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Sharon O'Day

Business Is Not Kabuki Theater

By Sharon O'Day

December 17, 2012

If you’d rather listen than read, click this link:Business Is Not Kabuki TheaterKabuki (definition): According to critic Suichi Kato, kabuki does not concern what is happening in the present as much as a “dreamlike time shrouded in mist but ever present in the ... Read more »


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Sharon O'Day

Personal Responsibility Is Dead

By Sharon O'Day

December 10, 2012

I recently wrote an article subtitled “Ode to Selfishness.”By the time I was done writing it, I had a flash of realization: the world had changed under my feet and I hadn’t noticed.Worse yet, it had changed under my clients’ feet too and ... Read more »

Bob Lowry

A Fresh Perspective

By Bob Lowry

December 7, 2012

Last week I wrote, "I don't want the old model of retirement," a post that generated a healthy number of comments. All of the feedback gave me a fresh perspective on something that has been bothering me for the last few years: my dad's apparently ... Read more »

Bob Lowry

The Week That Was

By Bob Lowry

November 16, 2012

You may remember a 1960's TV show called That Was The Week That Was. The program started on the BBC in England in 1962 as a satirical look at the previous week's news hosted by David Frost. An American version lasted for two seasons on NBC. Read more »

Bob Lowry

We've Done It

By Bob Lowry

November 9, 2012

After thinking through all the options that worked for us, reviewing our finances yet again, and visiting several RV lots in town, Betty and I purchased a used, 30 foot, Four Winds Class C motor home. Because it was a former rental unit with high ... Read more »

Sharon O'Day

Financial Security: Ode to Selfishness

By Sharon O'Day

November 5, 2012

We’ve all heard the admonition that on airplanes, we need to put our own oxygen masks on first. That way we’ll be able to put them on small children and others who need help.Your finances are no different.I was working with a 54-year-old ... Read more »

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