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Join me as I interview Tim Hamburger, a unique and giving person who shares his life and financial story.

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I've been contemplating recently whether AI could be a useful aid in retirement planning. I asked ChatGPT about the benefits and problems with using AI for retirement planning, and asked ChatGPT to formulate a retirement plan for me. 

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"If some lives form a perfect circle, others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand." -Nicholas Sparks

This is the SIXTH, and most likely the last podcast about the reestablishment of our household into our current home. This blog follows THE BIG MOVE, THE BIG DRAIN, THE BIG PUSH, THE BIG SPRINT, AND THE BIG SIGH.

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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be” -Abraham Lincoln

If happiness is not a natural gift bestowed on some people, but not others, can the ability to choose happiness be learned?

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Kevin Lyles, CRPC™️ joins me in a discussion about risk mitigation when market valuations are high.

Are there actions to take, and when are these actions appropriate?

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The question of entering retirement mortgage-free is interesting because it has financial, behavioral, and emotional components. 

In this podcast I discuss Taylor's financial position, and use Taylor's review as a gateway to the discussion about whether it's better to retire mortgage free.

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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."  — Rudyard Kipling

I am a firm believer that words are powerful. But, that power can have both a positive or negative effect.                                

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"Curling is nicknamed 'chess on ice' because strategy plays just as important a role as skill." -Brant Curling

There’s something hauntingly seductive in the extreme slowness and choreography guiding the release of the stones.

I pondered my attraction to curling and weirdly realized that curling has many similarities to finance.

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Join Kevin Sebesta, CRPC™️ and me as we discuss many aspects of aging and elder care. Along with general aspects of aging, Kevin and I discuss our personal journeys with aging parents.

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Both lump-sum investing and dollar-cost averaging are valid investment approaches. But, is one approach better than the other?

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