As the title of the blog indicates, this blog is about all things that will thicken your wallet (and I don’t mean bills and credit card receipts). It deals primarily with money, finances and, most importantly, the mind-set of money.

What’s the difference between this blog and others (which are helpful sources of advice)?

1. I am a professional who gives advice to businesses. This allows me to see a lot of different people from different walks of life, of different ages, backgrounds and life paths. More often than not, the only thing tying all these people together is a common wish to attain financial security (or put another way, not to stress about money every single day!). So I learn from observation and I learn from experience- thus, this blog is partially about learning from the experiences of myself and others. There are far brighter and more stable people than me who teach me (and hopefully you) about dealing with money.
2. I am actually changing my profession-to a President of a niche financial company (as not to “out” me, I cannot give away too much information for now but its not a mutual fund). This allows me to muse about money from the other side- from the people who invest your money and not just the investor side (which I continue to be). I hope to share my educational process with you.

I guess what I am aiming for is a Po Bronson meets Warren Buffet blog on money. Money is a very rational thing seen from afar (the Buffet part) but very emotional seen up close (the Bronson thing). I am hoping to fuse the two together since you can’t talk about money without feeling something- wish me luck, I tend to go off on tangents!
My first observation- here’s the one thing I have learned from people who have “made it” (insert your definition of “making it”):

1. Its much simpler than you think.
2. Its counter-intuitive from what popular media and the investment industry may teach you.
3. There is no “magic bullet” solution.

I hope to work out these concepts through the blog (as well as telling you how running a financial company teaches me about money). I hope you enjoy reading and, more importantly, participating.