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Very few LinkedIn articles offer you true bliss, but this one does.

It was one of the most magical experiences of your life. Only after the fact did you realize that more than five hours had passed; at the time, it seemed as though perhaps you spent 30 minutes so deeply immersed in this single activity that nothing…

Your Soul Glows So Brightly Your Neighbors Can't Sleep...

Self-awareness is a superpower that you can develop from scratch. It's more important than almost everything else. Here's why...

Don't settle for good. Seek out experiences that make you feel elated and fully alive.

The Secret of a Wonderful Life: Exhilaration

Anger is like a hand grenade; you shouldn't use it anywhere you wouldn't toss a live grenade.

It's your anniversary, and you are taking your significant other to their favorite restaurant, one you had to reserve months in advance. But the restaurant messed up and double-booked that special table in the corner by the fire, the one they…

You Don't Deserve Anything You Get with Anger

Today's post runs the risk of upsetting all you nose-to-the-grindstone types who think that the only way to be successful is to work 24/7/365.

It's not lazy to be efficient.

It's not lazy to work smarter, rather than harder.

It's not lazy to do…

The biggest challenge in being an entrepreneur is that no one can read your mind.

They don't know:

—The vision you imagine in your mind
—The joy you feel as you create a better future
—You have a unique approach to solving problems
—How resilient…

When it comes to our careers, we tend to think one step ahead. When will I get promoted? Is my job safe? But the biggest impact comes from thinking two moves ahead. #careers #futureofbusiness #careerstrategy

One of my longstanding clients, David Cowen, loves to ask the innovators who attend his legal industry conferences, "What happens after what happens next?" In my case, everyone is talking about ChatGPT, and how Microsoft's Bing search engine is now…

What Happens AFTER What Happens Next?

Bad news. You've got cruft.

Cruft is a jargon word for junk that is left over or no longer useful. It has often been used to describe defective, outdated or useless computer code. Today, I'm using it to describe all the stuff from your past that's…

I urge everyone to read the actual transcript of reporter Kevin Roose's two-hour INCREDIBLY DISTURBING conversation with Microsoft's new AI-driven chatbot for its Bing search engine.

We have a habit in our society of allowing technology we don't…

Many of us walk through life as though we have a team of sports commentators always blabbing in our head, except that WE are the commentators.

It took about six decades, but I have finally come to understand why being head-centered can be a big problem. Let me rephrase that: why it can be a problem to always be head-centered. When you are head-centered, there are always thoughts between you…

The Very Big Problem with Being "Head-Centered"

It's a simple question, and you've probably answered it hundreds of times. "What do you do?" If you're like most people, you probably get the answer dead wrong.

Your standard reply is probably a factual description of your current job.

The right…

Every time in modern history that technology made it easier to spam people, spam has grown exponentially and the value of that technology has plummeted. Handwritten letters were replaced by flyers and then junk mail that pretended to be handwritten.…

This plant has been to more states than many people have (and it's also older than they are, too).

My mother died in 1988, after my father passed in 1985. Yes, that was a very long time ago. After they died, my brother and I divided up a few of their most meaningful possessions. Among other things, I took a house plant that my mother had tended…

Is This the Best-Travelled House Plant in America?

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Insider tip: if you have a LinkedIn company page and you employ at least one other person, ask your team members to follow your pages so that your content reaches their networks too.

#adamsview #linkedin #leadgeneration

Have you ever wondered how some LinkedIn posts seem to captivate and engage their audience effortlessly? Do you want your posts to grab the attention they deserve but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry I’m here to help. It’s not an overnight…

Tips for writing LinkedIn posts that people will read!

LinkedIn has undergone significant changes since its launch in 2003, much like other major social media platforms. With over 900 million members, it is crucial to have a presence on LinkedIn and utilise the available tools to enhance your business,…

The top LinkedIn features for business networking

There are two ways to drive more visits to your LinkedIn individual profile and company page that millions of LinkedIn members are ignoring, and they are ridiculously easy to implement.

The first method involves leveraging traffic you are already…

If you run a small to medium-sized business, you see the value of LinkedIn for growing the business and you’ve been battling along trying to find your way, you’re not alone.

Many business owners attending our LinkedIn webinars have given us similar…

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Ever had someone leave nasty comments on one of your posts? 

If this does happen I think you have a few options to consider.

Here is my view: linkedin.com/posts/adamhoul…

What’s your approach - how do you deal with nasty comments on a LinkedIn…

Ever had someone leave nasty comments on one of your LinkedIn posts? It’s happened to me, only a few times I’m happy to say, but it can be pretty confronting. Here are my thoughts on this.

