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Home sales spike, yet medium prices fall, banks are under stress, commercial defaults are on the rise, and the fed raises rates again. What do you make of all of this? Remember in January I made 6 Predictions for 2023 because a lot of what we are seeing is cyclical, thus predictable as Ray Dalio […]

On a recent trip, I had a little time to myself and so I loaded Netflix and watched the sobering and award-winning movie, All Quiet on the Western Front. I was completely enthralled by the story and couldn’t help but think about the many young men and women back in the trenches again, this time, […]

Housing’s spring selling season is approaching! Alchemy of Money partners with Certified Financial Planner Stephen Rifici at Ameriprise. I’ve known Stephen for a long time, and we were recently catching up about the spring market, and what real estate entrepreneurs should be expecting. CFA Chief Economist Russell T. Price put together a little outlook and […]

You have to be it. Before you can have it. Think about it. You have to be a top producer now before you receive recognition for it later. You have to be a highly profitable business owner now, creating what will eventually be realized as a wildly profitable business later. You have to be a […]

Gary Keller recently posted, “The biggest challenge we all face is learning outside our personal experience. If we don’t figure this out, we are likely to make really tough mistakes.” That quote sat with me all week and made me think: Why is it so hard to learn outside our comfort zone, what exactly is […]

The condition of your finances today is a reflection of your past decisions. Not your future.  Unless you continue to make the same decisions and take the same action. Then the condition of your finances today is predictive of your financial future.  No matter the state of your finances, consider it a gift. Your money […]

Years ago, as I was struggling to manage my business during the great recession, I came across a little book called The Science Behind Gratitude. In his book, UC Davis Phycologist Robert Emmons describes how research shows something as simple as keeping a gratitude journal impacts our happiness.  I thought, “that seems overly simplistic”, but […]

Looking for a summer reading list? Here is a list of my recommendations from my last few months of reading: The Ultimate Coach – Amy Hardison and Alan Thompson If you’re looking for a soulful piece of work, I suggest this book. It’s not short, coming in at nearly 500 pages though it is filled […]

A common characteristic of high achievers is they are very much attached to the outcome. They bring 100% of their focus, time, and energy – essentially all of who they are – to the vision. This is an important ingredient in creating big, impressive, transformational things.  And yet, setbacks are inevitable, and things rarely work […]