084: Take The Plunge - Do One Thing Each Day That Scares You
When procrastinating over whether (or whether not) to start something, more often than not we're held back by fear. It's either fear of failure, or fear of success (that the outcome may not be as good...
1 Sep 20206min
083: The Indisputable Rules of Time
When my daughter went off to university I tried to ensure she was prepared for the world as all parents do. One thing I was really concerned she should understand was the rules of time, and how we are...
25 Aug 202011min
082: How Can We Tell If Our Efforts are Paying Off in Life?
It can be challenging in daily life to understand whether our efforts are paying off or supporting us in our goals. In this episode I discuss how many of the things we devote our energies towards only...
18 Aug 202010min
081: Seven Lessons the Financial Markets Can Teach Us About Life
As I reflect on the 'rules of thumb' surrounding finance and investing, it strikes me that there are equivalent rules for life more generally. In this episode I explore some of these rules and describ...
11 Aug 202011min
080: The Softest Pillow Is A Clear Conscience
In this episode I share how the quote that is the title of the episode came to my notice, and how it seems to signpost a way of living life positively. The conscience can be a good guide to the action...
4 Aug 20207min
079: Loosen your grip on that which you cannot control
We often cause our own problems and feelings of dissatisfaction through wrestling for control over things that are outside of our control. Letting go of these is not the same as giving up hope of infl...
28 Jul 20207min
078: An Exhortation To Not Go Crazy With The Lifting of Lockdown
In this episode I discuss my thoughts on how our natural tendency as humans to take as much as we can, as quickly as possible when given the opportunity, doesn't bode well for the measured adoption of...
10 Jul 20208min
077: Do What's Right, Because It's Right
In this episode I explore the ways in which we kid ourselves that we have a good reason to do or not to do something when we know deep down that it's not the right thing. In a time when there is so mu...
3 Jul 20207min
