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Why is financial planning a secret?

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

8th March 2025 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?

8th March 2025

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!

22nd February 2025 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!

22nd February 2025

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?

18th February 2025 How much time. Paul Claireaux.

Why does content creation take so long?

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

18th February 2025

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

17th February 2025 Achieve more of what matters to you

What REALLY matters to you?

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

17th February 2025

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.

15th February 2025 Lone Elephant. Paul Claireaux

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

and how to overcome these blocks.

15th February 2025

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…

How to start your search for meaning

and the four places you'll find them

12th February 2025 Frankl. Pulled by Goals. Paul Claireaux

How to start your search for meaning

and the four places you'll find them

12th February 2025

If you’re on a search for meaning in your life, there can surely be no better place to start than by reading the ideas of Viktor Frankl – in his book ‘Man’s search for meaning’

Five reasons we don’t talk about money.

And how to overcome them.

29th January 2025 Elephant in the room.

Five reasons we don’t talk about money.

And how to overcome them.

29th January 2025

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

Do you need to set goals?

or are you better off without them?

12th January 2025 Goals do you need them

Do you need to set goals?

or are you better off without them?

12th January 2025

Whether it’s on New Year’s eve, or any other day of the year, not everyone likes to set goals – and they’re not always necessary either! So, let’s take a balanced look at the pros and cons of having goals.

Four more ways to choose good boxes for your money.

Exploring the second half of the FILTRATE checklist

1st November 2024 FILTRATE Checklist. Points 5 to 8. Paul Claireaux

Four more ways to choose good boxes for your money.

Exploring the second half of the FILTRATE checklist

1st November 2024

A 6 to 12-minute read – depending on your speed This is the last of four Insights on how to choose the right boxes for your money. Here, we’ll complete our eight-point FILTRATE checklist – and so, equip you to assess any financial product (or strategy) that anyone could ever put to you.

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