In some recent Financial Road Map Interviews™, my friends have been joking around with their spouses and it's made us go longer than an hour but it seems like they're enjoying themselves. How would you handle this, if at all?

Article ID: 209
Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

If you are doing this with friends you must be in practice mode. I wouldn’t worry about it.


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