Last Sunday was a write-off. I had a headache after a night of disrupted sleep. I was grumpy. To think, this was so so so many Saturdays or Sundays (and honestly more week-days than I’d like to admit) feeling like…
Category: Success
How I talked myself out of spending R150k (£17k) – Pay per use, annualise the cost and other spending mental models
I regularly catch myself rationalising spending on things I don’t get value out of. With value being highly subjective to the individual and the circumstances, it can be difficult to compare spending on apples with spending on insurance, which is…
A new type of rich – Q&A with Matt Esof – Stuntman, Martial Arts Instructor and Tech Entrepreneur
“The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility.” – Tim Ferriss I am fascinated by people who take the Third Door option…
Project FIRE 40 – Where does the money go? – How to easily get to a grip on your personal finances.
In Project FIRE 40 – This the third step in my plan, working out my Baseline – Knowing where I am now and tracking where my money goes. What get’s measured gets done. How many people could say what their net…
Project FIRE 40 – My experiment to see if I can go from debt to retirement in 4 years
Two weeks ago I turned 36. I started working in 2008 and in the past 11 years I have built up career capital and I am (currently) quite marketable. I have a fair amount saved in my pension and a…
A new type of rich – Q&A with Kevin Barnard
“The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility.” – Tim Ferriss I am fascinated by people who take the Third Door option…
A new type of rich – Q&A with Jen Clements – From Bryon Bay to Exploring Nomad – Not your typical Legal Suit
“The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility.” – Tim Ferriss I am fascinated by people who take the Third Door option…
A new type of rich – Q&A with Johan Pettersson – From IT Projects to Tree Hugger and Tree Feller
“The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility.” – Tim Ferriss I am fascinated by people who take the Third Door option…
Say no to Dogma and yes to Open Loop thinking
The German physicist Max Planck once said that Science progresses one funeral at a time. This was not a morbid observation, more a realisation that people hold on to their dogma so tightly that no progress can be made. This…
More good or less bad decisions? – To make an impact on your life
Is it the good decisions we make or the bad ones we avoid that make the difference? I am sure it’s both, like LxB to find the area of a rectangle. But which is the bigger one? Losing weight, it’s…