Brakes and acceleration
...Our habit is to compare top speed, horsepower, short-term returns and status. In every field, not just cars...
Help Your Teenager Start Building Good Credit Before They’re an Adult
...They don't have to make all the same financial mistakes we made...
All Success Is A Lagging Indicator
...The solution to my writer’s block that day was not to write at all. It was to stop for the day and go research the topic more. It was to go for a run and a walk. It was to do the prep work...
Cross Border Taxes - Recommended Book
...You’ll need to file taxes in both countries, even if you’ll almost certainly only owe taxes in one...
The affliction of abundance: FOBO or the fear of a better option
...“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.”...
Chicken & Spinach Skillet Pasta with Lemon & Parmesan
...This one-pan chicken pasta combines lean chicken breast and sautéed spinach for a one-bowl meal that's garlicky, lemony and best served with a little Parm on top...
Always Protect the Downside
...If you’re anything like me, you always think about the risks that are involved with making a big move in life. And that’s not a surprise. We’re collectively risk-averse. We truly hate risk. I’ve never met someone who said, “I love to lose everything!”...
If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This
...“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless, yet be determined to make them otherwise.”...
Let Teenagers Sleep
...Despite years of evidence that starting school later promotes better health and improved grades, too few schools have adopted this measure...
Antifragility at Work: Change is the Only Constant
...Now, I’ve recognized that life is always changing and to stop viewing it as a linear path, but instead a continuous series of experiments. There is no longer an end-goal, other than the constant pursuit of learning and minimization of regret...
Just Keep Buying - Recommended Book
...When we have the ability to save more, we should save more—and when we don’t, we should save less. We shouldn’t use static, unchanging rules because our finances are rarely static and unchanging...
Opinion: ‘Mom and Dad, how much money do you have?’: the question you need to ask your parents now
...If your parents run out of money and you need to support them, it will have a big impact on your own finances...
Gina's Shrimp Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta
...Wonderfully simple version of scampi. Had everything except the parsley, but didn’t miss it. Love the bit of heat from the red pepper flakes. Will make again...
Can you be successful (while being lazy)?
...Yup, I was rewarded for surfing more strategically. And for being lazy...
Routines Not Working For You? Try a Daily Checklist
...Because my routines were so optimized, if I was off just a little on the timing, it would throw the entire schedule into disarray...
Turning 50? Here are 4 things you can do to improve your health and well-being
...Turning 50 can be the time of your life – but it also means adapting to new challenges...
Don’t Compete. Create!
...“You get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created. You do not have to take anything away from any one.”...
The Secret Race - Recommended Book
...Here’s what I was learning: secrets are poison. They suck the life out of you, they steal your ability to live in the present, they build walls between you and the people you love...
When the sun is shining
...Our job as professionals is to show up and do the work. Not simply respond to incoming or do the chores, but to create and innovate...
Distractions
...Avoid the temptation of distractions. How do you avoid distractions? That’s easier said than done. Sort of like saying, I want to eat healthy and not have anything with sugar...
