If you could see the future, do you see yourself slumping over a client file with your heart ceasing to beat just as your forehead hits the desk? Or do you see yourself sipping on a nice glass of wine looking out off a deck at (insert your dream view here), and dozing off with […]

Performance reviews – they’ve been around for decades in all forms, yet have we really stopped to think about what the true objectives are and whether or not we are meeting them? The answers to both of those questions will largely depend on who you ask – the company or the employee. For business owners […]

Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for our many blessings and for each other. We gather from near and far to be around the Thanksgiving table to be near our family. Our family is dear to us and we to them. But, that does not necessarily mean that they are the right choices to […]

Thomas Edison said, “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”I just came across this quote this morning and it keeps bouncing around. Being a child of the 70s, of course the word “Hustle” caused a little pause, then I had to get that obnoxious tune to stop playing in my head. After a little […]

When I first thought about what to write for this blog, I thought given the timing (Thanksgiving holiday) I’d write about what I’m thankful for and what others on my Academy team are thankful for. I quickly learned that many of their answers were similar thus making for a very repetitive blog post. So, I […]

This is the eighth in a series of blogs on How to Practice in Estate Planning. I’ll sprinkle this series in among my typical timely blogs. This series is designed for attorneys who are currently practicing in another field and wish to transition to Estate Planning and Elder Law. However, many of the suggestions in […]

Estate planning attorneys who want to help their clients consider issues like preparing or updating wills and trusts and advance medical directives, and doing pre-need funeral planning, will find this TEDx talk to be helpful. TED talks – TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design – are all about ideas worth spreading. TEDx talks are […]

Director of Web and SEO Services, Rita Chaires, joined the Academy more than five years ago when the company launched their first SEO program. Since then, Web design, SEO, and search marketing have changed tremendously and Rita has skillfully adapted the program to meet those new technological changes along with impressing Members on a daily […]

Family harmony is important. “The family is a haven in a heartless world.” Christopher Lasch. But, unfortunately, when family disputes arise, they can be deep rifts. “Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s […]

There was a lot going on here in Philadelphia the last weekend in September. The Pope was in town. The entire region was simultaneously hyped for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, on high alert for terrorism, and panicked about traffic. But something else life-altering was going on that weekend for Deborah Husmann, who lives in nearby New […]