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Smart Planning Tools

Jul 22, 2009

My close colleague, Gene Siciliano (our “CFO for rent” at www.cfoforrent.com) is an excellent strategist, consultant and speaker.  His website is filled with resources and articles, and you can sign up for his newsletter.  I wanted to share this article with you about...

More ideas on gaining financial independence

Jul 10, 2009

Once, playing poker with Lewie Palter, a teacher of actors at Cal Arts, I remarked that actors had all the character traits of entrepreneurs:  they didn’t follow the usual path, they had deep confidence in their own talent, and they would abandon a conventional life...

Some personal reflections on financial independence

Jul 8, 2009

The weekend of Independence Day (2009), the radio show “Marketplace Money” ran a short piece on what it would be like to be financially independent.  One person described financial freedom as living free of credit card debt.  But the point of the story was more...

The opportunity hidden in the downturn

Jun 22, 2009

I’ve been out and about lately, speaking at conferences, visiting colleagues, seeing clients in remote places and meeting new contacts and prospects.  The entire range of the economic condition is on view:  employees with secure jobs, consultants with long-term...