"I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind -- and to work some of those contradictions out for myself." ~ Michel de Montaigne
I am humbled that you would take the time and interest to read more about this learning experience I call The Financial Philosopher.
Let's remove the formalities first: My name is Kent Thune and I am the President and founder of an independent, "fee-only," registered investment advisory firm called Atlantic Capital Investments. I am a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and a free-lance writer. I also earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from The Citadel of South Carolina.
More importantly, I am a father, a husband, a friend, a thinker, a dreamer, and a musician. I am also thankful and proud to call myself "a writer," which is a perfect lead-in to the creation and evolution of this blog...
"As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
This blog was not planned -- it was enabled...
Just a few years ago, I had no plans of starting my own business and certainly no plans of starting a blog site or becoming a professional writer. I barely even knew what a "blog" was then!
When my first-born son was four years old, I was extremely busy “climbing the corporate ladder.” One day he asked me why I was away from home so much and missing special events, such as Christmas plays and “trick-or-treating” on Halloween.
Just as any normal, dutiful Father would do, I explained, "Daddy is working hard for our family to earn money for all the things we have…”
And without a moment’s hesitation, my young son said, “I’d rather have my Daddy than money.”
I was speechless as my heart hit the floor… How ironic is that? I was managing hundreds of millions of dollars for tens of thousands of people at a pension firm and here is a four-year old child delivering the kind of paradigm shift about money that I needed to find the best path for me and my family…
From that day, I, and my beautiful and electric wife, began to plot and plan to start my own investment advisory firm.
I now operate a successful business out of my home; I drop my son off at school; greet him when he gets off the bus; put him and his younger brother to bed at night; and I’ve never missed a significant event in my two boys’ lives since then…
And, oh yes! The inception of my business also enabled the "accidental" creation of The Financial Philosopher and additional, rewarding work as a freelance writer.
"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery." ~ Rene Descartes
It is now my personal task to continue learning about myself as I attempt to encourage and enable others to discover their own path to a meaningful existence...
Thank-you for reading The Financial Philosopher...
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