Tag: money mistakes
Apr 7, 2025
Most people want financial certainty. I know I do. We like the idea of mapping out a plan and following it perfectly, step by step, until we reach some picture-perfect retirement. But this is simply not how real life works. Instead, as financial therapist Derek Hagen...
Jun 5, 2023
No one deliberately sets out to make bad financial choices. We usually think we are doing the right thing at the time. Even so, all of us make money mistakes and have to deal with the consequences. When a bad financial choice crosses the line into something unethical...
Jan 25, 2021
One of my retired clients is fond of telling me, “Growing old is not for the faint of heart.” As we age, it becomes increasingly important for us to have a support system that will advocate for us, or “have our back.” Putting such a support...
Jul 31, 2017
What I Didn't Know Then About InvestingWatch this video on YouTube Fifty years ago I scraped together $100 that I earned moving lawns and invested in my first stocks. I had heard a person could make a lot of money owning stocks. The ones I bought were all very...
Aug 8, 2016
Avoiding Fatal Financial MistakesWatch this video on YouTube Can a poor financial decision ruin your life? Possibly. Financial failures vary in severity, depending on a wide range of variables such as your age, earning capacity, education, and timing. Some can be...
