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The Power Of Spousal Teamwork

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I was reading an article called “Our Stock Portfolio” over at “Budgeting in the Fun Stuff“‘s site that she and her husband built.  While her husband mainly does the investing, I can tell that she’s proud of him and supportive. 

It’s a solid portfolio of great dividend stocks that they have built during “The Great Recession” while prices were at a low.  While the most people were stuffing the proverbial mattress during that hard time, this couple was brave enough to practice what Mr. Warren Buffett always preaches “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful” by buying when the prices were bargains!

I was impressed by the pride I could hear in her words about their efforts!  Looking at their portfolio, it appears very solid and prudent!

Now lets talk about Crystal’s activities blogging.  I’ve never seen a blogger increase the success of their blog as quickly as she has.  The last time I checked, her blog had an Alexa score beneath 40,000! 

What’s really impressive about this is that her site isn’t even a year old yet.  Not only does Crystal have 3 blogs, she’s also a staff writer at sweatingthebigstuff.com, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  She’s a guest blogger at so many sites that you’d almost think that she cloned herself and has a team of writers!

The thing is that this type of productivity is surely supported by her spouse!  I’m betting that her husband is just as impressed as I am and continually verbally supporting her in her efforts!

Success in life is much easier when you have a caring and supportive spouse!  Although I’ve never met Crystal and her husband, I’m sure they are an incredible couple!

-MR

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Is Being The Best The Most Important Thing In Life?

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Some people are very competitive, even at an early age!

Here is my question to you, the readers: “Is being the very best the most important thing in life“?  After all, do you really think it’s healthy to be as competitive as Tonya Harding (see skating scandal)?

Why I ask this is because I see young kids on my son’s soccer team have different reactions when they lose.  Some cry, others yell at their teammates, some quit and some go to other cities to play.  The most ironic thing is that after all the little league, supposed superstars take such measures, they often leave a more cohesive team.  I believe this is one of the reasons that my son’s team won every game except one this season, and finished by winning the regional soccer championship this past soccer season!

Of course everybody on the team has to be a pretty decent player and play their hardest for that position they play.  But without the superstars trying to hog all the glory, the entire team improved as a whole!

The same is true with normal life!  You can’t fight a real war being a force of one, no matter what the movies portray (see the character Rambo in “First Blood“)…

So after your investment portfolio, business or whatever in life get to a certain size, it’s a smart move to hire help and/or join networking groups that can offer advice and support (see Yakezie).

-MR