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How will you spend your time in retirement?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on January 10, 2022 | Featured

While preparing for the financial aspect of retirement is important, it’s also vital to figure out how you’ll spend your time too. When you think of retirement, what comes to mind? (Okay, you probably are feeling some dread that you’ll … Read More … Read More

Tags: bill bryson, community, retirement, retirement plans, time management

What if your community isn’t supportive of your growth?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 1, 2020 | Featured

If your family or people you love don’t want you to change or grow, you have to help them along, or find your chosen family. Last time, I talked about David, who was at a crossroads in his life: start … Read More … Read More

Tags: college, community, support

The pastor and the flood: A parable on who can save you

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on May 4, 2020 | Featured

I use the story about the pastor and the flood to ask who you’re waiting for to come to your aid. Is it someone else, or is it you? My dad used to tell this story. It was meant as … Read More … Read More

Tags: community, parable, story, two boats and a helicopter

Conferences and community: FinCon 2019 and the Everything Conference

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 16, 2019 | Featured

It’s really late, and I’m feeling more than a little ragged as I write this. But I’m also so jazzed and overwhelmed with gratitude. That’s because I just finished up a two-weekend, two-conference marathon. Last weekend, I was in Washington, … Read More … Read More

Tags: community, Everything Conference, FinCon, fincon 2019, multipotentialite

How to move forward when you feel like the world is going to end

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 14, 2016 | Featured

On a Tuesday morning in September, a little over 15 years ago, I was waking up for work. At the time, my alarm was set to play classic rock radio (I believe it was 94.1 WYSP). While I usually woke … Read More … Read More

Tags: community, crisis, fear, grief, hope

The necessity of being a millionaire

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 16, 2015 | Featured

So I talked about how being a millionaire is both more achievable and less meaningful than ever before. In fact, I’ll go even further by saying that for many of us, it’s also effectively mandatory. Yes, I’m saying that … Read More … Read More

Tags: community, goals, millionaire, retirement

Is it subversive to repair things?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 17, 2014 | Featured

I had the pleasure of stopping by a “repair cafe” this past weekend. A repair cafe is an event that matches up people who can repair things with people who need things repaired. Organized by RepairPDX, a local organization … Read More … Read More

Tags: community, repair, repair cafes, RepairPDX, Target

How Ebola made me rethink responsibility (and flu shots)

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on October 23, 2014 | Featured

Sooooo, heard about any infectious diseases recently that have a non-zero mortality rate and no cure? You guessed it: It’s flu season again! … Read More

Tags: community, ebola, flu, flu shot, influenza

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