Have you ever gone out to dinner with another couple, let’s call them Todd and Sarah, and all they talk about is how everything is going so great? They both love their jobs, their daughter Mary is in advanced classes at school, little Johnny is the best player on his soccer team, and they just […]
When I first lay my head down at night, like a lot of people, I often say a prayer or two. I think about who I know who is most in need, and then I ask God If He would be so kind as to help them. Recently I’ve been praying for the person who […]
I will begin a series of articles on attitudes and behaviors that people with Type B personalities tend to exhibit and which Type A’s might consider adopting. I hesitate to write about this because I have quite often made good sport of, and greatly enjoyed, denigrating Type B’s. We Type A’s are generally suspicious of […]
Most people bemoan the difficulties and obstacles they face in life. If we could only avoid all of our problems, life would be perfect, and we would be perfectly happy! We become ill, lose our job, get divorced, experience anxiety or depression, or face some other unexpected challenge, and we view it as an unwelcome […]
This might be one of the most difficult financial decisions parents have to make. Every household has limited finances, and the cost of a college education has skyrocketed in the last couple of decades. Also, many professions now require a master’s degree (post-college graduate education), so it is not unlikely that you […]
Like many Type A’s, I have struggled throughout my life with the burden of perfectionism. It is a difficult taskmaster, I can tell you that. I think it will be instructive to relay my evolving attitudes toward perfectionism over the four decades of my adult life. I have tried many different ways to adopt a […]
Be Brave Enough to Be Your Genuine Self—What’s the Alternative?
I have written often about how I admire Lady Gaga for being brave enough to be her genuine self, as reflected in my articles Why I Like Lady Gaga So Much and Lady Gaga Does It Again! Now I want to share some of my own history and experiences in this regard. I remember being a junior […]
Let’s start with the most fundamental question first: what is a mutual fund? A mutual fund is a type of investment that is made up of a pool of funds collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, and other assets. One of the main advantages of a […]
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