- The pursuit of status is the antithesis of knowing yourself
- Ten ways to deflect market fear merchants
- The paradox of goals
Articles of the Week
A collection of insightful articles I read each week
Week of August 5, 2024
Week of July 29, 2024
- There is more to the game of life than winning it
- The person you used to be still tells you what to do
- Beware of the psychological paths of least resistance
Week of July 22, 2024
- The forecasters hall of fame has zero members
- What is the surest route to investing excellence?
- Prioritizing the important things in life
Week of July 15, 2024
- Your reference points are making you miserable
- Why smart people hold stupid beliefs
- It’s only human to make bad decisions. Try making fewer of those with good critical thinking
Week of July 8, 2024
- Expectations not outcomes, govern the happiness of your perceived reality
- Envy is not an asset class
- The compass in your gut
Week of July 1, 2024
- Only thoughts repeat themselves, experiences do not
- The best things in life are free
- Stop putting imaginary pressure on yourself
Week of June 24, 2024
- More money; Incrementally less comfort
- Never ending pursuit of money is a prison of its own
- Entertainment vs Investing
Week of June 17, 2024
- Always be willing to change
- I can’t be Mother Teresa so I might as well be Mussolini
- Why do we keep making the same investing mistakes?
Week of June 10, 2024
- Investing lessons from the S&P 500 Index
- Be a cheerful pessimist who survives
- How to stop judging others for their money choices
Week of June 3, 2024
- Keep calm and carry on being ambitious
- The moat of low status
- We are all surrounded by immense wealth
Week of May 27, 2024
Week of May 20, 2024
- Heads, Hearts, and Wallets
- We have it so good
- Your investment portfolio has nothing to do with who you are
Week of May 13, 2024
Week of May 6, 2024
- As debt increases, you narrow the range of outcomes you can endure in life
- Investing rationalizations to guard against
- We can’t predict the future. At All.
Week of April 29, 2024
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- Why is everything becoming a game and how do you decide which games to play? - What drives changes in wealth?
- ‘Good deals’ often come with heavy costs
Week of April 22, 2024
- How to do what you love
- Why we must invest in relationships
- Your ego is not your amigo
Week of April 15, 2024
- Time is slippery, do not waste yours
- Jevons paradox; When a resource becomes efficient, we end up using more of it
- The real use of money is to buy freedom
Week of April 8, 2024
- There is no such thing as ‘The Number’
- A cautionary tale for why you should care less about your finances
- Thinking short term vs long term
Week of April 1, 2024
- Even God would get fired as an active investor
- How you earn is as important as what you earn
- Are we too busy to enjoy life?
Week of March 25, 2024
- Rethink risk and figure out which risks are worth taking
- Lessons on life, money, and purpose from the Patagonia founder
- Pain is part of the investing process