Life is an endless pursuit to focus our attention effectively. What do you want to achieve? What is important to you? How do you balance work, life, family and friends? Being in a foreign country heightens this pursuit tremendously! The routine of life at home reduces our need to think about where we place our … More Attention, Routine and Comfort
A very accessible and concise stoic text. Particularly good for newcomers to stoic philosophy. I understand why people keep their favourite stoic book next to their bed. You can’t read a book like this, and suddenly become a stoic. A real stoic takes repeated action, endeavouring to implement sound principles better and better each day. … More The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Zakeeya usually buys herself a ring to commemorate roles she’s awarded. Madame, I bought you this ring on your birthday for a couple of reasons: 1) you wanted it 🙂 and 2) you are the star of your own show – I want to give you this ring to commemorate that. I know the year … More You are the star of your show
Christmas is a special time to share with family and friends. This Christmas was our first in America and we’ve been blessed with several people who’ve opened their doors, families and hearts to us. From friends having us to stay on arrival and sharing their home, friends of theirs hosting us for Christmas, a big … More Longing, embracing the detail and growing closer
Since university days, Aristotle’s description of virtue as the middle path between two extremes struck me as a wonderfully simple yet nuanced approach to ethics. I jumped at the chance to buy this old green book at Emmarentia Dam in Joburg a few years ago. ZAR20 for insights which have lasted thousands of years 🙂 … More Aristotle: on Education
This is the transcript of a talk I gave at Sakelige in Pretoria on Business Cycles and Capital Structure in October 2019. Video recording here. Good afternoon. Great to be here with you, a group of real risk-takers who are advancing society one risk at a time. Honour to share the stage with a mentor of … More Policy impatience and perpetual business cycle autumn
Not the best book I’ve ever read. Not terrible either. Mauboussin is an experienced and creative thinking investor with a number of great insights – I’ve listed a few below. I just didn’t really get into the book and it took a while to read so there wasn’t much enjoyment. Investing is more about temperament … More More Than you Know: Michael Mauboussin
Howe & Strauss describe three different approaches to thinking about time in their book, “The Fourth Turning”: chaotic, cyclical and linear. This is an incredibly valuable lens through which to view the world. Each approach has its benefits but a singular focus on one at the expense of the others can lead to dangerous outcomes. … More Cyclical resurgence after dangerously linear thinking
Short and sharp from South African bitcoin enthusiast and founder of SA crypto exchange Luno (formerly BitX) Simon Dingle. He covers most of the major concepts surrounding bitcoin, without delving into great detail, making “In Maths we Trust” a useful read for newbies. It’s always good to run through the basics and pinpoint areas where … More Book Review: In Math We Trust
An insightful account of the social, economic and political trends of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s, centred on the monetary economics leading to the great depression. As someone with a passion for monetary economics, there were times when I was looking for a little more opinion, defence of good ideas and criticism of weak. But … More Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
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