In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in years joined a wildlife rescue team to determine security of bald eagle fledglings in a vast natural recreation area. After the work was complete they went camping as a reward. What happened that evening in the rugged wilderness taught as much about nature, as […]
It is such a happiness when good people get together—and they always do. —Jane Austen While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas. Jack Thunder grew up in Nebraska when TV shows were in black-and-white and heroes stood for […]
My conversation continues with Thomas Seekins, a lone traveler, while we are on an archaeological dig in 2011. “So when I got to Calgary, the only job I could find was driving a taxi on the midnight-to-dawn shift. My boss gave me a map of the city, and I studied it by walking […]
In the chapters of the book The Quiet Rich: Ordinary People Reawakening an American Dream, you’ll see what really makes people successful and how different people interpret their spiritual connections to create Secret Success Standards. You’ll meet the man who believed in love to such an extent that he wanted to bring that emotional […]
Recently “arriving” to affluence this year was about 72,000 new 401(k) millionaires. That’s nearly twice as many as in 2012 according to a recent study by a firm that tracks the company’s 13 million retirement plans. The arrival of these new millionaires of course is greatly attributable to recent record gains in the […]