T-Bomb: No! Time is not money

Truth Bomb Tuesday: You’ve got to get free of the old paradigm One of the girls got up from lunch the other day, “Gotta go. Time is money.” And I sat there. I thought, maybe I’ll have another coffee. It’s a nice day, maybe I’ll have a champers. The sun is out (finally!) I can’t […]

T-Bomb: Who really suffers when we dim our lights

Truth Bomb Tuesday: unpacking the tyranny of expectations One of the big challenges with breaking free and living life on your own terms is making peace with other people’s expectations. Many of us will feel like we’re constantly ‘dimming our light’ to keep the peace and keep other people feeling comfortable. We might feel that […]

T-Bomb: You have to tell yourself its not your fault

Truth Bomb Tuesday: How to free up energy in your mind We are not designed to make peace with our past. Exactly the opposite actually. We are designed to learn from it. It’s part of our basic programming. We make a mistake (we put a sharp thing in our mouth), and then we learn from […]

How to avoid this buying trap

This is how to fix housing, if you think the problem is prices are too low There’s a common property trap that my students never fall into. (Or if they do, they don’t tell me, because they know I’d get angry.) Underquoting was back in the news last week. This is one of those perennial […]

America is about to sneeze! – the economy in pictures

See the world through the eyes of an economist. Bringing Boys to the Political Party Polls currently have Saturday’s election going to Labor, but polls have been a bit fallable in recent years.  I thought this chart from the Australian Election Study was interesting. It shows that the global trend for young men to tilt […]

T-Bomb: How to find the beauty in the world

Truth Bomb Tuesday: Sorrow has a meaning I’ve found that I’ve become a bit of a collector of quotes. It started as a way to break up presentations – just flick to a screen with an interesting quote on it, let it sink in, give myself a moment to have a drink and recover my […]

Don’t rush to escape money

Money can still be a force for good. The price tag is a short cut we use to understand value. “Ohh. Nice car. How much did it cost?” It’s a mental framework we carry around, and like any mindset, it can be a little sticky when we use it a lot. And it’s a common […]