Book Review of Smart Career Alternatives and Retirement The Physician on FIRE did a nice review of my latest book, The Doctors Guide to Smart Career Alternatives and Retirement. You can read his full review here. He has also reviewed my other books on Eliminating Debt and Starting Your Practice Right. My third guide book … Read more
Ever since I was a teenager, I was fascinated by finance. I ran my own businesses in my teens; yard care, piano lessons, multi-level marketing, and performed in a rock-n-roll band which I also managed. I have read many books about finance and wealth over the years. When people ask me about my favorite books, … Read more
Today was the first time since I retired from clinical medicine, that I missed my old career. My wife and I watched a Hallmark movie that we recorded before Christmas titled “Christmas Under Wraps,” starring Candace Cameron-Bure as a young doctor who wanted to become a surgeon, but ended up in Alaska helping patients in … Read more
Almost everyone is familiar with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. I was thinking about that this year and thought Charles Dickens could have just as easily written about Ebenezer’s financial situation and had visits from the ghost of finance past (Debt), the ghost of finance present (Budget), and the ghost of … Read more
An unusual thing happened to me today; I was awakened by my phone alarm. Ever since I stopped practicing medicine ten months ago I have rarely needed to set an alarm to get up. Today when my alarm sounded, Carolyn commented that when she woke up, she thought we were in Spain. Last Spring we … Read more
Many people are blogging about FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early). Most of them write from the prospective of a goal they want to reach someday. I write from the other side, having already attained financial independence and retired from my medical practice. Although there are those who would say I haven’t retired yet since I’m still … Read more
Today is Thanksgiving, a time when we all think about what we are thankful for. It is unfortunate that we are not thankful every day of the year, since giving thanks does wonders to brighten our disposition. As Thanksgiving approached, I picked up the ACS Surgery News and found an article written by one of … Read more
That is what the White Coat Investor (aka. Dr. Jim Dahle) had to say about my Doctors Guide book series. I was elated to wake up today to find his review of my books in his day before Thanksgiving blog post. We often toil with projects and never have anyone acknowledge the hard work we … Read more
As a personal finance coach, I have learned that the most important aspect to wealth accumulation, is having good money habits. Good habits create good results and good results are what everyone wants. We were not born with any of our habits, we learned them somewhere along the way. That’s good news, because that means … Read more
As a personal finance coach, I have found that the most detrimental aspect to wealth accumulation, is having bad money habits. Good habits create good results, and bad habits create bad results. You were not born with any of your habits, you learned them somewhere along the way. That means you can unlearn the bad … Read more
