The one idea: Two large Excel workbooks open at once compete for the same memory and processing power, so everything lags, even drop-downs, even if each file runs fine on its own. If you’ve had two big Excel files open and noticed things crawl, you’re not imagining it. Brokers lean on Excel for quoting (the … Read more
The one idea: No one is penalized for declining employer coverage. The only thing that bites is taking a Marketplace subsidy they weren’t eligible for, which gets corrected at tax time. Employers ask this a lot: is an employee penalized for turning down the company plan and getting coverage somewhere else? The short answer is … Read more
DIGITIZE YOUR LIFE Fresh Start Here I Go Again Embracing The Journey Of Starting Over — 250129 The Beauty Of A Slightly Dirty Slate Why Starting Over Isnt Always Best — 231017 The Power Of A Fresh Start — 230417 The Urgency Reset What Emergencies Teach Us About Priorities — 250119 What Happens When We … Read more
DIGITIZE YOUR LIFE Andys Timeless Adventures — 230416 Overcoming Lack Of Energy Identifying The Causes And Finding Solutions — 230416 Storing Out Of Season Items Tips And Tricks — 230416 3 Different Versions Of The Same Advice — 230417 A Modern Spin On My Grandpas Grocery List Strategy Streamlining Shopping With Technology — 230417 A … Read more
How to use this training Use the live class to understand the big picture Explore specific sections on your own after the session Focus on the areas most relevant to your role or your clients Revisit sections as needed when working with employers
The one idea: Insurance is prepaid by the month, so it runs out the clock. An FSA is funded by paychecks that stop the day you leave, so it stops too. When an employee leaves a job, their health insurance usually lasts through the end of the month, but their FSA stops on their last … Read more
As AI tools like ChatGPT start to feel more personal, a natural question comes up. What exactly should an AI remember about me? Just as important: what shouldn’t it remember? Memory is one of the most powerful — and misunderstood — aspects of modern AI tools. Used well, it makes conversations deeper and more useful … Read more
One of the questions people ask most often about AI tools like ChatGPT is whether they can actually know you. Not in a science-fiction sense.Not as a being with feelings or consciousness. But in a practical sense. Can it remember how you think, what you’re working on, and where you left off? In my experience, … Read more
For most of history, learning followed a familiar pattern. You went to school. You learned a lot of things. You were tested on them. And then, over time, you forgot most of what you didn’t immediately use. Hopefully, a few ideas stuck. If you were lucky, you found ways to apply some of them later … Read more
In the last post, I talked about how AI has changed the way I work with ideas. Not just sparking them, but expanding them — turning half-formed thoughts into something developed enough to revisit later. That led naturally to the question of idea capture: once AI helps you explore something, where does it go so … Read more