On the few occasions that I’ve been the target it seemed…

If you’ve been following us here for a while you’ll know that we see LinkedIn as a “long game”. It takes patient, persistent, regular posting of high-value content. That can be hard to sustain.

Every LinkedIn member will find at some point that they…

5 simple steps to turn on LinkedIn creator mode! adamhoulahan.com/5-simple-steps… 

#adamsview #linkedin

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There are good ways and bad ways to use LinkedIn’s Inmail feature.

Here are my tips: linkedin.com/pulse/how-best…

#adamsview #linkedin #Inmail

There are good ways and bad ways to use LinkedIn’s Inmail feature. Do it badly and it can hurt your brand and cost you opportunities to connect. On the other hand, do it well and it is one of the most powerful lead generation tools available. Just…

Have you ever wanted to go back and read a saved LinkedIn post on your smartphone? It’s easy if you know where to look but isn’t immediately obvious so follow these 7 Steps:

Step 1
Open LinkedIn on your phone

Step 2
Tap on your profile photo top…

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For anyone who has not used Inmail before here is a quick explanation of how it works. It’s a direct messaging function that’s available to all LinkedIn users and it’s roughly 3 times more effective for prospecting than email. For anyone with a free…

How To Best Utilise LinkedIn Inmails To Generate Leads

BREAKING NEWS - ChatGPT4 has been released TODAY! So what does this mean for content creators here on LinkedIn?

Read on: linkedin.com/posts/adamhoul…

#AdamsView #ChatGPT4 #OpinionsWelcome

BREAKING NEWS - ChatGPT4 has been released TODAY! So what does this mean for content creators here on LinkedIn?

As we embrace the ever-evolving world of AI, we have the opportunity to explore this new tool and use it effectively to enhance our…

How do you know how well your LinkedIn profile and content are performing? Want to find out in less than 10 minutes? Read on.

You can start by benchmarking your current presence, content, and activity against the best; the 1% who are the “go to”…

MARCH 10, 2023 LEAVE A COMMENT Guest Post by Al Kingsley, @AlKingsley_EDU One of the largest questions schools are facing this year is how to try to improve student behavior. We all understand that one side effect of the pandemic was students were…

Your staff is the biggest key to making your SEL program work

Educators are no exception as they strive to keep up with both professional and personal demands in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. To help them maintain their overall wellness, teachers from all over the world have shared these…

Top 10 Tips For Teachers’ Wellbeing

By Al Kingsley, CEO, NetSupport. If you ask any group of people what they want from schools, the answer would probably be roughly the same—high-performing schools that help children reach their full potential, arming them with the knowledge to be…

Taking The Long View On School Governance

What risk do tools like ChatGPT pose for the current education system ? An argument for and against. Argument for: Increased access to information: Tools like ChatGPT make it easier for students to access information and learn, as they can quickly…

              ChatGPT use in education, for and against.            

Al Kingsley is CEO of NetSupport, chair of a multi-academy trust in the U.K., tech writer, speaker and author of "My Secret #EdTech Diary." Today's education systems are intended and regarded as preparation for employment rather than the historical…

It's Time To Change How Success Is Measured

Visualising the result of any EdTech implementation is an essential part of realising your goals – and having a robust digital strategy will guide you through the detail and the various steps to achieve them. Let’s do a bit of pre-planning before you…

Introducing New EdTech? 6 Considerations for School Leaders

Technology has certainly played a huge part in helping education to continue throughout the pandemic so far and teachers have done an amazing job of adapting their teaching practice to better serve students in a totally online learning environment.…

It’s Never Too Late To Boost Your Edtech Skills

Expert sets out ways cutting-edge technology can be used in education to narrow the attainment gap. At the height of the Covid-19 crisis, experts were already warning that the worst effects would not be felt for another five, 10 and 20 years. The…

Boosting attainment with tech

Not just the challenges around online safety and cybersecurity, but the risk of making the wrong technology choices and the subsequent waste of time and funding if that happens. From the myriad of edtech solutions on the market, what’s the best way…

Turning Your School’s Digital Vision Into a Strategy

Schools are entering the new academic year facing numerous challenges that in some ways rival even the Covid-19 pandemic. These include skyrocketing energy costs, which have left many schools desperately wondering how they can stay open, let alone…

