Happy April Fools’ Day!   What a great time to be an entrepreneur! I launched my solo hourly financial planning practice 15 years ago today. That was the beginning of when I truly fell in love with financial planning. Quite a lot of wonderful things have happened since that time.  The access to hourly and [...]

2012 was a remarkable year for me personally.  I had a milestone birthday (50) and I became a parent on 12/4/12.  My daughter Claire is a 27 month old slice of heaven.   Ancient prophets warned of the end of the age in 2012.  The New Year rang in a new age for me, that’s [...]

It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 2 months since our 12th annual retreat.  What a phenomenal experience that was!  I want to spend a few minutes highlighting some of the key points shared in my State of the Network address, which I delivered on the opening morning of our conference.   My opening [...]

Spring came early to many parts of the country. Our spring flowers peaked in mid-March!  We had a very mild winter and almost overnight the forest is green again. Although I’m not a fan of cold weather, I do appreciate living in a climate where we have all four seasons… in mild form.  Witnessing the [...]

We are really ringing in this New Year and – in a way – our second decade with some wonderful additions and enhancements at the Garrett Planning Network. In a sense, it is a launch of our second decade even though our anniversary was in the summer of 2010. We’ve been preparing for some necessary and very exciting [...]