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Steve Martin
Jul 14, 20201 min read
Dream No Small Dreams
Photo by Randy Tarampi on Unsplash “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
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Steve Martin
Jul 13, 20201 min read
The Goal is NOT to Live Forever …
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” Chuck Palahniuk – Diary You will not live...
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Steve Martin
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Here’s to Being “Good Tired”
Harry Chapin is one of my favorite performers – primarily because of his meaningful lyrics and the emotion he put behind every song and...
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Steve Martin
Jul 7, 20201 min read
What is Wealth?
“He is the richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” Socrates Growing up, I always thought of wealth...
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Steve Martin
Jul 7, 20201 min read
A Purposeful Life – The Big Question
Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver A hammer is a...
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Steve Martin
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Visions and Cathedrals
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” Antoine de...
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Steve Martin
Jun 29, 20202 min read
The Art of Unpredictability
Photo by Olya Kobruseva on Pexels.com We are in the midst of the “great pause”. Every one of us has been thrown into a new reality – a...
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Steve Martin
Mar 18, 20201 min read
Market Recovery After Market Declines
Market Recovery After Market Declines
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Steve Martin
Mar 18, 20201 min read
How to Help Victims of the Pandemic
Fidelity Charitable has posted a list of charities who are helping those who need help during the Corona Virus Pandemic – and there are...
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Steve Martin
Mar 18, 20201 min read
A Prayer for the Pandemic
May we who are merely inconvenienced, remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors, remember the most...
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Steve Martin
Mar 17, 20202 min read
A Great Poem – “If” by Rudyard Kipling
The current situation (economic and Corona Virus) make me think that it’s time to “keep your head while all about you are using theirs” –...
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Steve Martin
Feb 6, 20203 min read
Gratitude – A Key to a More Purposeful Life
Henry Van Dyke said: “Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up to the stars; to...
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Steve Martin
Dec 24, 20192 min read
An Exercise to get 2020 off to a Great Start
I picked these questions up at a wonderful workshop I attended a few years ago and have found them very useful to think about each year....
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Steve Martin
Oct 2, 20192 min read
The Importance of Human Capital in the Family
In an earlier blog (https://www.purposefulfinancialplanning.com/blog-01/five-family-capitals) I introduced the Five Family Capitals:...
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Steve Martin
Oct 2, 20192 min read
Introduction to Legacy Thinking
“To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has...
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Steve Martin
Oct 2, 20192 min read
The Five Family Capitals
Legacy involves more than the financial aspects of your life. Over the years there’s been a lot of research and thinking done on the...
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Steve Martin
Jun 4, 20191 min read
Holistic
Your financial wellness depends on more than investments. It’s also affected by insurance and taxes, as well as estate, business, and...
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Steve Martin
Feb 9, 20181 min read
Stock Performance Around Recessions
This is an interesting post from March 15, 2015, by Ben Carlson, in which he discusses investing around recessions. Steve Stock...
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Steve Martin
Feb 5, 20181 min read
Stock Market Predictions From a Broken Record
The following was originally posted by my friend Rick Kahler. I share his sentiments exactly. I hope you enjoy it…… For investors,...
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Steve Martin
Feb 2, 20181 min read
The More Things Change….
I had an opportunity to watch Dr. Jeremy Siegel speak yesterday – right after a panel of futurists who talked all about the wild...
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