Resolutions are Out, Set Goals Instead

First post of 2025, here we go.   New year’s resolutions are old and outdated. Talk about resolutions usually starts before the holidays. Then right after the new year resolutions are determined. Come February, resolutions are usually already broken and are completely forgotten by March. Go to any gym in January and see how many … Read more

Benchmarking – Measure Yourself Against Something

Benchmarking is the lazy way to set goals. One, it’s not you setting the goal, it’s someone else. Two, hopefully you select a meaningful benchmark. And three, the benchmark is some generally accepted level. This takes the thinking out of setting a goal so you can focus on measuring yourself to a benchmark. I recently … Read more

Learn to Pay Less Income Tax

So Amazon pays $0 income tax. Why? Because they know how income taxes work. They make decisions based on the choice to pay lower taxes and they keep up with the changes. The Bloomberg article tells how Amazon is able to pay no federal income tax, through tax deductions. They receive deductions for paying their … Read more