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Preparing for a New Year! It’s almost 2021, and many of you have been buzzing about great plans ahead. I love to hear from you and see you in action. Thank you for inspiring me and reaching out. After reading my book, I get two main questions from readers: How can I get more money?…

Welcome to the Holidays! 2020 has been tough, so we gladly welcome the holiday season! I want to say thank you for the support this year in launching my book, so I am giving away free downloads of the audio version of my book from Author’s Direct. If you would like a copy, please send me a note and…

“Shut up and do good?!” It sounds harsh, but sometimes I need to be my own thought-coach and quit perseverating on all the negative stuff. In the most inspiring way, I need to tell myself to shut up the worries and self-debates and choose to do good. Life feels frustrating and hard much of the…

Leave all excuses at the door So, now what? It’s hard to find where to give Post your ideas for how to do good Leave all excuses at the door I hope you can use the book to kick up conversations about doing good. My book has launched, and I thank you for sharing the…

  Get Money Do Good: A True Story How-To Launch Date: October 12, 2020 Twelve Children. Four Countries. Two Capitalists. One Story. Debut author J.D. Vermaas confronts autism, human trafficking, capitalism, and conventional methods of “doing good” in this brutally honest adoption memoir. With the spirit of The Blindside and the heart of Bob Goff’s…

In launching my book, I am privileged to walk alongside some incredible people who know what they care about. Experts in human trafficking, servant capitalism, and effective philanthropy are just a few of these heroes who have read and reviewed my book. It is my honor to share a few of these reviews with you…

And the winner is… Thank you to everyone who voted both online and in-person for the book cover of my upcoming memoir, Get Money Do Good. It means a lot to have community behind me, especially as I hope our story can draw attention to some important issues while empowering, equipping, and inspiring others to…

A simple way to change the world. Our communities seem to be in chaos, and it’s hard to know what to do—if anything. Such feelings of powerlessness leave most people feeling stressed, angry, sad, or lonely. Still, we must live our lives, work our jobs, and raise our children—all increasingly harder to do these days.…

The world insists on labels. We want diagnoses, titles, and compartmentalized descriptions of our personality. Jock, nerd, cheerleader, and misfit are not only the labels of high school. In adulthood, we merely mature into new designators like entrepreneur, soccer mom, innovator, and executive.  We label ourselves by our faith tradition and our race, by our…

What Will our Kids Do? Last week we discussed how to make money, so we can do a lot of good. One key point in that discussion is the role of higher education–can it lead to success without amassing insurmountable school debt? With the onset of the pandemic and start of the new school year,…