Posts Tagged ‘dangers’

The myth of stability and certainty

And where to learn the truth of what we have instead

Minsky. Stability to Instability. Paul Claireaux

The myth of stability and certainty

And where to learn the truth of what we have instead

Whatever your interest (or leaning) in politics, and unless you’re very young, you surely can’t have missed Theresa May’s promise of stability and certainty in the run up to the messy 2017 UK election.

Why confident people on the stage

might not be best qualified to be your sage

Who's that on the stage. Paul Claireaux

Why confident people on the stage

might not be best qualified to be your sage

If you’re interested in personal development, you’ve probably been to a few seminars and seen a few confident gurus, standing on a stage, selling their ideas. The question is, have you managed to work out which (if any) of these people (or more importantly, their ideas) are really worth following?

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

Joe and Naomi

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

Updated following the tragic recent death of ‘day trader’ Alex Kearns. This Insight is aimed at helping anyone (like my fictional character Joe, in the story below) to understand the real and horrendous risks of spread betting before it’s too late. Please share with your friends.

Why you should ignore guru guidance

and climb on the shoulders of giants

Newton, not gurus

Why you should ignore guru guidance

and climb on the shoulders of giants

If someone you care about is a raving fan of a ‘guru’ – and waits upon their guru’s every word – for life planning advice – please share this with them. There really are better roads to self-improvement.

Feeling good about this book

because it's helped a lot of people, including me, with depression

David Burns. One person make you happy. Paul Claireaux

Feeling good about this book

because it's helped a lot of people, including me, with depression

To achieve more,of whatever we strive for, it sure helps if we’re feeling good about it. And yet we can’t feel good all the time  – so how do we deal with that?

How not to choose a coach

And how to choose the right one

No one cares what you know

How not to choose a coach

And how to choose the right one

I guess we all use advisers or coaches for help – from time to time – in different areas of our lives. But how do you choose a good one?

Rhino Ron on expensive pensions

and why they don't have to be

Pension too costly 1

Rhino Ron on expensive pensions

and why they don't have to be

Rhino Ron is a bad adviser, who’s dimwitted and charges too much. Here he explains just one reason why pension quotations are often so ridiculously high.

How safe is YOUR money in the bank?

And how you can make it safer

Bank queue

How safe is YOUR money in the bank?

And how you can make it safer

So, how safe is your money in the bank? Ten years ago, this week, there were queues of people outside branches of Northern Rock Bank. People who were desperate to get their money out because they feared that the bank was insolvent.

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