Economics Featured Inflation: What Is It and Why Is It Currently High? The one word on everyone's lips at the moment is inflation. I explain why economies are experiencing high levels of inflation, and why the Governor of the Bank of England is insensitive and out of touch.
Miscellaneous Albert Einstein: From Mediocre Student to Genius Everyone knows Einstein as a scientist who published ground-breaking scientific papers and won the Nobel Prize to cement his status as a genius. But not many know him as a lazy and below-average student that was "destined for failure".
Miscellaneous Why I’ve Stopped Listening to Podcasts at 2x Speed? After years of listening to podcasts at 2x speed, I share my rationale for why it's best to listen at normal speed.
Tiny Thoughts See How the Rest of the World Lives, Organised by Income Ever wanted to know how the rest of the world actually live, without bias from the news and other mainstream media? This Ted talk will completely change your worldview.
Tiny Thoughts A Promised Land, by Barack Obama I spent most of my free time this week reading Obama's new book. His memoirs on his journey to the White House and the key issues he faced during his first term as President. I share some thoughts and why I think it's recommended reading for everyone!
Miscellaneous Featured Loss Aversion: What Is It and Why Should I Care? Loss aversion is a cognitive bias that leads to irrationality in our decision making. Becoming aware of loss aversion will help us better assess risk to make rational decisions.
Tiny Thoughts Bitcoin to the Moon 🚀 The cryptocurrency has hit many all time highs this year and it's increasingly seeing adoption from corporations and financial institutions. Bitcoin is here to stay!
Tiny Thoughts Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQ+ History Month In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, I helped to arrange an I&D event that shines a light on the unique struggles of those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Tiny Thoughts I Will Be Running the London Marathon! Happy Sunday! It's official – I will be running the 2021 London Marathon!!! 🏃♂️ As a London boy, there's no better way to kicking off my marathon journey than running my home marathon – and I couldn't be more excited. I will be running for Prostate Cancer Research [https://www.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk/
Tiny Thoughts The World Doesn't Give You What You Want, It Gives You What You Need Not getting what we want is disappointing, but it's often for the best. Building the resilience to bounce back and learning to be patient helps us win in the long game of life.
Tiny Thoughts Can Individual Success Be Replicated? You can be forgiven for thinking there's a secret sauce to success. In reality, luck makes success random – it's almost impossible to replicate. Everyone's path to success is unique.
Miscellaneous End SARS EndSARS is more than a movement. It's a young and dynamic population standing up against corruption and an authoritarian government.
Tiny Thoughts Why Preparing Is Better Than Planning 2020 has been one of the most unexpected and challenging years on record. I wrap up the year and explain why we should maintain our optimism for 2021.
Tiny Thoughts How to Avoid Choking Under Pressure Choking while under pressure is something we're likely to experience at some point in our lives. How do we avoid this? And how can we bounce back quickly from choking?
Tiny Thoughts If You Mix Raisins With Turds, They’re Still Turds Charlie Munger is one of the people I look up to the most. Yet I rarely talk about him. I decided to change that this week as I dedicate this post to him.
Tiny Thoughts Reflecting on the Last 12 Months It's been precisely a year since I started writing my weekly newsletter, so I've put together a summary of themes and topics I've written about during this period.
Tiny Thoughts Being Content with Less Do we need more, more and more to be happy? Or can we be content with less? Let this tale of someone who lives on $100 a month, despite being worth close to $1bn convince you it's the latter.
Tiny Thoughts Knowing When It's the Right Time to Quit Our society looks down on quitters, because we've been raised to never quit. I challenge this notion and suggest that there's a time and a place to quit.
Tiny Thoughts The Best Way to Make Decisions Ray Dalio, the founder of the worlds largest hedge fund, explains the decision making process at his firm. It's something we can all incorporate this into our lives, to help us make better decisions.
Tiny Thoughts Is Having a Work-Life Balance a Fallacy? A work-life balance has gained notoriety over the past few years. Having balance wasn't something I considered important — but I have come to realise that I was taking a long term view.
Tiny Thoughts Kamala Harris: First Woman to Be Elected to Executive Office in the US The results are in. Trump is out. Harris will be the first woman to be elected to the executive office in the US. And will become a huge role model for millions across the globe.
Tiny Thoughts Burnout Is Real If you've not been feeling yourself recently, it could be because you're burnt out. I know I am. So I've decided to take a week off and committed to not doing any work, to help me get back on my feet.
Miscellaneous Who Really Elects the American President? With less than a week to go until the US elections, this article demystifies the US elections process, the importance of swing states, and why it’s only a group of 538 people that formally elects the next US president - not the US citizens.
Tiny Thoughts Does Social Media Cause More Harm Than Good? People instinctively think that social media has been a huge addition to our society. But is this true? I consider some pros and cons before reaching a conclusion on its impact on our society.
Tiny Thoughts Covid-19 Widens Inequality Within Our Society Inequality has increased as a direct result of Covid-19 — it's been unkind to the poor. We need to learn from this, to build a fairer society for all.