Budget crisis: How to save money by tailoring your tech

Al Kingsley is CEO of NetSupport, chair of a multi-academy trust in the U.K., tech writer, speaker and author of "My Secret #EdTech Diary." Do you remember when corporations had static technology infrastructures that employees had to travel to their…

Five Strategies To Revamp Your IT Strategy In An Ever-Changing World

For Schools For Solution Providers Visualising the result of any EdTech implementation is an essential part of realising your goals – and having a robust digital strategy will guide you through the detail and the various steps to achieve them. But…

Schools spend $8 billion on energy each year, but there are ways to save, starting with billing and consumption audits. You don't have to be a statistician to know that energy costs have been fluctuating rapidly in the past year. You're reminded…

4 Ways Schools Can Save Money on Energy

The author is Al Kingsley - a hugely experienced multi-academy trust chair - and his book, ‘My School Governance Handbook’ is out on 10 October. It’s written in the kind of conversational tone that feels like a friend explaining a new concept over a…

New! A handy guide to school governance

A MAT chair of trustees and edtech CEO outlines why, despite reforms aimed at helping schools with their buying decisions, there will always be a need to know how any tool fits into a wider strategy In the aftermath of the rush to edtech caused by…

Edtech: Why schools have to become savvy shoppers

Governor recruitment seems to be getting tougher and tougher. Al Kingsley considers why governance is a great role, the barriers that exist to recruitment, and how we might start to overcome them So many amazing people in our society generously…

Governors & trustees: Overcoming the barriers to recruitment

In this episode of the governance podcast from PlatformED we interview author and self-described edu-sponge, Al Kinglsey about his latest book - My School Governance Handbook: Keeping it simple, a step-by-step guide and checklist for all school…

Podcast Interview: My School Governance Handbook

Read in 8 minutes Al Kingsley advises on how to tackle the rise in discrimination against trans and gay pupils Despite the legalisation of homosexuality decades ago, discrimination against LBGTQ+ people is still unacceptably common. To a certain…

Developing better practices to support LGBTQ+

Skills shortages are a concern in many industries across the UK right now. Healthcare, construction, farming, technology-based sectors and more are all struggling to recruit skilled people to fill vacant roles. It’s not going to be solved any time…

Lifting the lid on school governance

Preparing students for success in a digital world requires educators, administrators and parents to, directly and indirectly, educate students. With digital education expert Al Kingsley.

#54 - Developing a Digital Vision in Education

Organized Stalking - - Also Known As Gangstalking, Bullying Or Mobbing - - Is A Sustained, Organized Attack Upon An Individual Or Couple. 

link.medium.com/Cp55vI0uoyb

NO ONE DESERVES THIS...! 

#TargetedIndividuals 🎯 #gangstalking 💀

Stop. Be still. And watch as the sunset paints the sky with its magic.

Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquillity to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.

📸 by…

You are a mystery, yet to unfold, 
A story waiting to be told. 
With every breath and every beat, 
You make your way, on your feet. 

Your eyes sparkle with hope and dreams, 
As you navigate life's winding streams. 
You face each challenge with grace…

IMO @Canvas is the best design application I have in my toolbox. Tomorrow is #CanvaCreate day. Sign up to attend and hear about their upcoming updates and new product launches. canva.com/canva-create/

#contentcreation #design

I am just unable to consciously stoop to their level, it's not in my #DNA

#MondayThoughts https://t.co/8AxOCPtz4g

"Lies don't fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you're left staring at the naked truth which is always an uncomfortable situation."

Richelle E. Goodrich #quote https://t.co/C5acbYuqf9

- GOD watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son -

St Patrick 

🍀 #LuckoftheIrish 🍀 
🤖 #aiArtwork  🎨…

"Algebra is numbers forgetting why they’re letters."

@JarodKintz1 #quote

#PiDay https://t.co/hZ76Jq2WTz

In the meantime...back in #RhodeIsland ⚓ #OnThisDay 8 yrs ago at @BryantUniv covering the Women's Summit w/ @HodaKotb

#WSummit2015 https://t.co/I0gWmJYyQI

LAND OF THE (not so) FREE 

You're supposed to be protecting 🇺🇸 citizens.
You're supposed to be enforcing the law..!
link.medium.com/7HEQq8gD9xb

by Timothy Snow @SnowinRI on @Medium
#OrganizedStalking #TargetedIndividuals
#TargetedLivesMatter 🎯…

This is how I feel as a decorated U.S. Air Force Veteran. 8 years. Obtained and held a “Secret Security Clearance". Rapid Deployment Force / Tactical Air Command and Pacific Air Forces. Two Middle East deployments. E-5 Staff-Sergeant, KC-135…

LAND of the (Not So) FREE

I'm surprised it's pretty much under-developed... there's got to be a reason.

totally fictitious setting created w/ @NightcafeStudio #aiArtwork https://t.co/vAEGxBIrfn

What Is Digital PR?

