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Grit: How Passion & Perseverance Create Prosperity
“Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” —Angela Duckworth, Grit What determines success? Is it intelligence, talent, or something else? Angela Duckworth’s book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, answers this question and explores the “something else” that is
The Truth about Financial Stress (and How to Solve It)
Today’s article is a guest post from Kate Phillips of Total Wealth. Kate is co-author with Kim Butler of Financial Planning Has Failed and Perpetual Wealth. By any measure, financial stress is an enormous problem. About 7 out of 10 of all Americans say
The 4 Cornerstones of Generational Wealth
This article is adapted from Perpetual Wealth: How to Use “Family Financing” to Build Prosperity and Leave a Legacy for Generations, the forthcoming book from Kim D. H. Butler and Kate Phillips. The statistics about generational wealth are not encouraging. It makes us ask,
Better Savings Habits: 7 Steps to Systematic Wealth
“Saving money is something we can control. It may not be easy…but saving money is possible.”— Kim D. H. Butler Many Americans struggle with their saving habits. After all, it is a natural human tendency to spend more as we earn more. Unfortunately, this
Busting The Real Estate Investing Lies With Jimmy Vreeland
Kim Butler and Jimmy Vreeland talk about their latest book: Busting The Real Estate Investing Lies. Join us to listen to the authors comment on their favorite stories and topics from the book and why this is a must-read piece for you. Best-selling author
Early Retirement: The Pros and Cons of the FIRE Movement
“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” — George Burns The Early Retirement Movement There is a growing community of people dedicated to quitting their jobs at increasingly younger ages. It goes by the FIRE acronym (financial independence,
Secret Millionaires: Everyday People, Extraordinary Wealth
Last year, Sylvia Bloom left $6.24 million in her will to the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a non-profit that provides social services, arts programs and health care services. Sylvia’s generous legacy donation was extraordinary in more ways than
The Truth about Women, Wealth and the Wage Gap
This week’s special report on women and wealth comes to us from our friend Kate Phillips of Total Wealth. Kate co-authored Financial Planning Has Failed with Kim Butler. If you pay attention to the dominant current cultural narratives about women and wealth in the
The Last Safe Investment Isn’t What You Think…
“False wealth is the accumulation of finite resources in the hopes of satisfying infinite desires.” —The Last Safe Investment, by Michael Ellsberg and Bryan Franklin Mutual funds. A college degree. A home. These are the best vehicles to invest in for a return —