Hope for the future? Big question. If the future looks bleak, do I change or do I just “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”? If change is possible, what I should do with my limited waking hours (Paul Hawken’s list is a …
Hey, do I look good in money? Does it show my best features and hide my worst? Can I wear it anywhere? Substitute “this dress” and everyone has said or heard it sometime. Becoming means beautiful. It also means an ongoing process of change, and can mean …
About 20 years ago, in a classroom at Seattle Pacific University, as I lectured about money from the perspective of Your Money or Your Life, I finally hit the limit of my patience. A man with a patchy beard leaned back in his chair and …
This story unfolded on the eve of Black History Month, and it set the stage for learning in a more humble way about racism in our country and world. Preface: Whack-a-Mole Definition of Whack-a-Mole: A typical arcade Whac-A-Mole machine consists of a large, waist-level cabinet …
Happy New Year whoever is out there reading this, whenever. This letter to the FIRE (financial independence retire early) community deserves re-posting here. It announces my migration to new horizons – destination as yet unknown. I’ve given 2 solid years to the 2018 update of …
Deep in my box of VHS videotapes were some excerpts from the 1992 and 1995 appearances on Oprah. You will notice I’m wearing the same purple dress. I was making a point. You don’t need a new outfit for every occasion. And I bought it …
In the heyday of Your Money or Your Life’s original best-seller status, Joe rarely made public appearances. He agreed to join me in 1993, though, for a talk to 200 people at the venerable Elliot Bay Bookstore in Pioneer Square in our home town, Seattle. …
In New York City last month I visited the studio of Big Think, a production company dedicated to capturing important ideas from important thinkers. Something about the chemistry with the interviewer got me relaxed enough to not just repeat myself but to riff on some …
In prior generations only the poets and philosophers wrestled with the “Why are we here?” question. Such angst seemed neurotic when the all religions pointed to the same purpose of human existence: to love God and serve others. To be humble before our creator and …
Call this post: FI 2.0. Or maybe 3.0. One of the most radical and overlooked ideas in Your Money or Your Life comes in Chapter 7. The job of that Chapter is to have you realize that a “job” is not the only, best, most …
