Swart Donkey

Financial Planning starts with a conversation about you and your relationship with money. The goal being to help you understand your risk to...

A lot of people work best under pressure. When they have to. When they are in a corner. I am the opposite. I don’t like myself in a corner u...

One path to superficial financial freedom is a bigger salary. That can open the door to borrowings because most loans are a multiple of in...

As the world becomes connected, our stories become more detached from our daily realities. When you in a small pond, pretty average people ...

Our imaginations are both our most powerful tool, and our greatest enemy. We can imagine change. Very specific change. We aren't capabl...

Three important concepts when thinking about living a fulfilling life are Commitment, Openness, and Results. There are two ways of looking ...

Wake up. Do what you do. Go to Sleep. Wake up. Do what you do. Go to Sleep. Life is a little loopy. I work on my Daily Practice. What is my...

Tim Ferriss makes the point that people shouldn't really aim to 'work for themselves' if the dynamics are the same. When st...

When we are constantly building, there can be a debilitating feeling of spinning the wheels. Bill Gates said, ' Most people overestimat...

Map of Alexander's Empire and his route There is a story of Alexander the Great coming across a Yogi on the banks of the River In...

We all have those friends on the periphery of our circles. Friends of friends who come up so often, we have no idea why we aren't frie...

I like the idea of small, achievable goals that add up. Tim Minchin calls it being micro-ambitious . As soon as goals become very large, j...

I caught up with an old friend and colleague in Jordan Springs on the weekend. Geoff had left Aus as teenager and has recently returned. He...