It's one of the best investments you can make for your business—and it doesn't cost much at all..! 

link.medium.com/iw7J7irX4xb

by Timothy Snow @SnowinRI via @Medium

#DigitalMarketing + #PublicRelations = #DigitalPR

Digital public relations is an important part of any modern business. It's common knowledge that the internet is where people go to get information these days, and if you want your business to succeed, you have to be there. That's where digital PR…

WHAT IS DIGITAL PR?

8 years ago it was @CydelGabutero_ with her cover of Celine Dion's "Power of Love" youtu.be/f7XLtjD_ubY and it's taken until now with Lanie Gardner @whoislaniee singing Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" youtu.be/V1LhC1zGouc
to once again bring a grown man to…

"Baby Spiderman"
created w/ @NightcafeStudio
#aiArtwork 
@SpiderVerse https://t.co/T3MWRZ1mXz

Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off..! "Owl Librarian" created w/ @NightcafeStudio #aiArtwork #owls #librarians https://t.co/eN3m9TWR6w

Back on this day 4 years ago @SamsungMobileUS launched their interactive 'experience tour' to celebrate 10 years of Galaxy phones goo.gl/ymNwPs

Happy 14th Birthday..! 🎉 #SamsungGalaxy #smartphones https://t.co/X5MJI2t491

#TargetedIndividuals 🎯
#TargetedLivesMatter 💯 https://t.co/GFRZAeds59

ATTN: @JudiciaryGOP 
@HouseJudiciary ⚖ 

-COMMUNITY-BASED TARGETING PROGRAM'S INSTRUCTION MANUAL-

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Official #Gangstalking Guide
On Punishing Innocent #TargetedIndividuals 🎯 While Maintaining Plausible Deniability. 🙈🙉🙊

"Land of…

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Timothy Snow on Authory

Following an array of sultry hits, singer/songwriter Denaron has released his new single, “Deserve It” a snappy ballad that solidifies his status as an RnB Gentleman. Crafted by Atlanta-based producer, Bladz and written by Tr3Ace and Denaron, the…

Denaron honors his lady and proves chivalry is winning on ‘Deserve It’

The ‘Artistic Surgeon’ went from being a juvenile delinquent to sculpting behinds and breasts Dr. DeLorean Griffin is the definition of excelling despite the odds. As the son of a single mother who did the best she could, he was a juvenile delinquent…

Plastic surgeon DeLorean Griffin says real belly buttons matter

The Hip Hop Nutcracker “turns Tchaikovsky on his head in the coolest possible way.” The reimagining of the Russian classical composer’s 130-year-old ballet set in contemporary New York City has been living up to that promotional promise for the last…

Kurtis Blow Talks 10th Anniversary of ‘The Hip Hop Nutcracker’

Chedda Boy Films is set to premiere its latest film, “Off the Porch,” a dark comedy yet cautionary tale of how dire circumstances can lead to desperate choices, this Saturday, December 10 at AMC Livonia. Executive produced by Kwende “Streetlord Rook”…

Chedda Boy Films Set To Premiere ‘Off The Porch,’ Saturday At AMC Livonia

It’s has been a little over 10 years since Sydney G. James, returned to shift Detroit’s resurgence. Proudly hailing from the East side, the fine arts painter and muralist elevates the city that raised her with images spanning from Highland Park to…

Sydney G. James Announces Return of BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival

Jewel Tankard and the Tankard Foundation to Giveaway $10K in Cash to Single Parents for Christmas Jewel Tankard and The Tankard Foundation will give away $10K to single parents for Christmas. The matriarch of Bravo’s hit reality show, “Thicker Than…

Jewel Tankard gifting single parents with $10K Christmas giveaway

Indie artists like BETH are proof that R&B is alive and thriving. We first met the singer/songwriter when she released her debut album, “Free, “and now she’s back with her sophomore release, “Get To Know Me,” giving full-grown R&B vibes. It comes…

Exclusive Get To Know Interview: Beth And The Release Of Her Sophomore Album “Get To Know Me”

