A few years ago, a well-known billionaire in the tech industry took out the largest life insurance policy in the history of the industry: $201 million in insurance. Unfortunately no one knows who it is or many of the details of the policy because… life insurance is a private contract, the details of which ain’t […]
When more is less
“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.” ―Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less *** People tend to think having more options is better than having fewer options. I guess I do […]
Why knowing what to do isn’t good enough
Was recently reading about a new study showing diet quality, not quantity, is key to loozing wait The article spent a lot of time explaining how eating fruits and veggies was key to losing wait. And… that the people in the study didn’t count calories. Then, toward the end of the article, they finally admit […]
Uncle Gluten’s vaccine for rabid financial plans
Last year, my wife and I made the mistake of taking our puppy to the dog park. He’s a large dog so, even as a pup, he was 40 lbs at maybe 4-6 months old. Anyway, the long and short of it was he was attacked by a pitbull and a bunch of other hugemongous […]
Homeopathic financial planning
I once saw the famous magician, James Randi, eat an entire bottle of homeopathic sleeping pills. He did it on live T.V. and… lived to debunk alternative medicine another day. Was Randi’s stunt an illusion? Nay, Mortal. If you’re not familiar with homeopathic medicine, it’s basically the idea that you can dilute real (or alleged) […]