When I was about twenty years old, I was walking near the edge of a rough part of Des Moines, Iowa and I saw something that’s stuck with me ever since.
There was a young boy there, about six years old, and he was climbing out of a dumpster behind an apartment building. He was [...]

Job searching is easier if you begin by building an online profile and resume that you can refer people back to anytime you’re discussing a potential job with them.
The good news is that today’s technology makes it simple enough for most anyone that can use a computer to be able to publish their own information [...]

Let’s face it: talking about money can be very, very difficult. I’m speaking from experience here: when my wife and I first started addressing our financial situation, it was extremely challenging to talk about money. We’d look at our financial state, see that we weren’t where we wanted to be, and would seek [...]

I’m currently out of town on business.  I don’t travel often, but when I do for some crazy reason a few days before I always begin to think through the question: “How easy would it be for my wife to pick up our finances if  died?“  I’m not really afraid of flying and I’ve flown [...]