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Posted on: 28th Nov 2022

The healthy opposite of busyness

“The opposite of busyness isn’t laziness. It’s meaningful work. It’s deep rest. It’s purpose. It’s love. It’s joy.” Nicola Jane Hobbs When our team was recently attending a financial planning coaching course to help us explore the deeper impacts of our mental and emotional well-being on our financial decisions, we discussed the effect of a […]
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Posted on: 21st Nov 2022

Understanding our “laziness”

“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.” Shannon L. Alder Sometimes we think we’re being lazy, and that laziness is the reason for putting off doing things we know we need to get to. As kids, if we were sitting on the couch whilst adults were doing chores, it was common […]
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Posted on: 14th Nov 2022

Strength Spotting

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” Marilyn vos Savant Most of us try to show up as our best selves and let those around us see our strengths, not our weaknesses. It’s not comfortable or easy to allow others to see our vulnerabilities, and, from a survival perspective, it’s […]
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Posted on: 7th Nov 2022

What’s robbing your freedom and health?

“Be wary not to get lured into things full of money and status that will rob you of freedom and health.” – Roger Nusbaum It’s so easy to get sidetracked from the things that we really want in life. Sometimes it’s because things happen that disrupt our plan, and other times it’s because we’re actually […]
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Posted on: 24th Oct 2022

Staying invested when it feels hard

“The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” Benjamin Graham Investing is hard when our emotions cause us to shift from being an investor to a speculator. Our best outcome is most often when we’re able to stay invested, not when we try to sell high and buy low […]
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Posted on: 17th Oct 2022

Managing our money and emotional triggers

“Money can’t buy happiness.” Unknown Or, as the Beatles once put it, money can’t buy me love. We fight this expression daily, as emotions pervade our lives and cause us to ruminate on fears and futures of having, or not having, enough. Money has no personality but reflects our feelings, values, and beliefs. This is […]
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Posted on: 10th Oct 2022

Cancer doesn’t have to capsize your world

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” — Jimmy Dean Pain and strain could be two experiences we try to avoid most in life. They also crop up regardless of what we’ve planned – even though we never intend to be in pain […]
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Posted on: 5th Sep 2022

Confidence to stay invested, regardless of the risk

“Las Vegas is busy every day, so we know that not everyone is rational.” – Charles Ellis Gambling can be seen as harmless fun and an easy way to make money, but when it gets out of hand – it can be a problem. It can quickly get out of hand because it’s highly emotionally […]
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Posted on: 25th Jul 2022

Building character, not just cash reserves

“What our minds can create, our character should control.” Thomas Edison Money is a tricky tool; too little and we fear how we will get by; too much, and we fear wasting it. Whilst much of traditional financial planning and advice has focussed on the numbers, formulas and historical market commentary, we have always believed […]
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Posted on: 13th Jul 2022

How we innovate to thrive

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used to create them.” Albert Einstein Innovation doesn’t need to be hard work. Our modern age has equated innovation with research and development, industrialised and commercialised it and made it feel like hard work. It’s also created a culture of perfectionism, where we’ve become […]
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