May 30, 2020
We learn the greatest lessons in life at the deepest and darkest of times. In scary, life changing situations we can be given a view of something that resonates deeply with us. Many of us, including myself, find this new perspective when we take on disease, loss of loved ones, or...
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May 30, 2020
An Unexpected Learning Experience I've Had on Business and Life Going Forward During This Life Changing Time
We learn the greatest lessons in life at the deepest and darkest of times. In scary, life changing situations we can be given a view of some...
Mar 28, 2020
Two Years Ago Today "Starting at the Finish Line" Was Released
It's a rainy, dreary day in the midst of the Corona-Virus in the Northeast. Our lives have changed, we are adapting to a “New...
Mar 19, 2020
Thank You Pepe
Life changes quickly. It’s fragile, it’s joyous, it’s scary. We never know which emotion the day will bring. Today was a s...
Mar 17, 2020
Having a Plan in Place Allows You To Avoid Emotional Mistakes During Difficult Times- The Real Reason to Have a Financial Planner
The world has changed! The corona virus has made a lifelong impact on most of us. Your race, ethnicity, religion, or most other factors...
Jan 31, 2020
A Tribute to Denise Quatermaine, PHS Class of '92, Brain Cancer Warrior
Optimistic. Inspirational. Warrior. These are terms I am told I am every day. Sharing my perspective on life, the lessons I have taken from...
Jan 17, 2020
We Often Lose Focus On What Really Drives Connection, Inspiration, and Sales
What are we trying to accomplish? What's our goal? I just attended my company's National Sales Meeting in Austin, Texas. I ha...
Dec 18, 2019
2020 Changes, Not New Year's Resolutions, To Increase Sales and Deepen Relationships
I'm no longer making resolutions, as I stated in my personal blog post. Instead, I'm making lifestyle changes....
Dec 17, 2019
Forget New Year's Resolutions, It's About Life Changes!
New Year's Resolutions.
Every year we make commitments to them, and often times as the change of seasons begin, we go back to old way...
Nov 25, 2019
What I'm Thankful For On Thanksgiving Has Changed
Thanksgiving. It has such a different meaning to me now than it did in years past. Change breeds complacency, or it breeds opport...
Oct 26, 2019
Airlines, You Gave Every Financial Advisor a Lesson Today I Will Pass On
This week I was on my way to Cedar Rapids to share my story with employees of Transamerica. The airlines are such a delight; major dela...
Oct 14, 2019
Thank You Means Something Different To Me Today
Thank you. We hear it all the time, we say it all the time. What does it really mean? Is it just the polite vernacular of what we have...
Aug 22, 2019
Inspiration, move me brightly....
"Inspiration, move me brightly
light the song with sense and color
Hold away despair" - Terrapin Station, Grateful Dead...
Jul 03, 2019
My Introduction to St. Peregrine
Who is St. Peregrine? For the majority of my life I had no idea. I was brought up in a Jewish home in Northern New Jersey. We went to temple...
Jun 10, 2019
Our Education System is Flawed
The education system in the USA is flawed. That's right, I said it. My mother has been a teacher in New Jersey basically my whole life....
Apr 09, 2018
Matt Newman
Thank you for joining me on my journey.
I have never written a blog before. I never saw any need to. Who would care what I had to say? Why would anyone care what I thou...
May 04, 2018
Matt Newman
Health Insurance Companies, Please Put The Patient First
I am trying to figure out why Health Insurance Companies act the way they do. The patient should always come first, but it seems more...
May 24, 2018
Matt Newman
It was the Best of Times, It was the Reality of Times
The last few days have been a "Tale of Two Cities." On Tuesday night I went in for my every 4 month MRI/MRA. I get these to...
Jul 28, 2018
Matt Newman
4 Years Ago Today Cancer Took my Father In -Law
May 2013 I was diagnosed with brain cancer, a grade 3 Astrocytoma. I started writing blogs, notes and emails to be my catharsi...
Aug 10, 2018
Matt Newman
I Get MRI’s Every 4 Months, Today My 9 Year Old Jake Had an MRI
My wife suffers from chronic migraines. She gets them all the time, and they can be brutal. Her Great Grandmother had them. Her Grandmot...
Oct 05, 2018
Matt Newman
Why do I write? Why do I speak? I now understand...
On October 10th, I will be going in for my every 4 month MRI/MRA with contrast. I expect the same response I always get. “All is...
Oct 22, 2018
Matt Newman
My TEDx Speech, Appreciation of Life, and the Journey Continues
It has been a very busy fall to say the least! My perspective on not believing in irony, but things happening for a reason has been a major...
Dec 05, 2018
Matt Newman
Why the Lion? It's His Jungle
I never was into Lions. I never really cared about them. They were fun to see when I would take the kids to the Zoo, but that was the extent...
Mar 23, 2019
Matt Newman
1 Year Ago Today My Book Came Out
I used to believe in irony. I now think things happen for a reason. We often learn the most basic of life lessons at the toughest of times....
