One of my all-time favourite podcast names is “Death, Sex, Money”. Three words. Three highly emotive topics. Three topics that many people find hard to talk about. Talk about clear, concise, and effective. Money is highly emotional. Money...
Indra’s net Indra is a deity in several religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism. He’s sometimes known as “God of the Gods”. Befitting a God, he has a magnificent palace. Over Indra’s palace is a...
Consider this article a personal allegory. At a superficial level, it’s about my desire to own a Porsche Cayman. At a deeper level, it’s about having a clear-eyed perspective in relation to your goals....
(Technically, this article should be titled “How WE money” because everything I do, I do it with my wife.) One of the things I pride myself on is providing financial advice that follows the...
In life, it pays to focus on the things we can control. Of course, that’s not always the case: we like watching movies and reading novels, and follow sports teams, even though we can’t...
I love books that swing for the fences. They almost always include things I disagree with. And they’re not the sort of books that will average 5 stars on Amazon. That’s how I’d describe...
* I use the term “futurologist” entirely tongue-in-cheek. In the spirit of taking a more positive approach to trying to predict the future, below are some of my predictions (and levels of confidence) relating...
“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” – Dwight D Eisenhower I believe that it’s important to plan. That should be obvious: after working in various roles, I’ve found my current calling as a...
Trying to predict the future is hard. And in some ways, it’s impossible. But it’s a valuable exercise. Because in “predicting” the future, we also increase the likelihood that we can shape it. Lately, I’ve...
(File under: Some terrible financial decisions can be great life decisions, and vice versa.) A few months ago, I took my family on a road trip around the South Island. We stayed in various...