What Do You Want and Why Do You Want It?
As we near the end of another year, I thought it timely to write about the importance of focus. By that I mean, what deserves our...
What We Do When We Are In Doubt
My financial advisor finally tracked me down today. He has been calling and emailing me for a week. I wasn’t consciously avoiding him,...
How To Be Cool (It’s Science... And Wisdom)
I met Joe in college. He was short and scrawny with thinning dark hair that stuck out like Doc from the Back to the Future movies. He...
Why We Believe Stupid Shit
I’ve mentioned before that I have very close and good friends from both sides of the political spectrum. And I get a kick out of it when...
It’s a Jeep Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand
I bought my first Jeep Wrangler in my early twenties. It was by far the most expensive thing I owned at the time and I loved it. I...
How To Avoid Over-Spending This Holiday Season
A young graduate student was hired as a professor prior to completing his Ph.D. We’ll call him David. The university hired David with the...
