I am no longer a billionaire
But many of you are billionaires. If you are younger than 45 years old, then you have easily more than 1.3 billion seconds left. In my case, I recently dropped below that 1 billion mark. 😭😭 My time wealth keeps…
Category: Mindfulness intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of your attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment
Enjoy The Present
“𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝒇𝙪𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙚 𝙘𝒐𝙢𝒆𝙨 𝙤𝒏𝙚 𝙢𝒊𝙣𝒖𝙩𝒆 𝒂𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝒊𝙢𝒆.” It becomes clearer to me every year that seeing my portfolio hit a certain number doesn’t bring me nearly as much joy as spending money on experiences. Investing itself is a form…
Am I saving enough?
Quick question: Would it be easier for you to save 20% of your monthly income, or to live on 80% of your monthly income? In case you answered, “Save 20%,” you are just average (sorry for being so blunt) and might be…
‘No.’ is a complete sentence
Me pondering about where I am and what I have achieved: I don’t reach optimum contribution levels because I believe everything is important. Sounds familiar? In truth, only a few things are essential. To practice the skill of identifying those…
16 thoughts about the most often used noun in the English language
I hope you have time for this. It is a long read (hopefully timely for you). 1. Do you appreciate time enough? People like talking about how busy they are as if it is a sign of success. Perhaps it is for some, but for most…
Don’t worry, be …
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
Let’s do it – 100 solutions to reverse global warming
When I read articles about climate change it leaves me overwhelmed with the size of the problem and paralyzed into inaction. But only collective actions help. So I chose to stay engaged with my small gestures. Gestures of hope. Hope,…
Time vs Money
How do you value time versus money? Let’s first understand a crucial difference between them: As a personal commodity, money is extremely elastic, in that you can theoretically accumulate an infinite amount of it. Time, by contrast, is intrinsically inelastic:…
Does Indecision Bias spoil it for you too?
I had a sobering meeting with a former colleague from work. We had not met for years. But I vividly remember him making a commitment at the end of our previous coffee chat in 2016 or was it 2017 that…
Would you please take care of your PFC
My apologies, in case I puzzled you, but we do love our acronyms here in Singapore. I have mentioned the PFC previously under the “Framing Bias” but to expound further, the PFC is your Prefrontal Cortex; a brain region that lies…
intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of your attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment
Enjoy The Present
“𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝒇𝙪𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙚 𝙘𝒐𝙢𝒆𝙨 𝙤𝒏𝙚 𝙢𝒊𝙣𝒖𝙩𝒆 𝒂𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝒊𝙢𝒆.” It becomes clearer to me every year that seeing my portfolio hit a certain number doesn’t bring me nearly as much joy as spending money on experiences. Investing itself is a form…
Am I saving enough?
Quick question: Would it be easier for you to save 20% of your monthly income, or to live on 80% of your monthly income? In case you answered, “Save 20%,” you are just average (sorry for being so blunt) and might be…
‘No.’ is a complete sentence
Me pondering about where I am and what I have achieved: I don’t reach optimum contribution levels because I believe everything is important. Sounds familiar? In truth, only a few things are essential. To practice the skill of identifying those…
16 thoughts about the most often used noun in the English language
I hope you have time for this. It is a long read (hopefully timely for you). 1. Do you appreciate time enough? People like talking about how busy they are as if it is a sign of success. Perhaps it is for some, but for most…
Don’t worry, be …
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
Let’s do it – 100 solutions to reverse global warming
When I read articles about climate change it leaves me overwhelmed with the size of the problem and paralyzed into inaction. But only collective actions help. So I chose to stay engaged with my small gestures. Gestures of hope. Hope,…
Time vs Money
How do you value time versus money? Let’s first understand a crucial difference between them: As a personal commodity, money is extremely elastic, in that you can theoretically accumulate an infinite amount of it. Time, by contrast, is intrinsically inelastic:…
Does Indecision Bias spoil it for you too?
I had a sobering meeting with a former colleague from work. We had not met for years. But I vividly remember him making a commitment at the end of our previous coffee chat in 2016 or was it 2017 that…
Would you please take care of your PFC
My apologies, in case I puzzled you, but we do love our acronyms here in Singapore. I have mentioned the PFC previously under the “Framing Bias” but to expound further, the PFC is your Prefrontal Cortex; a brain region that lies…