Living Fully™

21 Nov 10 Questions to Inspire Family Storytelling This Thanksgiving

At Highland, we help our clients to understand what Living Fully means for them and steward their financial resources to accomplish that life. While Living Fully is unique to everyone, some common aspects are relationships, community, and traditions. As we gather around the Thanksgiving table this week, it presents a unique...

08 Sep Michael Greene Selected as ’30 Under 30′

We are thrilled to announce that Highland’s own Michael Greene was included in this year’s 425 Business Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list. For those of you who don’t already know him, Michael joined the Highland team in 2013 as an intern while attending Northwest University, studying Accounting and Finance. He was...

26 Oct Ideal Outcomes and Seahawks Belief-Driven Leadership

One of sport’s great comebacks began with the Seahawks down 12 points with only five minutes left to play in the 2014 NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers. With the ball in the hands of Green Bay who had a 19-7 lead over Seattle, even the most devoted fans...

05 May Highland Sponsors Student Business Competition

Last month, our firm sponsored a “Shark Tank” type competition at Northwest University in Kirkland for students aspiring to start a local business. The Northwest University Business Competition was one of the ways Highland Private strives to support both education and the local, startup ecosystem. The event lasted two days. Ideas...

06 Dec Living With Authenticity: A Page From Russell Wilson’s Playbook

When the Seattle Seahawks’ season started, quarterback Russell Wilson was by all indications Mr. Perfect. He had a Super Bowl ring, a string of endorsements, and a flawless public image. To put things in perspective, Russell has one of the most high-pressure jobs there is, living and working under the scrutiny of the public eye as a professional athlete, not just any pro athlete but the most visible player on one of the most visible teams in the country’s most visible spectator sport. Sure, no pressure.

06 Nov Wheel of Life: A Holistic Approach To a Meaningful Life

I recently spent a weekend in Chicago for my 20^th college reunion.  I did a lot of emotional time traveling as I walked across my former campus, and caught up with old friends.  The places and faces triggered powerful memories.

14 Oct The Joy of Ordinary Experiences

Saving up for a comfortable and also fulfilling retirement can feel like a daunting quest, partly because it is difficult to predict your discretionary spending needs decades into the future. As a result, you could end up constantly questioning whether you are saving enough. Beyond providing for the basics like...

01 Oct Are You a Self-Aware Business Leader?

The challenge of living fully is that it requires more than simply changing your behavior. It demands that you question your values, think about the quality of your relationships, and have the courage to confront your doubts and fears. The mindfulness required to live fully, and the importance of taking the time for self-reflection, are at the heart of many of our posts. To be an effective leader, you also have to understand what drives your decisions and behavior.   Do more self-aware business leaders make better leaders? The science seems to indicate yes.

08 Sep Let’s Change Aging to Sage’ing

The rise of digital technology has helped create the tightly held perception that innovation and youth are inseparable. Some great ideas have certainly come from young minds – Facebook is an obvious example – but the generalization that you have to be young to be competitive and productive in the...

27 Jun My Career Gets an A-plus…My Life a C-minus

The title of this post is a quote from an actual conversation I had with a successful Silicon Valley executive bemoaning the apparent paradox of his business success (A+) and his not-always-fulfilling personal life (C-). He went on to tell me, “basically, I earn great money; I’m well esteemed and challenged...