• Your Brain is all Talk

    Your brain is all talk. When the brain thinks something, you KNOW it’s true. But often, it isn’t. Our minds chatter: you won’t receive that financial windfall, cousin Betty will have success with her new relationship, and your friend Tim shouldn’t start that business. We’re captivated and listen with complete acceptance. Your brain knows ….

  • Unemployment Insurance

    The US federal government is providing $600 per week in unemployment insurance. The federal funds are in addition to state unemployment as the economic fallout of the response to COVID-19 ravages the country. That stimulus package expires on July 31st. Two things are real: i) the economy cannot lose personal income support, and ii) the…

  • Market Values

    “Enlightenment is found not in the monastery, but the marketplace.” Mountaintops are peaceful as if made for calm. But it is the chaos of the marketplace which reveals character. Trekking into the storm requires principles, market values, for deft maneuvering. Markets test our ability, emotional capacity, and reactivity. Because of this, they are a fantastic…

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    Unprecedented Opportunity

    A precedent to navigate Precedents provide a guide or example for action. When prices are low, buy. When prices are high, sell. Nighttime signals it is time to return home, have dinner, and go to bed. If this, then do that. Unprecedented opportunity exists outside these well-known maxims. Precedents improve our aim by giving us…

  • Celebrate Mothers

    Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrate mothers — Recognizing, appreciating, and being grateful for the women who have raised us is important. What people would we be without their guidance?  Moms nurture and function as the collective backbone of society. Taking responsibility for the development of children into adulthood and beyond. Strong mothers create a strong community. Here…