You’re on the most important elevator ride of your life. You have ten seconds to make the classic “elevator pitch”. There are books about this. But don’t waste your time. They are all garbage. I’ve been on both sides of this equation. I’ve had people pitching me. But mostly, I’ve…

There are many reasons you should not waste your time with the Ice Bucket Challenge. For one, I won’t do it because I don’t like being called out and told what to do. Second, it doesn’t look like a lot of fun (although from what I understand, that’s the point,…

My father would have turned 75 this weekend but an addiction to alcohol stole him away from us almost six years ago. I miss the old guy. We had our differences, of course, as every father and son will, but he taught me so much, like a good father should.…

Since 2008, my readers have made a fortune using the “glass half full” investment approach. I’ve urged readers of my Retirement Millionaire advisory to invest in the U.S. through stocks, real estate, and municipal bonds. I’ve repeatedly highlighted that the U.S. economy isn’t booming… but it’s doing well enough to…

Her drink of choice was Johnny Walker Gold. Famous in the New York Arts Community for holding New Year’s Day parties for her extended family of writers, dancers, and singers at her old Brownstone home in Harlem, she lived and laughed and loved. Even up to her dying day, she…

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most  accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”  –Charles William Eliot As an avid reader and learner, many books provide me with a number of immediately-applicable lessons. As evidenced by the dog-eared pages, highlighting,…