by Sandi Martin | Aug 15, 2019 | Book Review
You know the nagging feeling that something – even a lot of somethings – are wrong, but the language to express what that something is and why it’s wrong eludes you? Enter Shoshana Zuboff and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Here’s an example: loyalty...
by Sandi Martin | Aug 14, 2019 | Canadian Personal Finance News
Was “balance” a word created just to trigger your anxiety? Do those stock market numbers people go on about actually mean anything? How do former inmates pay the bills once they’re on the outside? If any of these questions have floated through your mind this summer...
by Sandi Martin | Jul 30, 2019 | Accountability, Financial Planners, Personal Financial Planning
This article originally appeared at Boomer & Echo I doubt very much you’re asking your financial advisor enough questions, and are worse off because of it. I think I’ve got a handle on why – let me see if any of this rings a bell: You don’t have enough time: It’s...
by Sandi Martin | Jul 19, 2019 | Big Picture, Cash Flow, Design Thinking, Personal Finance
My partner Julia said something amazing when she wrote about applying design thinking to estate planning last month that I’ve been mulling over ever since: Planning for your eventual departure is truly one of the most loving and thoughtful things you can do for your...
by Sandi Martin | Jul 16, 2019 | Book Review
Any book that promises to help me get better at something important, and that the work will be hard and take time (possibly even a lifetime), is a book for me. I stumbled across We Need to Talk by Celeste Headlee while I was browsing through my library’s e-book app¹,...
