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Lessons From Spiderman
In their final conversation before his death, Uncle Ben tells his nephew, Peter Parker (Spiderman’s alter ego) that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Little did Peter know that a few hours later, the same burglar he had let go would end up murdering his beloved uncle. In today’s society—with the prevalence and importance we…
Read MoreYou Don’t Need a Time Machine
In the 1980s classic film, Back to the Future, Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) gets the rare opportunity to see what life was like back in 1955. Compared to today, it certainly seems like a simpler time. There were no reality TV shows, no Internet, no coffee pods, and the media wasn’t present in…
Read MoreWhy NOW is the Time
The tragic passing of talented 46-year-old actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a shock to America and to the world. And now the public is privy to his seemingly inadequately executed estate planning. We can’t truly know if Hoffman intended to pay an unnecessary $15 million in taxes out of a $35 million dollar estate, whittling…
Read MoreThe Real Source of Your Success
Croatian music teacher Frane Selek is perhaps the world’s luckiest man. He’s been in a train wreck (the train plunged off a cliff into an icy winter river), an airplane crash (all passengers were killed except Selek, who was sucked out of the door on the descent and landed in a haystack), a bus crash,…
Read MoreThe World is Watching…
Thanks to smart phones with cameras and videos, the paparazzi, and the Internet, there’s not much you can do anymore that isn’t subject to being scrutinized by, well, everyone. Celebrities know this all too well, which makes you wonder how they can ever leave the house at all. But Americans certainly seem to be glad…
Read MoreDon’t Be Like Shakespeare
Stories abound of people’s really odd last requests and bizarre wishes in their Wills: William Shakespeare’s Will included a wish that his wife receive his “second best bed.” Napoleon Bonaparte requested that his hair be shaved and divided up amongst his friends. Playwright George Bernard Shaw left a large portion of his wealth towards funding…
Read MoreAre You a Victim or a Victor?
They say lightning never strikes the same thing twice—but it struck Roy Sullivan a whopping seven times. Roy (now known as the Human Lightening Rod) was a U.S. park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, and he holds the Guinness World Record for the most number of times lightning has struck one human being.…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question
For those of you who enjoy the gritty action of the old Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood, there’s one question in this world that’s hard to forget: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do you? When it comes to making wealth-planning decisions, it’s hard to feel anything close to lucky. With traditional planning, it may…
Read MoreYou Are Not a Number
Sci-fi book series and movies franchises are all the rage these days. According to story lines like the ones featured in The Hunger Gamesand Divergent series, one day we’ll all be divided into factions, dressed in the same clothes, doing identical tasks, and given the same medicine, no matter what troubles us. To me, that…
Read MoreUncover Your Hidden Purpose
Mac Lewis is not your typical new business owner. He’s chief executive officer and co-founder of FieldSolutions.Working with a network of more than 27,000 independent contractors, the company provides field service technicians to large technology companies throughout North America. The thing is, Mac started the company when he was 60 years old. He had worked…
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