I’m finding blogging, and keeping up with it, to be a fascinating process. I have lots of ideas to share on numerous topics. Yet it’s been almost a week since my last post – my bad.
The fact is I have five (Yes 5!) blog posts in various stage of creation. One needs a pic, one needs a few links added, one needs another example, etc. None are finished, none are posted. And that’s the point. Read the rest of this entry →
At the June meeting of the Kona Mac Users Group, the topic was Twitter. The meeting was going well, when Terra, the group leader, shared that I had blocked her on Twitter so she could not follow me. Oops! Not a good thing to do to friends and newbies.
Which got me to thinking—What could I have done differently? What could a newbie do differently? Here’s my thoughts. Read the rest of this entry →
This excerpt, written by yours truly, comes from 80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire 
which SG&A Productions copublished.
The catalyst for this excerpt came from an evening around my dining room table when a group of friends were chatting about beliefs about money. One lady said she had been told repeatedly that “Money was dirty” and most of her life she had struggled to have enough money. I shared that I was raised with the belief that “If the Doctor had more, the minister had less.” Guess whose dad was a minister. (big grin)
And then another lady, who had always had plenty of money said, “My dad always told me that money grew on trees. And when I told him I couldn’t see the money growing, he said that it happened at night while I was sleeping.”
I am so happy to announce that Investment Atlas by Kenneth G. Winans received five top honors in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It was the winner in the Finance category and was a finalist in Best Overall Design, Business, History, and Coffee Table Book.
Ken said, “Winning in 2009 is especially sweet, because of all the great finance books written during these tumultuous times.
Investment Atlas is a reference book disguised as an artistic, colorful, coffee-table includes the performance and characteristics of stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, and collectibles since 1800.
Cocreating Investment Atlas with Ken was a joyful process. He is an “anal” numbers guy with a great sense of humor. His collection of old stocks and bonds are used throughout the book. Many thanks to Rik Rice for his design expertise.
Ken’s first book, Preferreds: Wall Street’s Best-Kept Income Secret, was a winner in the Best Book Awards for 2007 by USA Book News.
You can learn more about author Ken Winans and his company Winans International.
Ken’s books and Investment Charts can be ordered from SG&A Productions, Inc.
Sample pages from Investment Atlas
There's Gold in Them Financial Hills
Time Tested Investments
Stocks
Aloha,
I was asked to create this list by a friend. Today I was inspired to do so.
1. I look forward to being able to fluently speak and understand the Hawaiian language.
2. I was born in Washington, then lived in Montana, Idaho, So. California (for school), Oregon, Washington, No. California.
3. It’s fun to pay attention to the Divine messages, nudges, and synchronicities. It’s how I came to live in Hawaii.
4. I had melanoma in 1980.
5. Pet Peeve: The word “try.” You either “DO” or you “DO NOT” there is no TRY. ie – Try to touch your finger to your nose. Huh? Either you touch your nose or you don’t touch your nose.
6. I participated the Skip Barber 3-day auto racing school at Laguna Seca in 2001. What a BLAST!
7. Pet Peeve: People who say “don’t forget…” instead of what they really want, which is to “Remember…”
8. Love open wheel auto racing. Have watched the Indy 500 auto race for a couple of decades.
9. Attended or worked at summer camp every summer for 16 years, beginning at 5 years of age (my dad was camp director).
10. I love to drive—my car, rental cars, race cars.
11. I have a 10 yo granddaughter and 4.5 yo grandson.
12. I love receiving the daily TUT (Total Unique Thoughts) every M-F. Have saved them since 2003. (http://tut.com)
13. I was adopted when I was nine days old.
14. I found my birth family in 2005, my Aunt and Uncle welcomed me with open arms.
15. Was raised an only child and found out in 2005 I have six half-brothers – zowies. Have met two of them, great people.
16. I have a Celtic harp which I’ve played in front of 100+ people.
17. I have great connection to the honu (turtles) and humpback whales here in Hawaii.
18. Sure glad my neighbors like to hear me laugh. Sound travels easily on this island and I laugh a lot – even in my out loud voice.
19. Started learning the hula at age 54, first time I ever danced. (my knees are flexible, my knees are flexible, my knees are flexible, yes they are!)
20. Have had a pet of some kind since I was in grade school—4 dogs, 3-cats, 1 chameleon lizard (picked off a tree in Texas and took it home to Montana), 2-4 turtles, 2-3 parakeets, 1-rabbit, 3-hamsters, 4-5 goldfish. Came close to having a monkey. Now there are gecko’s in my house. Do they count as pets?
21. My first career was as an Administrative Dietitian in Oregon.
22. I moved to Northern California in 2004 without having any idea where I was going to live. Ended up living on B Street in San Rafael. Every time I gave my address, it reminded me to BE rather than do.
23. Today my favorite food is Mexican. Some days it’s Italian, Chinese, or Thai. Just depends.
24. As a little girl, I’d travel a lot with my dad as he drove around the state of Montana. We’d play a game where he’d “give” me $1 million and I would write down how I’d spend it.
25. My favorite necklace is a hand carved whale made by Sammy on Oahu.
Have a blessed day!
