by billyzh | Feb 18, 2009 | Financial, Politics, Spirituality
Spread the Word. The Gospel, that is. There was one particular song I enjoyed that became popular in the 1990s that was by the band Whiteheart. It was called Say the Word. I just could not get enough of it. The words spoke directly to my heart. They were so simple...
by billyzh | Feb 15, 2009 | Career/Job, Family, Financial, Spirituality
I was at a friend’s house for the weekend, and I could tell she had carefully planed each meal. For some reason, her husband (obviously bored at work) called a few hours before dinner to say, “How do you make rice pilaf?” We laughed at how suddenly he was up for a...
by billyzh | Jan 8, 2009 | Career/Job, Dating, Financial, Not-Yet-Married, Spirituality
There’s a lot of talk in the air of late as to “Plan B”. Maybe it’s a new buzz word, or perhaps it’s the reality that a lot of plan “A”s for 2008 (that didn’t pan out) left folks scrambling for plan “B”. “Plan B isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” the older and...
by billyzh | Jan 3, 2009 | Career/Job, Financial, Spirituality
As the CEO sat across from me, he leaned in, “Greed is good. What Enron did was wrong. But greed, in itself, is not bad.” I had to chew on that a moment. And process it. I could understand what he was trying to say. I think. The want for things is not bad....
by billyzh | Dec 28, 2008 | Career/Job, Family, Financial
Such were the final remarks of the political show host as he closed out his hour. We all know his statement well. But it’s hard to live out that poignant truth. A boat. A cabin. A motor home with car to match. A new house. Such were a few of the possessions that a...
by billyzh | Dec 27, 2008 | Career/Job, Financial, Spirituality
While dialing the numbers to retrieve the update on my 401K, I noticed I was biting my lip. I was not exactly sure that I wanted to hear the newest accounting from the other end, but as we all know, curiosity killed the cat, and it usually gets the best of this...