Choose: wisdom or gold?
Had a chat with my sons. I thought at their age of 20 and 18 (soon) it is about time for some real adult talk. So I asked them whether they’d prefer wisdom or gold. The unanimous answer was gold.…
Category: What Works Great life lessons from people who have “been there, done that” long before you.
“Work-Life Balance” is such a misnomer
How we talk about issues makes a difference. Notice that coining that term they didn’t call it “work-home balance” or “work-family balance.” By the ’70s and ’80s, when the work-life movement gained momentum, they had already taken it for granted…
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,…
Are you still admiring Warren Buffett’s style of investing?
Who still believes that you as an individual investor can still outperform a broad-based ETF by picking some “superior” stocks? Ok, ok. I agree, Index Funds and ETFs will never bring you alpha but they also won’t require so much…
Do you see Artificial Intelligence as a risk or opportunity for you personally?
I thought about that question for a while. That led me to another question. An even more fundamental one: What does it mean to be human in the age of intelligent machines? The world is constantly changing but the wetware…
Only intrinsic motivation lasts
Would you agree or not? Have you ever felt a drop in motivation to actively take care of your investments? If you are not intrinsically motivated, your default option is usually extrinsic motivation. That leaves you foraging for carrots (money,…
What is the largest company by Market Capitalization right now?
Correct, Microsoft. Microsoft has gone through a massive leadership style change in February 2014 from Steve Balmer to Satya Nadella. Under Ballmer’s tenure as CEO, Microsoft’s share price stagnated despite Microsoft’s financial success at that time. His management style was…
What is work for you?
The centerpiece of your identity and life’s purpose? A means to get richer than your neighbor to become happy? Or actually richer than the rest of the world? Thanks to the internet “we can compare ourselves to every humblebragger from…
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:…
These are the skills to stay employable tomorrow
To grow your nest-egg you can earn more or invest more. Wherever you look there are reports on robots taking our jobs. Are you a bit scared of AI and robots yet? When my generation entered the workforce in the…
Great life lessons from people who have “been there, done that” long before you.
“Work-Life Balance” is such a misnomer
How we talk about issues makes a difference. Notice that coining that term they didn’t call it “work-home balance” or “work-family balance.” By the ’70s and ’80s, when the work-life movement gained momentum, they had already taken it for granted…
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,…
Are you still admiring Warren Buffett’s style of investing?
Who still believes that you as an individual investor can still outperform a broad-based ETF by picking some “superior” stocks? Ok, ok. I agree, Index Funds and ETFs will never bring you alpha but they also won’t require so much…
Do you see Artificial Intelligence as a risk or opportunity for you personally?
I thought about that question for a while. That led me to another question. An even more fundamental one: What does it mean to be human in the age of intelligent machines? The world is constantly changing but the wetware…
Only intrinsic motivation lasts
Would you agree or not? Have you ever felt a drop in motivation to actively take care of your investments? If you are not intrinsically motivated, your default option is usually extrinsic motivation. That leaves you foraging for carrots (money,…
What is the largest company by Market Capitalization right now?
Correct, Microsoft. Microsoft has gone through a massive leadership style change in February 2014 from Steve Balmer to Satya Nadella. Under Ballmer’s tenure as CEO, Microsoft’s share price stagnated despite Microsoft’s financial success at that time. His management style was…
What is work for you?
The centerpiece of your identity and life’s purpose? A means to get richer than your neighbor to become happy? Or actually richer than the rest of the world? Thanks to the internet “we can compare ourselves to every humblebragger from…
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:…
These are the skills to stay employable tomorrow
To grow your nest-egg you can earn more or invest more. Wherever you look there are reports on robots taking our jobs. Are you a bit scared of AI and robots yet? When my generation entered the workforce in the…