When I was a financial consultant, particularly after the company began more proactively to offer options via insurance or investments to clients who might be interested, I selectively discussed the idea of philanthropic planning. (more…)
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The November issue of The Insurance & Investment Journal has an article telling us that millennials – those born between 1980 and 1995 – are advice seekers. Moreover, they represent a great opportunity for help via financial advisors in the coming years. (more…)
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A recent local newspaper article concerning road safety is well-intentioned, but as with many such viewpoints takes conclusions to lengths which should be challenged. (more…)
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An article in the November issue of Toastmaster magazine brings out an important side of those in leadership capacities: showing honest emotion, which not only doesn’t weaken one’s standing, but rather humanizes and enhances credibility.
Authenticity comes from self-realization about the impact of one’s own experiences. (more…)
The service industry, especially as relates to retail, is replete with offers supposedly designed to engender a degree of identification and loyalty in its customers. We see ads in various media promoting ‘loyalty programs’ rewards or discounts based on committing to multiple services. Sometimes this extends to inferring one is part of the glow of the ‘family’, benefitting as if actually working for the promoting company.
However, it is anecdotally clear that the loyalty wave is one directional. (more…)
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Why did our federal Election result last night give the Liberals an unexpected return to governing with a majority government. Note that even the most recent polls suggested a close result, with a likely Liberal minority win; the momentum shift was apparently spoken about behind party doors, not in public.
Here are pieces of the puzzle which I believe help explain the result: (more…)
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It’s federal election day in Canada – let’s recall how a famous humourist once described the scene…
“…everybody who has ever seen Mariposa knows just what election day is like. The shops, of course, are, as a matter of custom, all closed, and the bar rooms are all closed by law so that you have to go in by the back way. All the people are in their best clothes and at first they walk up and down the street in a solemn way… Everybody keeps looking in at the different polling places to see if anybody else has voted yet, because, of course, nobody cares to vote first for fear of being fooled after all and voting on the wrong side. (more…)
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The election campaign which began on an early August holiday weekend is finally reaching its rocky summit this Monday – so, what additional boons have there been?
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A last gathering of his excerpts on this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend…
On Wealth:
To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence. (more…)
the watch of time
Ticker Speed Headlines (revisited)
It seems not that long ago that the only time you saw a ticker list of information across the bottom, or side, of a TV screen was when relaying stock market or related activity. Stocks and other commodities current value was flashed in a continuous loop, in real time when available. The loop would run perceptibly, if multiple loops speeds would vary. The general implication was that only this type of activity merited a tape feed.
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