Uncommon Sense: And Mexican Street Corn Deviled Eggs

A bi-weekly note that shares ideas and thoughts around family, finances, and food that your parents should have taught you.

Family

Trips with your kids are so special...

We only get so long with our kids.?

We MUST make the most of the time we have.?

You have always heard the saying,?"Raise them right!"... but what does that actually mean??

This is a question that can get so many different answers. For Jackie and I, one of the things we aim to do is to make great citizens.?

We tell them all the time,?“We are not as concerned with your happiness as much as we are your character.” I'd love to take credit for that saying but I?cannot...it was from Andy Stanley.

So in trying to make great citizens, we do our best to spend time with them DAILY!?

Daily time is important, but the concentrated times are memory makers!

Two years ago, my daughter, Johnna, and I went on a trip together. We went to a daddy daughter camp where we?camped and participated in?activities with the other dads and kids at the camp.

We had the?BEST time, and?Johnna developed friendships that will last her a lifetime.?

One of the friends she met at this camp was?Olivia. Olivia is the daughter of a great friend of mine named Reza. Reza and I met when we were in college and have kept in touch all these years.?

It had?been two?years since we last saw?Reza?and Olivia, and Johnna had the great?idea to go to Colorado and surprise Olivia.?The kicker is she wanted to pay for it herself!?

So, she worked with me for a few months?to save up the money to pay for the trip. Johnna ended up working hard over the course of those few months and earned $750! (That's pretty good for a 13-14 year old.)

She?learned some very good?lessons along this journey:

1. Have a goal and work towards that?goal?

• She wanted to go to Colorado and surprise her?friend.?
• In order to do so, she?had?to work hard?and?save the money.
• She could have bought jeans, music, make up, or anything else a teenage girl wants to buy, but the end of the night when I paid her she did these incredibly thoughtful and mature things:?

She tithed the gross?

She saved the bulk ?

And held out a little of the rest...sometimes she didn't do this

2. Delayed gratification

• She got an understanding of what?sacrifice?really is
• She?asked herself?these questions, "What do I want NOW or what do I?want the MOST?"
• She figured out that?this is?a hard mental battle?

So, what truly came of all this?

• Memories that will never be forgotten
• Time to travel and talk?with her friend and her dad (Something?I?will always cherish)?
• Doing life with her dad?
• Building habits of being together

All of that being said…IF your kid has a goal…pour fuel on the fire to help them achieve it.

Always be planning the next special thing to do with them. Big or small, always have something in the works. 18 years is not as long as you think.?

Finances

Read, reread, and read some more...

Alex Hormozi said...?

"Find the best 100 books and read and reread them until you have it all."

This year I decided to read new stuff for 6 months and reread great stuff the last 6 months. I just?finished rereading The Psychology of Money

Let's unpack the most important stuff from this book:?

• Time is your most valuable asset.Many people overestimate?what they can do in 1 year but massively underestimate what they can do in a decade. Stick with it. Keep growing. Keep compounding assets on top of assets.?The ability to be able to stick around for a long time is key.Boring, but true, stay at it.Compound interest is one of the most unexplainable things in the world, and when it gets interrupted it can create massive wealth.?Do your best not to interrupt it.?
• Wealth is hidden. Income not spent is most of the time what builds wealth.?Stay away from lifestyle bloat. Live in a way that does not rise when you make more. If you have a good car, and you get a $50K raise, don't allocate that extra $50K to have something that does not create income.?Many times, it's the money you don’t spend that creates the most wealth.?
• Saving % is important. Everyone is concerned with ROI (Return on Investment) but what is your savings rate? Meaning, out of what you bring home a year, how much of that are you saving/ investing??The higher that % the better you will be.?
• You don’t always have to be saving for something. Save/Invest just because.?Compounding is your best friend.

One of?the most important quotes of?the book states this...

“Two things in this world that impact everyone. Health and money.”

This hit me between the eyes...because it is so true. Without good health and ample money, we will consistently have our backs against the wall.?

The skill of making and managing money should be the #1 skill taught in our schools and real close to the top in our homes.?

Learning to be happy with less money creates a gap between what you have and what you want.

Food

Mexican Street Corn Deviled Eggs

Cook time: 20 min

Ingredients:

• 6-8 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and yolk separated
• ? red onion, chopped small
• 1 jalape?o, chopped small
• 1 cup roasted corn (I use canned or frozen corn if I’m in a pinch for time. Just warm in a pan on medium heat with salt & chili powder)
• ? lime, juiced
• 2 Tbsp sour cream
• 3 Tbsp mayo
• ? tsp Tajin (extra to dip the egg whites in)
• 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro
• ? cup Cotija cheese (or Parmesan)
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients except egg whites in a bowl until creamy. Add the mixture to a piping bag. Dip each egg white into Tajin, then fill with the mixture.

Quote Of The Day: "Two things that impact everything in this world. Health and money." - Morgan Housel

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Be blessed,

TC