“I have listened to thousands of sermons on the urgent need to give. I find myself wondering why it is that preachers never talk about how much fun it is to give.” Jon M. Huntsman Sr. Businessman and philanthropist Jon. M. Huntsman Sr. is a world class giver. He has given away about 1.5 billion…
“Because the pleasure of consumption is purest without the experience of paying for it, anything we can do to separate payment from consumption can enhance the pleasure of the purchase. – Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton from the book Happy Money Close your eyes and reminisce seeing your favorite band in concert or watching…
“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.” – Annie Dillard “By switching to a new game…time becomes the only possession and everyone is equally rich in it by biological inheritance. Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live.” – Rolf Potts In a recent…
“Money creates needs or encourages their multiplication.” – Edwin Lefevre “Abundance…is the enemy of appreciation.” – Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton The Washing Machine Paradox My paternal grandmother, Ann Amelia Chamberlain Esplin, was born on January 12, 1896 in the small Southern Utah town of Orderville. She would live to be 82 years old,…
A roundup of my favorite financial articles from January 2017: “Salt Lake City’s 100 Women Who Care” by Hal Boyd at The Deseret News I don’t have a ton of extra money in my giving budget right now but I am always looking for ways to make the giving I can do more effective. Therefore,…
