Set Your Sights on 30
Repeat after me “1, 2, 4, 8”. Again, “1, 2, 4, 8”. Commit it to memory, “1, 2, 4, 8”. What am I up to? I’ll spare you the underlying...
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Jeff Tyburski
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
What I mean when I say I'm "Your Financial Sherpa"
A sherpa provides expert guidance on Himalayan climbs. A sherpa prepares, teaches, and supports the climber before and along the journey....
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
"Nobody owes you a career", Andy Grove, founder of Intel
Today, the uncertainty of the employment environment is less about staying employed and more about staying employable. I want to share...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
Start Young
This will be the shortest blog post ever. I want it short so you can memorize it. Start (becoming financially literate and saving money)...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
March Sadness - People don't realize they NEED compounding
It is exciting to think of money working for you, compounding and growing! Perhaps this excitement offsets some of the dread you...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
COVID exposed EXISTING trends in personal finance
COVID, of course, is a global health emergency. But, it is also an economic emergency due to lost jobs and incomes, small business...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Why do you keep buying that $125,000 coffee?
Seriously, that daily, fancy $4 coffee may in fact cost you $125,000. It is so easy for a non-coffee drinker to pick on the obligatory $4...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 13, 2021
- 1 min
There is nothing more expensive than a free kitten!
As I write, Marshmellow (intentionally spelled wrong, I forget why) is at the pet hospital. I am being a bit loose with the title...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
Be honest - How many adults really change bad habits? Let's help kids form good habits young!
I'm a bit cynical, or at least skeptical. I was an engineer, analyst, and portfolio manager for a combined 33 years so I am guilty, at...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
A BROKEN system perpetuating ever higher costs of college
I think the current process to select a college results in many students and parents making emotional decisions to choose schools they...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
ROC Your World
ROC your world...ROC is not a typo, though, just ask my kids, I am THE worst speller. ROC stands for rate-of-change. In the context of...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Choose a school you can afford!
Sherpa daily guidance...Do we defer to a 17-yr-old, who we love dearly but likely wouldn't completely trust with a long grocery list, a...
Jeff Tyburski
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Have you talked as a family about money today?
Don't worry, Team T, as our friends affectionately refer to us, didn't have daily 'money talks' either. We're just as guilty as the next...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Money CAN buy you happiness
Your Sherpa daily guidance...Money CAN buy you happiness. An earlier post talked about a potential virtuous cycle in life…achieve...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Lessons from how I did NOT pursue my passions.
Your Sherpa daily guidance...You can't save money if you don't earn money. As the old expression goes, "do a job you love, and you will...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Google "bankrupt celebrities"...
I believe there is a potential virtuous cycle in life. If you achieve financial goals, you tend to be able to take more control of your...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Student loan cancellation is far more complicated than headlines suggest.
This post is less about me proposing a solution or expressing an opinion and more about trying to come up with the right questions we all...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
A Formula for Success (literally, a formula)
Here is a formula to try to live by: Income - Savings - Needs = Wants This seemingly simple formula actually is saying a lot: - Save...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
"Dad, can you front me some money until I get paid? Sorry, I did it again…I saved too much."
Today's 'fit' in overall framework: Your Sherpa teams up with parents to help produce future-ready young adults. First, we create a...
Jeff Tyburski
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
What's your butter?
The big picture: Your Sherpa teams up with parents to help produce future-ready young adults. First, we create a sense of urgency over...
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