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Life Is Too Short to Dance With an Ugly Partner
Everyone deserves to be living a life they love. I believe we are here for a purpose – and each of us should be living a life in support...

Steve Martin
Jul 12, 20211 min read


117 Things We Do for Our Clients - Number 7 - Ask Questions to Really Understand Your Needs
7. We ask questions to really understand your needs and objectives. We ask a myriad of questions that allow us to truly understand your...

Steve Martin
Jun 25, 20211 min read


Making Ends Meet During Coronavirus Unemployment
Image via Pexels Are you wondering how to get by after losing your job due to the coronavirus? You are not alone. The pandemic has...

Steve Martin
Jun 22, 20213 min read


117 Things We Do for Our Clients - Number 6 - Guide You to Think About Areas of Your Financial Life
6. We guide you to think about areas of your financial life that you may not have considered. None of us know what we don't know. We help...

Steve Martin
Jun 14, 20211 min read


$50 Burgers (Should We Worry About Inflation?)
How much inflation can the country afford before we’re in trouble? Let’s discuss. First, let’s get on the same page about some basics. If...

Steve Martin
May 25, 20212 min read


Money Lies (We Tell Ourselves) Part 2
In my previous post, Money Lies (We Tell Ourselves) Part 1, we discussed 4 money lies we often believe. Here are 3 more that we sometimes...

Steve Martin
May 18, 20213 min read


Money Lies (We Tell Ourselves) Part 1
How good are you with money? About 40% of people say they’re better with money than most people. About 1 in 8 say they are more...

Steve Martin
May 11, 20213 min read


My Favorite Mother’s Day Poem
I discovered this poem by Billy Collins a few years ago and it instantly became one of my favorite poems – because he does such a great...

Steve Martin
May 7, 20212 min read


Tips for Making Taxes Easy This Year and Beyond
Whether you’re an employee, freelancer, or business owner, filing taxes will always be stressful. But managing the tax process doesn’t...

Steve Martin
Apr 26, 20213 min read


Check Out UCHealth's Aspen Club for help with your Advanced Directive
"Aspen Club, under UCHealth, was established in 1989 to provide a wide range of program benefits including health education, screenings,...

Steve Martin
Apr 23, 20211 min read


Arete: What's Yours?
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There’s usually a lot going on in life... at work... in the family. Sometimes, we need to...

Steve Martin
Apr 21, 20211 min read


Higher taxes in 2022?
More spending = higher taxes? That seems likely with a $2 trillion American Jobs Plan (that could eventually cost trillions more) on the...

Steve Martin
Apr 13, 20212 min read


Everyday Visionaries - Two Simple Questions That Can Help You Change the World
Visions can be long or short term. You can have a vision for your life - or for today. And they can be simple or complex. If we use the...

Steve Martin
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Big Visions / Little Visions
To be a visionary, all it takes is a problem and a willingness to find a solution that changes the world. The problems can big - or they...

Steve Martin
Mar 31, 20211 min read


117 Things We Do for Our Clients - Number 5 - Perform a Detailed Analysis on Social Security
5. We perform a detailed analysis and recommend when to start taking Social Security benefits. Social Security is an important source of...

Steve Martin
Mar 25, 20211 min read


What Makes You Happy?
There’s a lot we could be talking about this week. The pandemic. Vaccination rates. Earnings. Markets. Stimulus bills. Instead, how about...

Steve Martin
Mar 8, 20211 min read


Biden's Pen (What's in it for You)
After months of election uncertainty, Joe Biden was inaugurated as our 46th president, bringing the peaceful transfer of executive power...

Steve Martin
Feb 17, 20213 min read


You Must Hear Your Own Music
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”― Friedrich Nietzsche Psychiatrist Carl...

Steve Martin
Feb 5, 20212 min read


Know Yourself
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” - Lao Tzu I like wisdom, but I LOVE enlightenment (or at least the...

Steve Martin
Jan 20, 20212 min read


Building a Business on Optimism and Authenticity
“It’s strange how many of us choose to stuff our lives with busyness and distractions. When we’re too busy, we don’t do anything well....

Steve Martin
Jan 19, 20212 min read
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