Weekend Review

Weekend Review July 5, 2020

Tweets of The Week Favorite Articles Morgan Housel: Keep Running! – “There is never a time when an investor can discover an investing strategy and be confident it will continue working indefinitely. The world changes, and competitors create their own little twist that exploits and snuffs out your niche. Same with careers. And job skills. And relationships. And countries. It’s…

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Big Picture, Financial Planning

A Purposeful Life

The question of life’s purpose is one that initially seems big, daunting, and even scary. Honestly, most people have never sat down and really thought through what their personal purpose is. If you haven’t, that’s okay. Typically, people just do what they are “supposed to do” and believe life should follow a predetermined pattern. You go to school, you get…

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Weekend Review

Weekend Review June 28, 2020

Tweets of The Week Favorite Articles David Perell: Don’t Kill Time – “Nobody thinks they’ll get old, but everybody does. The Western World’s fixation on work leads us to evaluate ourselves on achievement rather than on how meaningfully we spend our time. As we move through life, we should swing between the discipline of work and the fullness of leisure.…

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Financial Planning

Time: Your Most Valuable Asset

What would you say if someone asked you “What is your most valuable asset ?” You might answer something like “my house, my 401(k), my bank account.” While all of these are solid answers, I like to think about assets that are more than money. Think about it. Those other three answers are things that you can lose and get…

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Weekend Review

Weekend Review June 21, 2020

Tweets of The Week Favorite Articles Morgan Housel: Same as it ever was – “The history of the stock market is that it goes up a lot in the long run but falls often in the short run. The falls are painful, but the gains are amazing. Put up with one and you get the other. Yet a large portion…

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Weekend Review

Weekend Review June 14, 2020

Tweets of The Week Favorite Articles Morgan Housel: The Three Sides Of Risk – “In investing, the average consequences of risk make up most of the daily news headlines. But the tail-end consequences of risk – like pandemics, and depressions – are what make the pages of history books. They’re all that matter. They’re all you should focus on. We…

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Big Picture

A Fresh Start

Today begins a fresh start for me. It is my first day joining the team at RLS Wealth and to say I’m excited is an understatement. The founder, Justin Castelli is one of those guys you just cannot say no to when you have an opportunity to work with him. He embodies all the qualities that make up a great…

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Big Picture

About Thomas

If you asked me when I was graduating high school where I would be at today, I would never have guessed it would be here. At that time, I was a young, ambitious kid with one focus, basketball. Everyday seemed to start and end the same way: wake up, weight lifting, conditioning, individual skill work, school, team practice, sleep, repeat.…

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