Introduction I’ve loved quotes for a long time and have been collecting quotes that have made an impression on me for at least the last 5 years. I agree with Adam Grant when he said of quotes and aphorisms, “they’re memorable and They give meaning and direction. They spur new thoughts or new actions—or remind us to revisit old ones.” The quotes we love and remember are those that we feel speak directly to us, they transcend the individual context in…
Introduction to mental models I am standing on the shoulders of giants when writing this post, which is a similar pattern with many of my posts. Some of the most inspirational individuals I’ve listened to, read or heard about have given incredible insights which have been the basis of my thinking on this topic. The most important are: Daniel Kahnman & Amos Tversky, Charlie Munger, Shane Parish (CEO at Farnam Street), James Clear (author of ‘Atomic Habits’) & Gabriel Weinberg…
Introduction As part of my website and through my blogs I try to offer a good sprinkling of personal finance advice, based on solid finance theory and my own experience, focusing on important issues for millennials. Of course, the solid finance theory that I provide doesn’t just come from my own mind, I spend a good amount of time seeking out and refining the advice of others. The aim of this piece is to share the 7 best personal…
Introduction: This book was gifted to me by a family member around 5 years ago, and although I read it around 3 years ago, I only recently stumbled across my notes. Having this gap between reading the book and reviewing my notes was really interesting, as it provided me with the opportunity to understand what content from the book I’d naturally kept and what I’d forgotten, fortunately more was remembered than I expected! Whilst I am not currently investing in…
Introduction I am an amateur investor and have been for a while under a year. I do not profess to being a master or having the perfect formulae to building your millions (sorry!) but I do think I’ve learnt some very important things in my short time investing and given the period of time I’ve been invested puts me in an excellent positon to give an honest & fresh perspective to help those first time investors take the plunge and get…