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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.…
“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,…
Retirement Has An Image Problem
Are you yearning for retirement? But retirement has an image problem. What kind of mental picture does this word conjure up for you — sunny beaches and no longer having to set an alarm clock? Or a stressful feeling about…
An investment idea that returns peace of mind
How many trees are there on Earth again? There are approximately 3 TRILLION TREES IN THE WORLD. A number that looks even more impressive when it’s written out: 3,000,000,000,000. That’s about 390 trees per person. But what’s more astonishing is…
The rational optimist
I am sure you have encountered “the glass” before. Now, this glass is unique in the fact that scholars and non-scholars seem to wage a fierce debate over the contents of said glass. One side says that this proverbial glass…
You can’t see their savings. But you can …
… see what others are spending. And that is a problem. Due to our envy bias we do pay more attention to how our friends and neighbours spend compared to how they save. Well, comparing with friends might be a…
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,…
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