Category Work
The Workplace is a game of Snakes and Ladders
In order to win the game, you must first survive in the game. The modern workplace involves a series of games to be played, ladders to be climbed (promotions) and snakes to be avoided. The Workplace is where we (people interested in financial freedom) get our start. It’s where we earn, where we progress and […]
Why do so many people hate their jobs?
Bio-chemistry is upstream of everything Bio-chemistry is upstream of your success in life including your performance at work, promotions and career change…all of which are easier when you are full of energy and confidence. Your bio-chemistry dictates your health, your energy levels and your ability to do hard things. Your bio-chemistry determines your lived experience. […]
Geographic arbitrage and the beauty of having a Plan B
I once helped cure the financial anxiety of a French fund manager. He was stressed out by his job (he was worried – with some justification – that the robots were coming for him) and his London lifestyle. Perhaps you too would like to feel less anxious (and get better with money)? If so, please continue and I […]
How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
Today we have some solid gold from Naval Ravikant’s twitter feed. For those of you that have not come across Naval, he’s a remarkable individual. He started off as a penniless Indian immigrant and ended up a wealthy American tech entrepreneur / investor in San Francisco. He’s the founder of AngelList and invested at an […]
Power is the ability to control your own life
This is the story of Ralph, taken from the book Why Men Are The Way They Are by Warren Farrell. Ralph’s story may not be normal – he was an unusually high earning lawyer – but it is representative. You can think of this as a parable about the trap of becoming overly focussed on status and […]
The Escape Artist 