2022 has produced a bevy of TV shows and films that center authentic narratives from Black creatives. Gems such as Katori Hall’s “P-Valley” and Lena Waithe’s “The Chi,” delivered impactful storylines that kept social media abuzz while also shifting…

Fall’s Must See Films

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Malina Moye has released a limited-edition guitar collection featuring a hand-drawn image of her created by world-renowned artist Philippe Druillet. Moye’s last album, 2018’s Bad As I Wanna Be, spent two weeks at No. 1 on…

Malina Moye Launches New Guitar Collection

CONTRIBUTOR When people say “relationship goals” to my husband and I, I thank God for the love we share. I also reflect on how we’ve reached this point by appreciating the “for better” and growing from the “for worse.” One of the worst moments of our…

Why Infidelity Wasn’t a Dealbreaker for These Couples

For Mary Parker, a wealthy security expert, author and philanthropist, the word “no” has a different meaning for her than others. It means no excuses and no limits to what she can achieve. As the first African American female director of security for…

01 Sep 7 Acres and A Jewel

August is National Black Business Month and also our cue to enjoy the last few weeks of summertime fun. Whether you’re hosting out-of-town guests to the many treasures of Detroit or bonding with family before it’s time for back to school, here are…

Entertainment Outlets to Support This National Black Business Month

Always game to show and tell a great story, Raquelle “Rocki” Harris is an experienced writer, editor and media correspondent who focuses on culture, minority-owned businesses, entertainment and relationships. Adept across multiple platforms, she is…

Raquelle Harris

Producer and writer Jenny Lumet (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) is shifting the sci-fi genre, yet she insists her latest masterpiece, The Man Who Fell to Earth is not a sci-fi drama. “I’d never think it’s a sci-fi show. I personally think it’s a show…

Jenny Lumet Shares How She Shakes Up Sci-Fi With Showtime'sThe Man Who Fell To Earth

With Father’s Day falling on the same day as Juneteenth this year, we have multiple reasons to celebrate. It also presents an opportunity to honor men like Calvin T. Mann. As an advocate for boys and men, Mann is making our ancestors proud by…

National encourager Calvin T. Mann helps boys become men, husbands and fathers

CONTRIBUTOR June is a month full of celebrations with graduations, Father’s Day and Juneteenth. It’s also Men’s Health Awareness Month, which means it’s time to encourage the men in our lives to heighten their awareness of preventable health problems…

Meet the Founder Building a Wellness Studio for Black Men in Richmond, VA

(Brian Stukes/Getty Images) As one of Canada’s best Black-led series, The Porter is an apt portrayal of complex characters fighting circumstances beyond their control. Set during the roaring 1920s, it was a time of great economic strides,…

Alfre Woodard Reveals How She Spruced Up the Brothel and More on The Porter

As the world slowly emerges from the isolation of the pandemic, we are ecstatic to be back outside at events like the Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival held on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at California State University, Dominguez Hills…

Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival

Spring is a time of new beginnings when love is in the air and hope springs eternal. For Two Lewis and Naturi Naughton, it also marks the union of the “real power couple” who were wed on April 2, 2022. The pair, who met through Naughton’s TV husband,…

Two Lewis gives newlywed advice, discusses fintech app Credit Rich and more

Atlanta businessman, Two Lewis and actress Naturi Naughton are legitimately “the real power couple” following their April 2, 2022 wedding. “It’s our day but it’s her moment,” he explained during a recent chat with rolling out‘s Star Studio. Watch the…

Two Lewis reveals how he and Naturi Naughton became the ‘real power couple’

I never want this to happen to you. Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, etc – has a terrific podcast called Against the Rules. In a recent episode, Lewis and famous baseball statistician Bill James were discussing…

Moneyball’s Essential Stock Market Lesson

Saving money is a no-brainer. Its benefit is obvious. You have more money! Your bank account grows. Your 401(k) grows. You can retire (potentially early) and do fun things with the savings you’ve built up over time. But there’s a second, hidden…

The Hidden Benefit of Saving Money

You’re seeing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the news. People are comparing it to the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. What’s going on? Let’s talk about Silicon Valley Bank in simple terms. I’m writing this ~2pm EST on Sunday March 12. I will update…

Silicon Valley Bank 101

Outsiders think they know how something works. You know the type. Those armchair experts opining at the Thanksgiving table. The least experienced are the most confident in their knowledge. Insiders actually know how something works. And that, as the…

