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"It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you know that just ain't so."
Satchel Paige

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"A happy life consists not in the absence but the mastery of hardships."
Helen Keller

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"Nothing you can't spell will ever work."
Will Rogers

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"If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there."
Yogi Berra

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"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
Coach John Wooden

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"The investor's chief problem––and even his worst enemy--is likely to be himself."
Benjamin Graham

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"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
Winston Churchill

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"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
Voltaire

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"Whether you think you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
Henry Ford

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"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
Proverb

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"No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm."
Charles Kettering

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"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity."
General Douglas MacArthur

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"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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"Not everything can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
William Bruce Cameron

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"We view wealth management as a means toward the greater purpose of living a life of significance."
R.G. Moler

Seeking Significance

When we reflect upon our lives and the impact on others and the world, we would like the final summation to look more like Half Dome in Yosemite National Park than a sandcastle waiting for the next tide. Income and assets are excellent measures of success, but beyond the satisfaction derived from the sense of accomplishment in a job well done, they do not usually provide the sense of significance we seek. We view wealth management as a means toward the greater purpose of living a life of significance.

The book Half Time by Bob Buford addresses changing our life’s game plan from seeking success to striving for significance. The author observes that “people are at their largest, their most noble and virtuous, when they are given over to a cause, something larger than themselves.”

Whether that cause is as basic as helping our children and grandchildren or as broad as making an impact on eternal issues, it is in our own personal causes that we experience the significance we seek. By working with our clients to put in place the plans, principles, and practices that seek to help continue their financial success, we help them achieve the freedom to focus on their larger purpose.