite Biz’s David Strausser interviews Jonathan DeYoe, CPWA, AIF, owner and author of Mindful Money about why he doesn’t speculate (buy lottery tickets or Bitcoin). ABOUT DAVID

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Through a series of human questions, Patrick and I build out the core philosophy of goal-focused and planning-driven investing on top of my experiences as a child, my varied educational path (finance, Lutheran Seminary, and Buddhist Philosophy), and my early sales career on Wall Street. We discuss important concepts in my book, Mindful Money, and

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The most important element of the financial planning process is discovering what is important to you and defining what success means for you. Ian, thanks for the opportunity to share. ABOUT IAN LOBAS & MEN ON PURPOSE Featuring, celebrating & digging deep into high-level Men On Purpose from around the world who have gotten clarity

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Thanks for the conversation Alpesh — happy to be on the Wealth Matters podcast. You took us a lot of places, including the always interesting question: “How do you work with engineers?” SKIP TO: (00:02 – 2:27) Opening Segment – Introduction of the host into the show – Alpesh introduces the guest of the show,

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Michael asks about my background, the book, and financial mythology before we dig into how we can help more people be more successful. Thanks for having me on, Michael. ABOUT MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE & THE GUY WHO KNOWS A GUY PODCAST Michael Whitehouse is a coach, author, motivational speaker, and networker. With over 18 years of

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