After finishing listening to Sound Man on Audible, which is a book I highly recommend for music lovers, it cycles through snippets of other books the algorithm thinks I might like. One of those books was The Uncool by Cameron Crowe.
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How To Find Satisfaction in Retirement
With the baby boomers starting to descend down the other side of the hill with millions soon following, retirement planning has understandably become not only very important but big business as well. Most of what future retirees and financial advisors focus on are how to prepare financially so that not only can people have the choice to retire but once they do they don’t outlive their money.
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Be Free in Your Head: What Roger Federer Taught Me During the Australian Open
While watching the Australian Open, a commercial featuring Roger Federer flashed across the screen. In it, he said something that stopped me mid‑scroll:
“Be free in your head, be free in your shots, go for it.
The brave will be rewarded here.”
It was classic Federer — elegant,
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Freedom is Just Another Word for Everything To Gain
“Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose.”
– Kris Kristofferson “Me and Bobby McGee”
I hope you had a wonderful end of 2025 and start to 2026.
Like most people,
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The Perils of Water Mismanagement
In 2018 I was on a cruise that took us to eastern Africa, two stops in India, as well as Myanmar, Malaysia, and Singapore. The cruise departed from Cape Town, South Africa. Upon arriving there we were immediately struck by how dire the water situation was.
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My A.I. Therapist
Last week was pretty busy and included two days of travel. This required me to tap into some content I had prepared over the summer to meet my weekly blog commitment. I mentioned during the summer that I had an incident happen that was pretty impactful such that I was contemplating sharing about it if I got the nerve to do so and the timing was right.
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Little Bets -Should Highest Cost Debt Be Repaid First?
I recently read a summary of an interesting piece of research that is somewhat counterintuitive at first glance but upon deeper reflection makes more sense and it’s the cornerstone for one of life’s great metaphors, you’ll see what I mean.
Little Bets -What We Can Afford to Lose vs.…
An Embarrassment of Success
Free will can be quite challenging. We have so many choices and endless options. And like so many things, it can be a double edged sword. We can make choices which improve our lives and those of others or we can make choices that can negatively impact our health and well being as well as others.
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Roland Garros and Fathering
I’m still mesmerized by the nearly five and a half hour final at Roland Garros between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Sinner was up two sets and only needed one more to win the tournament, but Alcaraz never gave up and fought back with incredible ferocity.
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To Claim or Not To Claim. That Is the Question
I saw a lot of coverage last week about people taking their Social Security benefits as soon as they become eligible at age 62. This is a typical headline.
The thinking is that the much larger than expected number of people filing for their Social Security benefits at the earliest age is due to concerns that program benefits will be cut in the future as a result of DOGE and President Trump’s lack of regard for legacy institutions.
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