Despite Rick’s understated demeanor, he’s certainly one of the most important people on our team. Watch as he tells his origin story from his days at Anheuser-Busch.

I recently fulfilled a lifelong dream of attending the greatest tennis tournament in the world, otherwise known as Wimbledon. This was my first trip to London, and I found myself in awe of the people, the architecture, and the history.

Sadly, the U.K. is a little behind the U.S. when it comes to investing. Check out this excerpt from a recent interview with our peer and fellow evidence-based investor, Robin Powell.

Wendy Cook: What is the level of awareness of evidence-based investing in the UK compared to the US?
Robin Powell: Alas, Wendy, we’re way behind! A market historian was telling me the other day she believes it dates back to the Wall Street Crash. Professional investors in the U.S. had their fingers so badly burned in 1929 that they moved towards a more diversified (if not exactly passive) approach, while U.K. investors carried on as normal. Whether that’s true or not, indexing has definitely grown much more quickly in the U.S. since the 1970s than it has in the U.K. There’s a healthy skepticism about Wall Street among the American media and general public that sadly doesn’t exist over here. We’re still far too reverential towards the City of London and active fund management in particular, and it’s a similar story in Europe and most of the rest of the world. Things are changing, but slowly.

Our son gave my wife the book Being Mortal for Mother’s Day. The author, Dr. Atul Gawande, is a surgeon in Boston, on the faculty at Harvard, and known for his best selling book The Checklist Manifesto. Whether you are caring for aging relatives or managing your own affairs as you reach your later years, I think it provides valuable insight on aging and death. It will force you to think about things most of us would rather not.

My personal takeaways were:

1. Stay in your home as long as possible.
2. Talk to multiple doctors to get more than one perspective on end-of-life health issues.
3. Talk to your children about what’s important to you and give them direction on what they can do.

I encourage you to pick up a copy and share your insights with your children.