Swart Donkey

Working in investments involves periods of existential crises. Trying to explain underperformance can be really testing even if you are a ha...

A pivotal moment happened in my career when I had a particularly stressful month while on a roadshow to South Africa. I still remember it (a...

The process of learning and engaging with the craziness of the world creates trials where it is okay to make errors. When you are in an envi...

You can get into a situation where you do have a stable, decent, income, and yet are still not able to still the waves of money anxiety. Tra...

My dream when I “stopped working” in 2014 was not to do nothing. I just wanted to not have to think about how what I would do would make mon...

My growth spurt was delayed. After being a fearless forward in my introduction to rugby, I was introduced  to high school. I had not  grown,...

You can think of risk as stress, and stress is not all bad. “Discomfort is the entry ticket to a meaningful life”. In exercise, you have Hig...

Money anxiety has the ability to flood our minds. This can be long-term stress where we don’t know how to overcome the barriers to the incom...

Trev: Competence and Confidence are guys' version of Make-Up and Fashion. Trying to understand why men struggle expressing vulnerabili...

There is seldom a reason to rush. Doing something may make us feel better, because it gives the impression we tried. In a world biased to a...

Strong and weak are not opposites. One reason vulnerability is difficult to show is because it feels like the price is respect. We only hav...

There are four tools to deal with risk - avoid, mitigate, transfer or accept. ' A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships a...

I find it easier to deal with my own stress than I do to deal with the stress of those I care about. In restaurants I struggle to even sit ...

The Raft of the Medusa On 5 July 1816, 147 people were set adrift after a ship wreck off the coast of modern Mauritania . 15 people s...

I grew up amongst a few monsters . Their names were Carlton Ave, Dawncliffe Road, and Kew Avenue. The fact that Vista avenue was the choice...

I tell people that I study ' happiness and learning ' which basically means I can think and write about anything. Because if it is ...

The fourth chapter of The Book of Life's Curriculum is on 'The Stoics'. One of of the cornerstones of what I look for in a phi...

Stress builds happiness. Excessive stress causes anxiety and pain, but insufficient stress causes boredom and stagnation. If I could, I wo...

Learning is awkward . When you are a baby stumbling taking your first steps, there are lots of people showing delight at every movement and...

Nature is super efficient at shifting limited resources to where they are need it. Our bodies seem to follow a 'use it or lose it' ...