Achieving more

Why financial planning is not common sense.

and why that's a good thing.

Common Sense. Clear Simple and Wrong. Mencken.

Why financial planning is not common sense.

and why that's a good thing.

A 10 to 20-minute read – depending on your speed. Most of us look for common-sense answers to various questions in life. In this Insight, we’ll explore why that is often a bad idea, particularly when it comes to money. Of course, common-sense answers to simple questions can be helpful. But with complex questions (like…

Should you pay for financial advice?

And if so, what's a reasonable price?

Lost in front of map. Paul Claireaux

Should you pay for financial advice?

And if so, what's a reasonable price?

If you’re considering working with a financial coach, planner, or adviser and are concerned about the potential cost, this Insight is for you. This is a 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. Yes, it’s quite a long read, but we believe everyone needs to understand the (various) answers to this question. After all,…

How to build an awesome financial plan.

And map it out on one sheet of paper.

Seven Steps. Paul Claireaux

How to build an awesome financial plan.

And map it out on one sheet of paper.

A 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. The shocking thing is that almost no one knows how to design a financial life plan. Yet, there’s a widely agreed-upon (and life-changing) approach to this challenge that can help you regardless of where you live, your age, or your level of wealth. So, in this…

Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

Why is this a secret. Shocked. Paul Claireaux

Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

This is the first of three Insights in which we’ll reveal the biggest secret in personal finance – how to design a great financial plan. Later in this series, we’ll outline the (widely agreed) financial planning process in seven (A.W.E.S.O.M.E.) steps that you can use regardless of your age, income, wealth or wherever you live…

Thinking about choosing boxes for your money?

Let's be clear, you don't start here!

It pays to keep an open mind. Carl Sagan. Paul Claireaux

Thinking about choosing boxes for your money?

Let's be clear, you don't start here!

A 10 to 20-minute read – depending on your speed This is the first of four Insights on how to choose the right boxes for your money. In this series, we’ll equip you with an eight-point checklist for assessing any financial product (or strategy) that anyone could ever put to you. And this checklist will…

Why does content creation take so long?

and what can you do to save most of those costs?

How much time. Paul Claireaux.

Why does content creation take so long?

and what can you do to save most of those costs?

Why does content creation take so much time? Here’s an outline of why content creation takes so much time. First, it takes a financial planning qualified and skilled writer between 30 and 60 minutes (per 100 words) to create and finish a solid educational Insight of between 2,000 and 3,000 words. Yes, that sounds like…

What REALLY matters to you?

Here's a funny but powerful way to think about it

Achieve more of what matters to you

What REALLY matters to you?

Here's a funny but powerful way to think about it

So what really matters to you? Let’s have a think with this wonderful – and funny – story on the meaning of life

Five (more) reasons we don’t talk about money

and how to overcome these blocks.

Lone Elephant. Paul Claireaux

Five (more) reasons we don’t talk about money

and how to overcome these blocks.

A 10 to 20-minute read, depending on your speed. This is the second of two Insights for anyone who struggles to talk about (and deal with) personal money matters. And that’s most of us at times! Here, we’ll explore another five (of ten) reasons we might find it hard to talk about money, whether with…

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