Growing up outside of New Orleans, my grandparents lived between two grain elevators. One day my grandfather received a letter from the grain elevators asking if he would sell his property to them as they were looking to buy up the land in the area.

My grandfather wasn’t interested in selling and to this day, the property is still owned within the family. At that time, my father made a comment which has since stuck with me, in that he said “they aren’t planning for the next 10-20 years, they are planning for generations to come.” It struck a chord and continues to do so as over the past few years, I’ve seen more and more business owners focusing their efforts on the next 30 – 60 days without regards to how those actions will effect the next 10 years of their company and their family.

In college, I was a double major in Business and in Economics and then later received a Masters in Accounting, so, needless to say, I like numbers.

The thing that fascinates me is how you can invest a little money now to pay for expenses in the future.

If you are in your 30’s, what can you do now so you can retire at 50?