Not long ago, I ran into my friend Martin, who works as a cardiologist at a local hospital. In the course of our conversation, I commented on the construction equipment outside his facility and asked what they were building. His answer surprised me: “Building? No, they're actually un-building.” He [...]
Ebenezer Hazard
In the summer of 1789, George Washington got into a dispute with his Postmaster General — a fellow named Ebenezer Hazard — and removed him from office. Looking for a new profession, Hazard decided to start an insurance company. He called his new firm the Insurance Company of North America and [...]
When you don’t know
In her bestselling book, Thinking in Bets, retired poker champion Annie Duke stresses an important point: As kids in school, it was regarded as a failure if we ever answered a question “I don't know.” But, in the world outside the classroom, the only honest answer to many questions is, in fact, “I [...]
Wayne Sabaj
In the summer of 2011 a rural Illinois man named Wayne Sabaj was in his backyard picking broccoli. As he bent down, something caught his eye. Half buried in the dirt, he found a sealed nylon bag. Inside was $150,000 in cash. For Sabaj, who was unemployed and had, in his words, “spent my last ten [...]
Better than you might guess
In my work as a financial planner, there's one topic that always seems to raise an eyebrow: Social Security. When people see projections of future retirement benefits, oftentimes they respond with skepticism. My sense is that media reports questioning the solvency of the system have led people to [...]
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