Learn From Your Mistakes

Accentuating the Positive

By Jennifer Safian / January 9, 2019

{3 minutes to read} Crisis often represents an opportunity for people to learn about themselves, to learn to deal with adversity, and to grow. When my son was about 14, he came to me and said, “Why do so many bad things happen to me and not to others?” He was mostly referring to challenges…

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putting your past to work

By Jennifer Safian / December 23, 2014

How many of us think about our past mistakes when trying to create a better future? We have all heard about people: Losing everything when their uninsured home burns down Insuring newly acquired personal valuables after the older, uninsured ones disappeared Taking out long-term care insurance later in life, when it’s more costly, after watching…

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