When it comes to your personal finances, you should never solely rely on so-called “experts.”  In life, we wear a lot of hats, don’t we? Between kids (or grandkids) activities, church obligations, work and taking care of ourselves, there are a lot of things we are responsible for managing!  Often when it comes to our personal finances, we just want a “guy” for that. Whether it is for our retirement accounts, insurance, or savings, people often rely on “experts” to manage and

When I was a young teen, I went to Disney World for the first time with my entire extended family! My older cousin and I were just at the age where we could run off on our own and choose which rides we wanted to ride.  We had a little card that we could swipe at certain rides that allowed us to get one fast pass. This pass allowed us to jump to the front of the line and practically walk right on the rollercoaster. We only had so many fast passes we could get for the entire da

Do you want to be financially successful? Then you need to understand one word above all else: COMMITMENT .  We live in a day and age where commitment means very little. Last week, we discussed the importance of living in agreements verses expectations. However, an agreement is only as good as the level of commitment behind it.  I can agree to showing up for my daughter’s ballet recital, but if I’m not committed to being there, an issue at the office could cause me to miss he

At my insurance agency, we have a policy we adhere to strictly. We refuse for our clients to have EXPECTATIONS of the level of service...

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My Great Grandpa Groff was a tomato farmer. He had a modest plot of land in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that he worked with his1124 hands...

My in-laws live on a dead-end country road. There’s not a lot of construction usually, but recently, a small lot was just split off and a...

This past weekend, we saw thousands of people descend on the Hastings Amphitheatre to attend Trumble’s Annual Back to School Bash. As I...