Protection
Why the Executive Bonus Plan Is the Ideal Golden Handcuffs
In today’s competitive hiring landscape, attracting and retaining quality talent requires more than a standard salary and benefits package. The Executive Bonus Plan can be the ideal “golden handcuffs” for the top talent you can’t afford to lose. In truth, associating long-term dedicated employment with slavery seems a bit archaic and melodramatic. We all know…
Read MoreKey Man Insurance: Protecting Your Business, Profits, and Livelihood
If you’re wondering what key man insurance is and why it matters, it’s a powerful way to reduce your company’s exposure to key man risk, in short, the potential loss of revenue and stability if a critical employee can’t work. Key man insurance acts as a safety net when your business loses someone who’s essential…
Read MoreThe Night I Almost Died, and Why My Family Wouldn’t Need a GoFundMe
You can survive dying without needing a GoFundMe. I’m living proof. Three weeks ago, I almost died in an emergency operation after childbirth. Today, I’m looking down at the fluttering eyelashes of my snoring newborn, and my heart swells with enormous gratitude for the privilege of being alive to witness her life. In today’s podcast, my…
Read MoreEarly Tap of the 401(k) Replaces Homes as American Piggy Bank (Reviewed)
Piggy banks may seem best suited to our childhood era. We mentally organize them with wagon-rides, tooth fairies, and the endless pencil-sharpening of early grade school. But as adults, we need and use piggy banks; they just come in a different form. When people need money for life’s setbacks and lean times, one of the…
Read MoreHow to Shop for Insurance Pt 3: Life, Health, and Disability Insurance
Life, health, and disability insurance protect you, your body, your wellness, and your livelihood. This range of coverage includes some of the most essential protections. Too often, people ask the wrong questions. This leads them to draw the wrong conclusions about life, health, and disability insurance. As a result, many remain drastically underinsured or forgo the protection altogether.…
Read MoreHow to Shop For Insurance Part 2: Home and Auto Insurance
Home and auto insurance are two pillars of insurance protection that are almost universally understood to be necessary. However, when it comes to choosing and paying for coverage, you have nearly infinite options. The range of coverage details, exemptions, coverage amounts, and limitations add complexity. This can make shopping for insurance seem like a maze…
Read MoreHow to Shop for Insurance Part 1: 7 Tips to Save on Insurance
When you shop around for insurance, it’s best to start with a game plan. Then you know what to look for and how to save on insurance without sacrificing value. It’s just like shopping for groceries, a marketing strategist, or an investment property. First, you need to know what you want. Next, you want to know…
Read MoreWhy You Want Insurance Part 3: It Costs More to Self-Insure
To navigate your insurance decisions, you must weigh the costs and opportunity costs of each option. While some choose to self-insure as a solution to reduce insurance costs, there are additional costs hidden beneath the surface that you need to be aware of. Insurance is fairly polarizing. Chances are, you either love it or you…
Read MoreWhy You Want Insurance Part 2: It Protects Your Human Life Value
Insurance is about more than protecting your stuff. It’s about protecting your human life value. Often, your life insurance needs rank pretty close on the motivation list with you need to change the oil in your car. Here’s the filtering mechanism your brain goes through when you hear it: Not that pressing. Things are going fine without it. …
Read MoreEstate Planning That Works, with Rick Randall
Rick Randall says that estate planning that works is not the norm, but it does not have to be that way. The goal of estate planning is to dictate how you will transfer the baton of your life’s wealth and wisdom to generations after you. With it, you ensure your legacy will live on, beyond you,…
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