Money Perspective

By Dwayne Hicks | September 1, 2017 |

I do enjoy money. I’ve not met a lot of people who don’t enjoy having money. Money is a medium. There are some people who use it to help their family buy food and others who use it to buy drugs. Money is never the problem, it’s the people who manage it. Money does what…

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While We Wait

By Dwayne Hicks | August 17, 2017 |

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not patient when it comes to waiting. I have a lot of work to do in this area. I was telling someone the other day that I’d rather take the long way around then to sit in a traffic jam that would let me arrive in a…

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Recession Proof

By Dwayne Hicks | August 10, 2017 |

  I’m still having conversations with people regarding the recession that started in 2007 and ended in 2010 for a lot of people. There are people today, 7 years later still suffering from the “fall out” of that downturn in the market. There were some good people who lost their retirement savings or their fortune.…

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Work Ethic

By Dwayne Hicks | July 19, 2017 |

  I work on purpose. I work to provide for my family and myself. I like food with my meals! I also see work as a service to others. I’ve worked all sorts of different jobs as I grew up. I learned first to work in the hay fields and tobacco fields of Kentucky. I…

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Good Work

By Dwayne Hicks | July 11, 2017 |

I haven’t always believed work is good. After the Great Recession, I now hear myself saying that I’m thankful to have work. I have also learned that no matter how much work I must do or how hard some parts of it are, I can put food on the table and provide shelter for my…

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A Different Drum Beat

By Dwayne Hicks | July 8, 2017 |

Over the years, I’ve met people who are quite a bit different than I am. Some people are different than anyone I know. I have used the phrase that “they march to the beat of a different drum”.  I realize that is a kind way of saying they are weird compared to me and my…

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