The first time my triathlon coach saw me swim, he wasn’t very optimistic. “You look like an electrocuted frog,” he said. Obviously I had some work to do. But that was okay, because I had a plan. In 1999 at the start of my professional triathlon career, I set a goal. Within five years, I [&hell...
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The dog days of summer are here. As many of us have missed out on our vacations because of the pandemic, we are all looking for an outlet or ways to “get away”. People are beginning to travel again, but whether you choose to stay at home, take a road trip or find a place […]...
With Coronavirus cases back on a major upswing here in the U.S. and Arizona in particular, some lessons from behavioral economics swirled back into my memory. Specifically, I’m thinking of the marshmallow test. For those not familiar, this is a test invented by Walter Mischel, a psychology researc...
For most of your life, retirement was probably a fuzzy concept in a faraway future. Sure, you prepared for it by diligently squirreling away money, but aside from that, the precise details of what your life might look like as a retiree got little attention. Now, retirement is here, or maybe it is lo...
In all my years of following financial media (by the way, that task ranks right near “wearing a tie” on my least favorite part of the job), I’ve noticed that the fast pace and endless amount of available data pushes us towards asking all the wrong questions. Especially now, the “squawk box w...
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly uprooted our lives over the last three months. For the vast majority of us, it’s likely the largest disruption to our daily routines that we’ve ever experienced. My children’s school was moved online, we abruptly sent 90% of our workforce home to work, gyms an...
Phrases that are all too common: “I just can’t seem to get ahead.” “I’m tired of living paycheck-to-paycheck.” “It always feels like one step forward and two steps back.” These are all associated with the cyclical consequences of routine. Despite telling ourselves that we are going t...
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