When I worked in SF, I was on the 35th floor of a downtown building. On the way to work every day, I looked up at the building and I thought – “Wow, it really is a very nice building.” And I would go in through a sparkling clean lobby to a wood and mirror-paneled

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Thursday last week, I returned home after a 7-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock. Our day started with a bell of awakening at 6:00 am and our first sit in the meditation hall started at 6:30. Our last sit in the meditation hall ended at 9:30 pm. All told, we spent about 7

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Stock selection is hard because leaders change hands. 25 years ago Apple was nearly bankrupt – and if it wasn’t for Microsoft’s last-minute investment, it would have gone under. Now it is the largest company in the world (by market cap). This is one reason that academics (and evidence-focused advisors like me) suggest that owning

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I’m reading David Brook’s “Second Mountain.” We spend the majority of our lives – we get out of school, we build a career, we save and invest – climbing the first mountain with the goals that our culture endorses. We seek success and personal happiness. We get to the top of the first mountain, as

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When they were little, we paid for things for them, but they got used to hearing “No.” Kate was far better at this than I was. I always wanted to give them everything they wanted. So, I needed tools. There are all kinds of tricks to curb a child’s desire for a thing. My favorites

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The World Really Is Getting Better   Things get better. Not every year. Not always visibly. Never enough to overcome the adage, “Bad news is good copy”… just ploddingly and inexorably better. Does Mindfulness Get in the Way of Making Amends?   Western culture took Mindfulness as

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Thank you to our nearly 2000 subscribers who seem to be engaging more, both on social media and by simply emailing us. I appreciate your feedback and your questions… keep ‘em coming. This question came from a subscriber in California. This is largely an area of opinion. Lots of things I write about have been

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Today, I want to lay down a marker. THIS IS WHEN YOU BUY! The great companies of the US and the World are on sale. That sale may (or may not) get better. If it does get better, it won’t get that much better. There will be some point in the not-too-distant future where we

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You’ve heard me say it over and over… and over and over… and over and over again. Creating a retirement income that rises to match your rising cost of living and lasts the rest of your life, while at the same time creating a legacy that potentially lasts across generations, is possible – even for

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