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Entries from September 2008

Finish or Update Your Will Before Thanksgiving!

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Why Thanksgiving as a deadline?  It’s conveniently close and it’s something your loved ones should be thankful for if you actually do it. A will (sometimes known as a “last will and testament”) is the legal instrument that enables a person (the “testator”) to make decisions on how, after death, his/her estate will be managed [...]

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Adaptation…

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Dreaming about making an expensive purchase? Consider the following excerpt on ‘Adaptation’ from page 256 of Rob Walker’s book “Buying In – the Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are”: “…Human beings have a remarkable capacity to get used to things. This means a capacity to get used to miserable situations. And [...]

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