There are so many rational reasons why we can look optimistically into the future.
“There’s no point in saving for the future because we’re going to have war, revolution, and it’s all going to come to a violent end.” I’ve also heard that young people aren’t saving for retirement either (because “there is no…
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲? 🙋♂️ I choose to believe that the future will be better than the past. We live in a world where far more people wake up in the morning, trying to make the world a better place than…
𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧? Thought about it? Thought about it a bit more? For me, it would be 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭. It’s…
You are rich! Richer than you might think. You don’t think so? Then think about these questions.
“𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩, 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡.” – 𝘼𝙧𝙣𝙙𝙩–𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙯 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 (𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮) It’s a loose rule, not a law, but it applies to so many things: Debt, ambition, networking, exercise, caution, & money. 𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. Isn’t one of our motivators to work the money we get for it❓Then let’s also have…
I am curious, what do you do to beat inflation? It is almost impossible to “out-save” the inflation rate. One can only “out-invest” the inflation rate. Savings are risky in the long term – guaranteed. Because inflation is the gift…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Nonsense – surely individuals are powerless to counter the global drivers & momentum of climate cancer. I beg to differ. This heating planet is our commons. It holds…
How many of us understand that we have a choice? Consumed by tasks, addicted to distractions, avoiding thinking, we have become the most endangered of all species. And this has happened because we fail to use the essential freedom that…
What is important for your important decisions Life is all about decisions – those thousands of decisions that we take every single day. And luck – lots of luck in a world of randomness and serendipity. A life-skill I have…