As a four year old, every night when I went to bed I wanted to hear a story. Years later my mother explained why she often acquiesced. She said, “Bruce, we become what we think about. I wanted to influence what you thought about when you went to sleep every night.”...
“The facts are coming! The facts are coming!” shouts the government official on a “White Horse” riding from Washington to everywhere. Sections 408(b)2 and 405(c)4 of the Internal Revenue code detail the last action steps in the pension reform movement that has...
I spent a lot of hours on airplanes in the last few weeks. The coffee plantation is doing well and the Dordogne area of southern France is superb. Read a thought provoking book entitled: 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America. Albert Brooks projects a...
As I sit in my hotel room in Vientiane, Laos and reflect on yesterdays’ activities, I am impressed with how much I learned about leadership, organization and management in 24 hours. I learned in it the most unlikely places and from the most unlikely teachers. ...
Anyone who supervises staff or provides service to others experiences this problem Let’s say you are the Church Plan Administrator for a 403(b)(9) or a 401(k) plan or you are in charge of staff at a church. An employee stands at your office door and asks a...