Life Planning

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    Make an Impact

    ByMichael

    America’s 240th Independence Day will be celebrated on Monday, July 4, 2016. Please celebrate safely with friends and family. The Tannery & Company Team will be celebrating and will return to the office on Tuesday, July 5th at 8:00 AM.

    This past Wednesday at Executive Toastmasters, Mark Siegel, DTM gave the week’s inspiration. With his permission, I have incorporated into this week’s blog. Thanks Mark!
    While you are busy celebrating the 4th of July or just taking some time for yourself and your family over the long holiday weekend, I would like for you to take a simple quiz. The rules are easy, answer the questions below taking no more than a few seconds on each question. Be truthful and no using Google!

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    Your Digital Detox

    ByMichael

    If drinking eight glasses of water a day is good for your body what is the equivalent of this for digitally detoxing your mind?

    Thursday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, I am attending our quarterly business coaching session with Ray Sclafani, CEO and Founder of Clientwise. Of course, I use technology to get my day started. No need for the old fashion wake up call, I set my alarm on my Fitbit to wake me for a morning run before spending a day with a dozen of my peers.

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    Father’s Day 2016

    ByMichael

    Father’s Day – food, fun, and stories told. We take a break this weekend from our Financial Olympian™ conversations to share with you our memories of Dad. We want you to join with us in laughter and memories as we shake the cobwebs off of the past and bring our stories into your present.

    I encourage you to read them all and enjoy making memories with your Dad and your children this weekend.

    Wondering if I will get a book or socks this weekend – Michael

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    Is Your LinkedIn Profile Powerful or Puny?

    ByMichael

    Are you looking for a job, or trying to grow your business network?

    Do you have a Powerful LinkedIn Profile?

    Are you and I connected on LinkedIn?

    A no answer to any of these might be a hurdle that you want to overcome in working towards your personal business and financial success.

    The latest survey data says a full 94% of potential clients’ today use social media in their evaluation of prospective business. And yet people are puzzled, or at least, skeptical as to why tools like LinkedIn are such a game changer.

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    Budgets SUCK

    ByMichael

    Budgets SUCK!

    Yes, I think that budgets are the most ill-conceived idea of how to plan for your money on the personal level.

    Why? Very simply – Life Happens

    It is those fortunate or unfortunate turns in life that make budgets incredibly useless. I remember as a child my parents working to have a budget. The idea in the 1960’s called the Envelope System was to cash your paycheck and put the cash into different envelopes for each expense. It still exists today, and just like then it only works if and when you have the self-discipline to not reach into the other envelope and borrow from groceries to pay for entertainment.

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    THE FINANCIAL OLYMPIAN™ CREED

    ByMichael

    Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Pause and take a moment, remember those men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us so that we can live and make the choices given to us by our freedom.

    The Army, National Guard, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy all have creeds. A creed is an oath or saying that provides a value structure by which to live or work by. Creeds then set the tone of life in each service. If you join one of these branches, you will need to learn its creed.

    These military creeds are learned in basic training. The creeds are learned and lived until the daily activity and actions of a United States soldier or cadet are ruled and governed by their creed. The discipline demonstrated by these women and men is worth learning for our life.

    How can you apply this?

    Be a Financial Olympian™ and live the Financial Olympian™ Creed: