Mental Subtraction

In Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life, an angel named Clarence appears to George Bailey, who is about to jump off a bridge

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Health Care Surrogates

What’s the difference between Living Wills and Health Care Surrogates? The living will, you may recall, is the document detailing your end-of-life instructions after your

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Roots of Entitlement

Dan Sullivan, founder of the Strategic Coach program, says that “so long as you can write a check to solve a problem, it’s not a

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It’s All in a Name

It’s All in a Name

Names are important. A little boy named Wilfred today, compared to in the past, may have to quickly learn how to defend himself on the

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A Digital World

A Digital World

So much of our lives are electronic and digital now, we don’t even realize it. Yet this electronic age also creates problems. When one of my clients gets sick and their children need to take over as their durable power of attorney or as trustee of their trust, often it is difficult to access bank and brokerage accounts unless the children know the usernames and passwords to those accounts.

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