Money Manager's Priorities Shift

During the 13 years Peter Lynch was the manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, Magellan was the top-ranked general equity fund. Time called Lynch the ...

Too Busy to Be Rescued

A friend said mournfully the other day that he'd lived his life like the Professor on "Gilligan's Island." While he found time to fashion ...

Time with Dad Worth More Than Money

A number of years ago, Dr. Robert Schuller was on a whirlwind book promotion tour, visiting eight cities in four days. It was an exhausting schedule in ...

Lifestyle Worth More Than Profit

At the great market in Mexico City, an old native named Pota-lamo had twenty strings of onions hanging for sale.

An American tourist asked him, "How ...

Linebacker Chris Spielman Helps Wife

When Chris Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills, he was everything a middle linebacker should be: tough, strong and smart, with passion, total commitment, ...

It's All About Money?

Paul Dinin, an employee of Interland, a web-hosting company in Atlanta, was asked what were his prized possessions in life. Dinin, a high school dropout, ...

John Wooden's Example

[John Wooden's] UCLA teams won ten NCAA championships in 12 years…. No one speaks more eloquently about Wooden than Bill Walton, who played for UCLA ...

"Field of Dreams": Choosing Priorities

Field of Dreams is a movie about baseball, pursuing a dream, and choosing life's priorities. Half way through the film, Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin ...

Money More Important Than Life?

Author and financial advisor Suze Orman writes:

When I was 13, my dad owned his own business—a tiny shack where he sold chicken, ribs, hamburgers, ...

Book Budget

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.