Great Investors’ Little Secret

Lawrence recently wrote in: Dear Jesse, My wife is 70 and I’m about to turn 70, and we’ve been retired for 8 years, and even with the tough market in 2022, our portfolio is up 40% from when we retired – from ~$3M to $4.2M. But I can’t bring myself to…

Dying with Millions

The McDonald’s Test is a simple way to ask yourself: am I really enjoying the fruits of my labor? While chatting with a client last year, we discussed a vital financial planning topic: spending their retirement savings. It’s challenging for many…

The McDonald’s Test

Retirement math can be complex. Investment returns, Social Security, spending rates, etc. But we’re keeping it simple today. We’re going to cover a basic concept that will allow you to retire decades early. Imagine a married couple with the following…

How to Retire Decades Early

Rochester is home to a dedicated clutch of platform tennis addicts. And you ask: what is platform tennis? Platform tennis (a.k.a. “paddle tennis” or, most often, just “paddle”) is an outdoor-only cold-weather racket sport, played almost exclusively…

The Negative Arts of Money and Paddle

As of October 2022, stocks were down 25% from their previous high. Bonds were down 15% over the same period. A “balanced” 60/40 portfolio was down 21%. It was, by some measure, the worst investing year in a lifetime. But life goes on. What’s happened…

Portfolios Are Up How Much?!?!

Samuel Bolton Jr. was a successful businessman, brewer, politician, and philanthropist in Troy, NY in the late 1800s. Why, then, did Bolton kill himself by diving into a vat of hot beer? He didn’t understand risk. No, not the risk of diving into…

The Investor Who Died In a Vat of Hot Beer

I wish I could run 5 miles a day without the discomfort, the exertion, and the required hour of time. (Yeah, I’m slow). But there’s no such thing as “passive running.” You either run or you don’t. The same goes for a healthy diet. And reading. And…

Don’t Be A Dummy. Be A Chicken.

What happens when you die? Will your soul travel to an ethereal plane? Does your spirit remain on Earth? Or, more simply, does your body decompose from whence it came? Welcome to The Existential Interest, a new blog where I wax philosophical on the…

Estate Planning 101

Investing is all about risk and reward. When investors take more risk, they demand more reward. One such “risk premium” is the concept of illiquidity. Liquid assets are easily converted to cash. Stocks are liquid. You can buy or sell them five days a…

The Easiest Money That Investors Ignore

For you cave-dwellers, Wordle is a word-guessing game where you have six guesses to correctly find a 5-letter word. After each guess, you learn which letters you’ve guessed correctly and if you placed those letters in the right/wrong spot. There are…

Wordle’s Hidden Financial Lesson

All the following inflation data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food at home costs are up 12% year-over-year. This affects you! (Unless you’re a mystical no-food yogi…yikes). We all need to eat. But can we make economical food choices to…

The Secret To Beating Inflation

Math can unlock the world for us. But only if we use it accurately. A quick lesson today on investment performance. Apologies if I end up being soap-boxy. But bad math (especially by experts) ruffles my feathers. To start, it’s high time The Best…

Even “Experts” Measure Stupidly

Another quarter in the books! Every three months, I take a look at my personal finances, share recent news from The Best Interest, and show you more dog pictures. Here are my previous quarterly updates: Why share this info? To brag about money?! No…

Net Worth, Projects, and Dogs – Update Q4 2022

On a recent episode of Freakonomics, author Yuval Noah Harari** said: Viruses exist whether we believe in them or not. Even if you don’t accept the stories about viruses, they can still kill you. Yuval Noah Harari 🚨 This is not an article about…

9 Scientific Facts to Improve Your Finances

My wife’s family lives in Clarence, NY, about 10 miles east of downtown Buffalo. We sat in their house for Christmas as 4 feet of snow and consistent 50-70 mph winds snow-globed the world around us. Buffalo got crushed by this storm. But probably NOT…

A Cold Lesson from the Buffalo Blizzard

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Most people know Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Especially the last few lines, written above. And most people…

Two Roads To Financial Independence

It’s only the start of the third week this year, and I’m looking back at a hectic couple of weeks at work, new school for the older one, farewell to the younger one’s crib, the start of potty training, farewell to my wisdom teeth (and all the fun…

Serendipity, Whimsy, and Funhouse mirrors

I spent the last few days reading Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, and as a listener to her podcast We Can Do Hard Things (okay - as part of her Pod Squad), I was catching up on an episode this morning that ended with the most lovely song by her daughter,…

We can do hard things (or, thoughts about last year and this year)

Maya Angelou writes, “In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.” What a beautiful way to capture both how selfish and how selfless the choice…