Swim, bike, run I recently participated in the Lake Lanier Island Sprint Triathlon … and it was awesome. If you are not familiar with a sprint triathlon, it’s a race that consists of a quarter-mile swim, a 13-mile bike ride and then a 5k run, which is 3.10 miles. This was my first one ever. And to say I was nervous was an understatement. We got there at 5:30 a.m., I...
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Going on an adventure
Going on an adventure We just got back from driving an RV across the United States to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona. And it was awesome. We rented a 30-foot class C motor home to take us on our journey. When it got delivered, the whole family excitedly piled in to check out the new ride. You should have seen the looks on my kids faces. I asked them if they were excited....
‘Someday’
‘Someday’ On a recent trip, I pulled off the highway and into a mom-and-pop filling station called the Sunset Gas & Grill. It was just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas. I always thought filling station wasn’t an adequate way to describe such establishments because you don’t just fill there — you empty as well. And I really needed to. I pulled alongside the pump in a...
Walking a mortgage
Walking a mortgage I will never forget that day. I was on my way down to Atlanta to attend Gary Johnston’s Financial Freedom Principle’s seminar. As I was driving, I was listening to another course that featured speakers like Jack Miller, Peter Fortunato, Jimmy Napier and Clyde Wilson. I pulled up to the Financial Freedom event, and I walked in and found Kim Cook, the wonderful...
A Jillian Dollars
A Jillian Dollars Let me ask you a question: What would you do with a jillian dollars? Before I give you my answer, I wanted to tell you a joke. Recently we heard a broadcast come in over the TV that said that six Brazilian workers were injured in a training exercise. My daughter looked up at me with a look of concern and said, “That’s terrible. How many is a Brazilian?” ...