Aikido and Conflict — The Metaphor

The following is taken directly from an article by Judy Ringer. There are six facets of the aikido-conflict metaphor as it has evolved and crystallized for me: Resistance. My initial reaction to adversity is to resist it. In a physical assault, I want to keep the attacker away from me. Similarly, I would rather not have […]

Only three things matter to measure

This short post was inspired by a slightly longer post by Morgan Housel titled Useful Hacks. You can read more from him here, where his articles are a great mix of life observations and investment psychology. At the most basic level, there are only three things that really matter when it comes to measuring them […]

Protect your time

“No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tightfisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.” – Seneca https://forge.medium.com/why-dont-we-know-how-to-protect-our-time-a88859deea2e

A story on spending less than you earn

An article by Derek Sivers titled How I got rich on the other hand.

House price growth does matter

Where you have lived, and in particular owning a home in the right areas, makes a big difference, as this SMH article highlights.