Category: Mental Fitness
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The Five F’s Lifestyle Audit: Lessons From a Stress-Test Year
Each year I run a simple but brutally honest exercise on my life: The Five F’s Lifestyle Audit………Friendship, Family, Financial, Fitness and Fun. I’ve written previously about how the framework works and why I use it (read that here), so I won’t repeat the mechanics. Instead, this article focuses on what the most recent data…
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Riding the Long Waves: Understanding Secular vs Cyclical Market Trends
In Technology Has Been Eating the World, But It’s About to Exponentially Consume It, I explored how innovation compounds exponentially……how AI, data, and automation are reshaping everything from productivity to investing. And in Why a 12% Annual Return Is Essential to Maintain Your Wealth, I argued that investors need sustained compounding just to stand still,…
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How I Try to Overcome My Behavioural Biases with the 3×3 Loop
In my previous article, I outlined the psychological biases and behaviours that have repeatedly tripped me up as an investor. Understanding those biases was a big step, but knowing them wasn’t enough. I needed a simple framework I could actually use in real time……….before I buy, while I’m holding, and when I exit. That’s how…
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The psychological biases that have held back my investing
What has held me back (and I suspect many others) on my investing journey isn’t a lack of information…….it’s the reactive decisions I’ve made in hot, emotional moments where I FOMO into a trend or panic sell into a falling market. Those choices weren’t random; they were driven by hard‑wired psychological biases. Below, I’ve outlined…
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My Journey to Medicine 3.0: How Peter Attia Changed the Way I Think About Health
Since I was a child, I’ve always loved physical exercise. You could say I’m addicted to it. Sports, gym sessions, running, soccer, afl, surfing….it’s been a part of my daily routine for decades. Through my youth and well into my 40s, I believed that being active equaled being healthy. After all, I exercised every day,…
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The Crisis of Western Male Youths: A Growing Minority Without Value?
The growing crisis among young men in Western societies is becoming increasingly evident. Declining economic and social standing, disengagement from education and the workforce, and broader societal consequences are shaping a generation at risk. Professor Scott Galloway, a renowned author, business professor, and public commentator, has extensively analysed this issue, highlighting alarming trends and their…
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Principles to Live By: Lessons I’ve Adopted Along the Way
Over time, I’ve picked up various principles that have shaped how I live my life. Whether these principles are about finances, relationships, operating a business or personal growth, they guide me in navigating the complexities of everyday life with purpose and clarity. Here’s a collection of 44+ key principles I’ve gathered over the past 44…
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Your Path to Personal Growth: The Five Fs Lifestyle Audit
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Setting grand New Year’s resolutions, brimming with enthusiasm and hope, only to watch them fade into oblivion a few weeks later. I used to be just like that — full of good intentions but lacking the execution to turn those aspirations into reality. However, my journey took an enlightening…
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The Realities of Entrepreneurship: Employee vs. Startup Founder
The allure of being your own boss and running a startup is a dream shared by many. The idea of creating something from scratch, being in control of your destiny, and potentially reaping the rewards of success can be incredibly enticing. However, the reality of entrepreneurship often comes with a series of misconceptions that need…
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Raising Future Financial Success: 15 Habits to Instill in Your Children
During my upbringing, I held both the ambition and the conviction that I would achieve financial success. My initial belief was that a high-paying job as an actuary would pave my path to financial prosperity. However, reality had a different plan in store for me and I did achieve financial success but via a non…
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