Whenever I’m talking about investing in stocks to people(mostly beginners) I tend to ask them how they think they are going to make money in the stock market. The most common answer I get is this, “I will buy low…
Last week, I chatted with an older friend(let’s call him Peter) who entrusted me with the ability to help him solve his financial problems. Peter approached me and decided to share with me his financial goals, the journey and the…
If you enter into any personal finance class, your chances of being struck by lightning are higher than the chances that you will hear anyone tell you that you should enjoy your money. For most personal finance gurus, the thinking…
As a young person who thinks and talks a lot about investing, I have realized that most advice about investing isn’t suitable for young people. While we are busy looking for money to invest in assets, we forget that we…
If there is one thing that the pandemic has proven is that remote work is possible. And as Victor Hugo once wrote, “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose…
My favorite quote has to be one by Archimedes. I have written it inside my eyelids. I want to see it every time I blink or close my eyes. “Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough…
I have not seen a skill that people in the 21st century have continuously deteriorated at than conversation skills. In the words of Paul Barnwell, “conversational competence is the single most overlooked skill we fail to teach students.” We have…
RELISHING CHANGE Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce is an abnormal woman. She is far from being called sane and she knows it too well to disagree. She is a double Olympic champion with 6 Olympic medals and 11 World Championships to her…
THE ONE-SIDED VIEW Our view of life is one-sided. We see things from one end. The end that favors us. We will see the glass as half full or half empty but very few people will see both. We have…
Our society is Becoming lonelier than before In a contemporary world- where there have been increased rates of suicide, depression, and stress – young people are confessing that they have no friends. They have no close connections except the ones…