Archive for October, 2007

“When Should You Start Talking to Your Kids About Money?”

Friday, October 26th, 2007

I spent Saturday with my friend Doug Freeman and his partner Victoria Collins at a taping for 60 Minutes Australia about the financial and life skills program for the kids of the rich at the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine founded by Doug, Victoria and Lee Hausner. And ...

This ones about breasts!

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A couple of months ago, I felt something in my breast. It felt like a big movable mass. Yikes! I didn't think much about it, but all the sudden noticed it again a couple weeks ago. My hands couldn't keep away from it. I found myself constantly checking to see if it was ...

“Don’t Hoard Your Family Wealth!”

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I see a lot of families wasting their family wealth because the younger generations can't access it without strings attached. See, I think of Family Wealth as resources that belong to all the generations of a family, at least if you want it to grow from one generation to the next. The ...

Why Not Ask Like Sophie?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

As you might recall, I was invited to the Mike and Juliet Show to discuss the case of breastfeeding mom, Sophie Currier, who asked for extra break time so she could pump breastmilk for her daughter during her medical board exams. Currier was denied the extra time. She sued and ...

What Money Lessons Are You Teaching?

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

When I was growing up, I got at least $100 every time I saw my aunts, uncles and grandparents. In my family, love was expressed with money. I was totally unaware of it until I went back to Florida a few weeks ago and my kids and I came home with ...