If you have taken the initiative to start a blog, you may have developed goals for it. You may want visitors to sign up for your newsletter, request a quote,, or buy something. Whatever your call to action is, you want to design blog posts to help meet that goal. This infographic shares tips for [...]
Photo by Alexander Mils on Unsplash From Capital Counselor, Bojana Petkovic has put together some terrific statistics on personal finances. Some of my favorites are: Financial Planning Statistics and Tips Finally, let’s see what you can immediately apply in practice: 26. If you make multiple payments to your credit card debt each month, you should be [...]
From Entrepreneur, Deep Patel provides an excellent list of 15 traits of unstoppable people. These are my favorites from his list: 2. They develop a clear vision. Every path to success starts with a vision; it’s what gives you direction. It’s your reason for working as hard as you do. Once you have a vision for what you [...]
My dad died three years ago. He was 85 and had slipped dramatically in the year before his death so it was not a surprise to anyone. My dad was a kind, generous, complicated man. When he played with young children, he was exceptional. My godson, Jason, once called him "Mr. Teaserman." Many of my memories [...]
The Seahawks hit the road and traveled to Minnesota for the second time this season for the NFC Wild Card Playoff matchup at TCF Bank Stadium and escape with a 10-9 victory to advance to next Sunday's NFC Divisional round. Source: Wild Card Playoff Gallery at Vikings
Dorie Clark (Photo credit: Richard Cawood) First of all, I have to admit that I've never met Dorie Clark. To be fair, it would probably more accurate to say that I like,respect and admire Dorie Clark's work. But that would be an understatement. Several years ago, I started reading Dorie's stuff on on Harvard Business Review and on Forbes and [...]
As 2013 begins, it seems to be an appropriate time to appraise the process for both making and keeping New Year’s resolutions. I have not been one who made or kept New Year’s resolutions in part because they seemed trite and it was easier to be self-deprecating and say that they only lasted one day. [...]
