Author Archives: Elizabeth Taylor

It’s easy to promote pizza, but what about lima beans? “There’s only one good, reason to go to work in the morning; to save the world.”  Dominoes, Pizza Hut, and McDonalds have it easy; everyone likes them regardless of the side-effects. Thus, they sell billions even though it’s bad for you. On the other hand, […]

Thank God I got the right advice right when I graduated I remember my very first meeting with a financial planner. I was 25 years old, had just started my practice, and was making legitimate money for the first time in my life. The meeting started out with the two magic number questions. MAGIC RETIREMENT […]

Based on what we know about our heuristic decision-making tendencies, our prodigious healthcare failures and widespread economic insecurities all make sense. In health, as an example, rather than support the intelligence and strength of our bodies, we turn to chemical intervention. No one really agrees with this method. Rather, we unconsciously follow an established order […]

No-time: When less is more Both Jobs and Einstein were busy, brilliant, and busy being brilliant. On the contrary, when you’re accomplishing as much as they squeezed into one lifetime, you also have to do as little as possible. Every success blog, video, book, or self-help seminar encourages you to have a quality, consistent morning […]

The spiritual downside to spending 30 years studying finances and the last 7 focused on business academics is that I judge people’s property. I look at the brand-new truck people are driving and make assumptions like “Truck poor is the new poor.” According to one top economist, dropping $40,000 on a new truck (or car) […]

Snowball, Avalanche Method – or Hold? Your interpretation of debt can make or break your financial future. I first want to say, as a very risk averse human being, I do not like debt.  Debt is as much an emotional issue as a financial one and thus, I also like the peace of mind that […]