Most of us want to do more to make the world a better place. The things that hold us back tend to be the same for most of us: time and money. We have to take care of our smaller bubbles—our families—before we can tend to the larger ones.

The Myer-Briggs personality inventory is a tool that was developed based on the theory that people perceive the world and make judgements based on four dichotomies: introversion or extroversion; sensing or intuition; thinking or feeling; and judging or perceiving.

When we plan for the future, we tend to think about all the things we will do. What we don’t often think about—or maybe what we don’t want to think about—is what will happen if for some reason we’re not around to do those things.

For most of us, our homes are more than just places where we sleep and eat. They are safe havens where we make memories and watch over our families. Likewise, if you’re lucky enough to own your own business, that’s something you value.

Many wealthy families have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Perhaps the wealth began with an individual who built a business from nothing and that empowered and inspired future generations. Or perhaps the family is just filled with creative minds and strong business acumen.

If you want to know if something will work the way it should under the most challenging circumstances, what do you do? You test it. That’s why automakers send their cars crashing into walls. They want to know how all the components will hold up.

As humans beings, we all want to be happy. No matter what your station in life—how old you are, what you do for a living, where you live—happiness is something we all seek on some level.

When someone names you as the executor of their estate, it’s a meaningful act. Without the right legal and financial guidance during estate administration, it’s easy to make mistakes.

Here are some proven insights to increase your likelihood of getting positive results out of negotiations.

While you can never really prepare yourself for a serious illness, there are some things you can contemplate to be better equipped should such an event occur.

There are a lot of different financial or personal reasons for setting up a trust, and they can have a lot of valuable benefits. But there can be risks with trusts too.

One of the great underrated skills in both life and business is the ability to ask questions and listen to the answers. It sounds simple, and yet it’s much harder than you might think.

One of the biggest risks and opportunities in the marketplace right now is life insurance policies that have not performed as illustrated. The biggest reason this is happening is that we’ve seen over a decade of historically low interest rates.

Most folks who have financial advisors tend to sit down with them on an annual basis and review their accounts. And that’s really all they do. That’s part of an annual review meeting for sure, but it’s so much more than just that.

As we move into tax season and a new tax law goes into effect, a saying springs to mind that we at Wealth Impact Partners have repeated frequently over the years: “Don’t let the tax tail wag the dog.”