Build wealth. Love your life
Here are my top five money truths for a wealth and success mindset: Earning trumps penny-pinching. Compound interest is a side-show to wealth building. Invest in the business of YOU for unparalleled returns. Skyrocket your income by being useful and helpful. Strategise back from your desired future, not from…
Do you dream of financial independence? Do you lust after a life of freedom where you can choose what you do and with whom you work? Let me let you on a secret – my dreams are the same as yours. Except, they are becoming my life after a…
Semi-retirement is a bit like purgatory – whether you climb to heaven or slide into hell can be a very close call. It all depends on preparation, intention, and action, not on the flip of a coin. At the beginning of September, I told you that I semi-retired by…
Recently I had a very grown-up conversation with my eighteen years old son. This conversation was about the rules of life that make for a good, fulfilled, and abundant time on Earth. Now I’m sharing what I told my son with you. It is a bit ironic; I know….
There are benefits to having a later life mortgage ranging from preparation for your golden years to benefaction and preserving the possibility to borrow. As usual with money, there are also mistakes you must avoid. Benefits and mistakes are set out in this post. “My new apartment is lovely. Unfortunately,…
Today I ask you how much money you need to change your life. You can answer by: Working out where you stand now according to material wealth and emotional wellbeing. Deciding where you wish to be. Examining your motivation. Estimating how much money you need to achieve the change. …
Introduction Today I’d like to chat about ways to transform wealth into wellbeing. Why do we need to talk about that? Two reasons, really. First, wealth matters little if it doesn’t nourish our lives and contribute to our wellbeing. And second, in our pursuit of wealth, we often forget the…
How is your Sunday going? Mine is great. I’m packing for my next trip – this time to Georgia the Country – while looking at a very large Christmas tree and writing this note to you, friend. Why the hurry? Because I just realised that I have not chatted to…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Pauline of InvestmentZen.com. The point Pauline makes here is simple: to achieve financial independence you need to master three things: spending less, earning more and investing wisely the rest. Financial independence is the stage of your financial journey where your passive income…
Over the last several months my mind has been drifting towards thinking about whether I’m ready to retire. Okay. Not really pondering whether I’m ready to retire; more like trying to decide when I’m going to be ready. For me the matter of retirement – be it early or not…
How many breaks have you had in the last twelve months? Just asking because today I realised that I no longer feel guilty spending on experiences. And for me the main experience is travel; getting out of my comfort zone and learning about new places, customs and cultures. You…
…is like a garden of roses: it feels good, affords opportunities and is not without its problems. Don’t be alarmed, please; I have not gone entirely off the rails three months after we paid off our large debt in record time. I will not go as far as telling…