Gary Duell

Myth: Venting Our Feelings is a Great Way to Appreciate the Good and Bad in Life

Remember the Primal Scream? (Not the Scottish rock band)  The theory was that if you’ve been repressing your emotions so completely and severely that you don’t even know how you feel in a given situation, letting it all out in a therapeutic setting can be beneficial.  I think the title of this post is a solid …

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Guest Column in the No Myth Zone by Frank Maselli

Frank is a brilliant, hyper-energetic, engaging presenter and teacher.  I’ve attended a couple of his seminar trainings back East.  We have completely opposite personalities- I’m fairly quiet and enjoy solitude -but Frank provides a great deal of value to all types of people.  I highly recommend his books on doing seminars. But frankly (!), his …

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How Not to Panic About Social Security

Today’s myth is from Paul Krugman’s erroneous How not to Panic About Social Security (2-28-23).  (A far more accurate, complete, useful and relevant take can be found at https://socialsecurityworks.org/).  Sloppy articles like this on such an important topic are my pet peeve. First error:   “I haven’t studied the detailed history of the program’s origins [that would be advisable next time, Paul], …

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MYTH: I Can Trust Licensed Fiduciaries With My Money

In general, yes, you can trust a fiduciary adviser with your money.  But why would you?? Weekly, in the many financial journals I read, are one or more news stories about “financial advisers” who have outright stolen their clients’ money.  Here’s an especially egregious one involving the elderly: https://www.financial-planning.com/news/ex-lpl-advisor-bradley-a-goodbred-charged-with-felonies And this one involving twin brothers …

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