It’s been quite a week for my friend, Fritz. On Thursday, his post Retirement Is Hard was the top featured article on Rockstar Finance. Nice job, Fritz! And today, he has the incredible honor of guest-posting on my blog. It’s good to be Fritz, ain’t it? In all seriousness, though, Mrs. Groovy and I really admire …
In my early 30s, I decided to play ice hockey. I was an okay skater to begin with, so it didn’t take me long to become a decent player. After two or three years in the over-30 league, my hockey skills were better than average. I was no Wayne Gretzky mind you, but I rarely if …
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I have something to admit. We blew it big time this month. Above our typical expenses we spent another $1,000 on discretionary items. What’s gotten into us? Have Mr. and Mrs. Groovy donned their spendy pants? Have they fallen victim to the siren call of “THINGS” that beckon “Buy me! Buy me!”? Hardly. But in …
If you want to be a hero at work, you gotta do two things. First, you gotta do your job well. Heroes aren’t dead wood. Second, heroes do what’s expected of them, and then some. The “then some” is the key. And it needn’t be spectacular. Just something that is above and beyond the job …