Just in case the UK election result is causing you some disquiet, especially with regards to your investment values, I hope this provides some reassurance. If I am a little less coherent than usual, this is probably due to the pain killers (and copious amounts of ice...

Seth Godin wrote recently about “The other choices”, it’s a point analogous to money and financial planning. Many choose not to get their money house in order. In so doing they have made an invisible choice and it’s an expensive one. Invariably they have chosen not to...

  28/06/24 Ever noticed how… ….it's much harder to do things in your head than in actual reality?   22/06/24 Useful?  Want to be as useful, helpful, impactful as possible in your day? Then limit it. Strictly. And have a nap midway.   13/06/24 Present or...

Tides are amongst life’s certainties; we can set our clocks to them. We see them go in and out, in and out – they never cease. Tides are the motion, the power of the seas and oceans. Overtime they shape the world. In financial planning, compound interest is the tide....

You talk and I listen. And then I talk, and you listen. The listening will create an insightful breakthrough that has us both see things differently to how they are now. Trust the process, it can never let you down. Or as ChatGPT4 puts it…. The Transformative Power of...

I have just emptied a big cupboard, something I haven’t done for years. This was in preparation for the house move we have just completed. What caught my attention was how much of what was in there was stuff and nonsense. It was incredible, and I speak as someone who...

On 24/4/1982 I visited my first football ground - Carrow Road in Norwich. On that day Martin O'Neill scored in a 2-0 Second Division game against Blackburn. It was an important win, Norwich would get promoted in third place, finishing a single point ahead of Sheffield...

Quitting isn't failure; it's choosing fulfilment. It frees us to embrace what truly enriches us - be it leisure with family or indulging in simple pleasures. The struggle arises when obligation, not passion, dictates our choices, turning potentially beneficial...