Calibrating Capital

A number of years ago I started referring to certain conversations as “off the balance sheet” topics.  Technically speaking, “off-balance-sheet” is an accounting term where a company or individual doesn’t include something on their balance[…]

One of the more valuable exercises we can perform in our lives is to challenge the Default Settings around us. To examine the toggled positions of switches around us. To ask why things are done[…]

I’m a firm believer in a number of things, two of which are applicable here: Those two things said, I’ve had a number of people ask about my approach to productivity and overall organization. I[…]

We’re all familiar with the saying that the checkbook and the calendar never lie.  These two ledgers of life, when examined, clearly show what we *prove* is important to us in life, potentially contrasted to[…]

It’s been awhile since I publicly wrote about defining and implementing Enough.  I have a lot more thoughts to share in the 2+ years it’s been, but I wanted to first write about how interesting[…]

I have a confession to make: I’ve taken off every Friday for the past ~2 years but haven’t told anyone.  Why do I keep it a secret?  Because I worry that people will think that[…]

The image above is of the bottom shelf of my bookcase in my office. GMPLN’s are annual game plans that I’ve created for myself dating back until 2010. Within them contain my annual personal and[…]

In the past couple of months, a few things happened that I can’t even call dreams-come-true. I can’t call them dreams-come-true because if I’m honest, I never even fathomed the possibility. (More on this concept[…]

It’s been six months since I publicly proclaimed Enough. For me, this meant not taking on any more clients for my firm. And perhaps ironically, I’ve never spent so much time thinking about the Enough[…]

Recently we as a family did something relatively crazy. At least for us. We spent 4 weeks in Florida. Leaving a snow-covered Pennsylvania terrain in pursuit of sunshine and 80-some degree temperatures. And one of[…]