Lifestyle

Everyone feels envious from time to time. It’s human nature, especially in this day and age of 24/7 media bombardment and celebrities who are famous for simply being famous. Everywhere we look, there’s someone who has more, bigger, better, stronger, nicer. While I would never advocate for “keeping up with the Joneses,” and despite the fact that envy is one of the seven deadly sins, I do believe that a certain amount of envy can be a good thing.

• June 7, 2018

Here we are at the time of year when school is almost out and kids are gearing up for an active summer. I know with my two boys, it seems like each year their energy levels just go up and up and my wife and I put them in more and more sports and activities to keep everyone busy.

• May 30, 2018

I had a conversation recently that reiterated what I have finally come to accept after 20 years in this business: try as you might, you simply can’t be all things to all people. When I first started my career, I literally locked myself in a windowless room with a phone book, and cold-called about 200 people a day, with hopes of talking to 25-to-40 of them, and that those three-to-five minute conversations would lead to me sending some information and following up with that person.

• May 24, 2018

In client meetings recently, some of you have come in and told us about some lofty or crazy goals. Some of these are, well, a little out there, but most of the time we’ll say, “let’s go!” and start planning. I love hearing the goals our client families set for themselves, and the different ideas people come up with over the years.

• April 19, 2018

Here we are in that time of winter when it’s gray outside, and seems to rain for days on end. Without the Olympics as a distraction, we’d all be suffering from a bad case of cabin fever. For a lot of people, this is when they start really thinking about how their life and their finances are intertwined.

• February 8, 2018

Around this time, usually due to New Year’s resolutions and after-Christmas sticker-shock, we get a number of calls from people who want to be more efficient and tackle some outstanding debt. We applaud everyone who has taken this step forward, as many of you have. When it comes to getting your finances on track, one of the most important things you can do is admitting where you’ve gone wrong, and finding a way to take control so you can focus on the more important things in life.

• January 18, 2018

Happy week-before-Thanksgiving everyone! As most of you know, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year – in addition to July 4th, St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo and of course Groundhog Day. But I digress.

• November 16, 2017

With all the kids going back to school this week, we’re all thinking about everything they’re going to learn this year. Exciting stuff! But don’t forget to keep teaching and talking to your kids at home about money, budgeting, and other basic financial topics.

• August 17, 2017

We have much to celebrate this month at Family Financial Partners.

On August 1, this past Tuesday, Alex and I celebrated 12 years since the day we first turned on the lights at our old office and opened Family Financial Partners.

• August 3, 2017