George Kinder is the father of the Life Planning movement, a unique approach to financial planning, and author of one of my favorite planning books, The Seven Stages Of Money Maturity; he also recently released another book that expands on the life planning concept called A Golden Civilization And The Map Of Mindfulness, which we discuss later in our conversation.…
George Kinder is the father of life planning and more in-depth and intentional financial planning process; I had the privilege to talk with George for an episode that will be on the podcast next week, but I couldn’t wait to share the three questions that he teaches in his book The Seven Stages Of Money Maturity. Give today’s Rundown a…
It’s been a few years now, actually probably closer to five, since I started talking about aligning values and dollars–I didn’t coin the phrase. My friend Scott Frank first introduced me to the concept and then turned me on to George Kinder and life planning. I immediately identified with the concept of life planning and trying to help clients identify…
“Personal Finance Is More Personal Than Finance” – Tim Maurer A couple of weeks ago Morgan Housel joined The AGC™ for one of our weekly webinars. During the conversation, he shared what he called his “worst financial decision, yet his best money decision”. The short version of this decision is he and his wife aggressively paid off their mortgage. You…
A couple of weeks ago in my newsletter for financial advisors I wrote about our current situation being “The Great Reset”—I know I’m not the first person to use this phrase, although I don’t remember seeing it anywhere before it hit me. In the newsletter I explained how this slow down in life, despite the inconvenience and frustration it might…
Wealth/Stack has been well covered–I did my own summary here, so there’s no need for me to revisit how great the conference was. While I was in Scottsdale, I managed to record another Project One Question episode for All About Your Benjamins The Podcast. If I’m being honest, I failed at this episode…not because what you are about to listen to…
Scott Frank, CFA, CFP® should be a familiar name, especially if you’ve been reading this blog and listening to my podcast; he’s joined me on the podcast to discuss his approach to financial planning–financial life planning and it is one of the most downloaded episodes, which is a credit to Scott and his story. He might live in California, but he’s…
What if you were able to create a financial plan that led you to the life you wanted–I’m not talking about retirement at 65, putting your kids through college, and the typical goals covered by most financial plans, but the life YOU really want to be living? Most financial advisors aren’t equipped with the skills to help their clients reach this…
If you and your spouse (or other parent) are no longer alive, who is going to take care of your newborn? Whoa! Not what you were expecting? The thought of not being able to watch my boys grow up makes me sick, and the thought of them growing up without my wife and me, is even worse. Unfortunately,…