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Simplify For a Better Life
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication," proclaimed an Apple Computer marketing brochure back in 1977. In the ensuing decades, Steve Jobs' commitment to this ideal resulted in technology products that were as beautiful as they were easy use, and in Apple becoming...
Your Questions Answered: I Inherited an IRA. What Do I Do About The RMD?
We have a client whose mother passed away at the beginning of the year. She was a beneficiary of her mother’s IRA, and we helped her move the inherited funds into a beneficiary IRA in her name. Because of her mother’s age, we asked if her mother took her full IRA...
Managers Vs. Makers in Retirement
In a 2009 essay that was very influential in business circles, Paul Graham of Y Combinator tried to figure out why workers at different levels of the same organization struggled to stay on the same meeting schedule. His conclusion was that you could break jobs down...
Advice For Life
Become A Superager for Better Life
Northwestern University’s SuperAging Study defines a “SuperAger” as a person in their eighties whose cognitive..
Outsource to Improve Your Life
Was this finally the year that you took our advice, put down your pad and pencil, and let a CPA handle your taxes?
Three Steps to Balancing Today with Tomorrow
The challenges of the last couple years have filled many people with uncertainty about the present and concern for the future.
SMI Transition Planning
Funding the Continuation of Care – The Impact on Traditional Retirement Planning 3
The expenses associated with the continuation of care for your loved will not simply go away at your passing.
Selecting Your Child’s Advocate(s)
Whatever plan you have in place for your child once you are gone will only work as well as the individual(s) you choose to implement it.
12 Funding the Continuation of Care – The Impact on Traditional Retirement Planning 2
The expenses associated with the continuation of care for your loved will not simply go away at your passing.
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