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Structure Determines Performance [Video]

Our daughter Emma loves to build puzzles. Initially she would find random pieces and try to put them together. Then she progressed to looking at this picture and finding the ones that are similar had the same colors. Eventually she got around to learning to find those corner pieces that edgings and then building structure. You know what? That’s true in our financial…

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Feel Versus Real [Video]

Sometimes there’s a difference between what we think we’re doing and what we actually are.  See, I love the game of golf and recently I took a little camera like this, went outside, set it up behind myself and hit record.  I took some swings and when I went back and looked at it, I…

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Speed Reading Versus Speed Understanding [Video]

Do you remember hearing stories or reading books when you were a kid. Someone was trying to teach you something and maybe there was a lesson in those stories they were trying to get you to understand.  Well one of these that was very popular was the tortoise and the hare. And in this story,…

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Hits & Misses, Goals In Your Life [Video]

The last time we had family over, we pulled out some old games we had saved when we were kids.  One in particular is Battleship. It is a really fun game where you and your opponent try to find and sink each other’s five ships. And one really important part of this game is these…

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A Reminder To Take Action [Video]

I’ve had this on my keychain for years. It’s a carabiner. It’s what mountain climbers, zipliners use to repel and go up and climb. It hasn’t really meant anything to me until this past weekend. You see I went away with my daughter, Emma. We went to a daddy daughter retreat up in Michigan and…

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Top Financial Advice Videos From 2019!

Top 2019 Financial Advice Videos 2019 was quite a big year for us at Financial Design Studio. From the growth of our team to expanding how we serve you, we are always looking for more ways to give you answers to your top finance-related questions. As we look at the past year, here’s the countdown…

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