I recently wrote about taking articles from this blog and collating them into a series of books.
Ostensibly, the books above are short works of non-fiction. With the exception of Luck, however, they’re fictional – in the sense that they don’t technically exist (outside of my mind or this blog).
Today, I want to share Why? – What does "wealth" mean to you?
(My 7-year-old daughter, Anna, helped me design the cover.)
Almost everything stems from "why". When it comes to providing financial advice, it's usually best elicited by asking: what does "wealth" mean to you?
In the past couple of years I've been returning to this theme, over and over again. Links are below.
Contents
- The magic’s not in the numbers (or: Why this blog is squishy)
- The paradox of advice
- Eat, drink, and be merry – for tomorrow we die (2018)
- Keep asking the perennial questions
- Success is personal (2019)
- Investing is personal (2019)
- What does financial security mean to you?
- Don’t yuk yums (financial or otherwise)
- What are your shadow assets worth?
- What your balance sheet omits [human capital]
- Warren Buffet's most important lesson (2019)
- Are you spending or investing? It’s not always black and white
- “Living doesn’t cost much, but showing off does” (2018)
- Striving, thriving, and manufacturing goals (2017)
- Capex and Opex for personal finance
- There are two types of job security
- There are two types of job security (continued)
- Heistonomics (or: bumpy vs smooth careers)
- Investing in a business can make you rich. It can also make you poor.
- What type of inheritance do you want to leave?
- Financial literacy and financial confidence
- Is “early retirement” another pot at the end of the rainbow?
- Beware the hook baited with prestige
- The best route to someone’s soul
- Investment and contribution
- The story of your life has many chapters
- Striving, thriving, and manufacturing goals (2017)
- Are they goals or gaols?
- The messy world of goals and targets (2017)
- A lesson in perspective: The Underachiever’s Manifesto
- Every hour wounds, the last one kills
I hope these articles make you pause and reflect.