Gold – Part 1
With Rich Dad Advisor Andy Tanner
One benefit of my work with finance and investing is that I have the opportunity to meet, interview and befriend the great minds of today's volatile financial times.
Men ...
Hall of Fame Hall of Shame? Ranking Customer Service
Customer service is one of those things that many companies do incredibly well while others continuously struggle.
Each year, Zogby Analytics, in partnership with MSN, releases a survey that rates the be...
Gold – Part 2
With Rich Dad Advisor Andy Tanner
In my last article for Jetset, I set the stage for an overview of the advantages of paper assets.
I wrote about the government’s policy on QE, FDR’s Executive Order 6102 ...
Timing is Everything: The Deciding Factor between Success and Failure
It’s a new year, and that means New Year’s resolutions. Great intentions to do good things. But as with business, music, sports and many other things in life, timing is everything.
For example, it’s prob...
The Blame Game – Part 1
During the U.S. government shutdown, every time I saw President Obama, Senate Leader Harry Reid or Speaker of the House John Boehner on television, I turned it off.
All they were doing, day after day, wa...
Never Stop Learning: The High Value of Financial Education
Who is John Galt? Some of you are very aware of exactly who he is. Others, not so much.
John Galt is a main figure in the 1957 classic, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's epic novel about a group of businessmen ...
Setting the Stage for Success
My wife and I once visited a winery where the tour guide met with us and told us what to expect along the tour - what things to look for and what we might get to see along the way.
He also gave us a high...
The Blame Game – Part 2
In my article in the last issue of Jetset, I wrote about leadership . . . and how the blame game affects us all and diminishes our power to affect change and impact the future.
As promised, my good frien...
Mentoring the Next Generation
When I was nine years old, I changed schools. I moved from a school in a poor neighborhood to a school for rich kids. I did not know I was poor until I changed schools.
My new classmates lived on private...
Bye Bye Capitalism
Many fear that a second-term win by President Barack Obama will signal the end of capitalism. Newsflash: Capitalism has been dead for years.
Capitalism did not survive World War I, when that war destroye...