Most people would agree that success requires effort and sacrifice.  Sure, some people are born with natural abilities that may give them a certain advantage.  But many studies have shown that talent is not a determining factor in deciding your level...

A recent article by Laura Rowley in her Money and Happiness column on Yahoo discusses The Question of Measuring Financial Progress.  In the article she argues that measuring Net Worth is more of a feel-good exercise than a true measure of financial...

Reports this week showed that home sales increased by about 10% year-over-year in October, one of the best showings for home sales in several years.  Yet, home prices only improved slightly.  Worse yet, many economists are predicting that home prices...

According to the USA Today, currently one in three Americans is obese.  In the same issue it was also reported that one in six Americans went hungry or did not have enough food at some point last year.  These statistics seem to indicate that half of...

Do you have a 3 year plan?  Do you know where you want to be, what you want to be doing and how much money you want to have 3 years from now?  Success does not happen by happenstance.  If you don’t know where you want to be in the future and if...