Category: wisdom

One of the trappings of planning is that memories of the past, especially the most recent ones, constrain our ability to even consider potential futures significantly different from what we already know; it’s very beneficial to fight this tendency. Related …

This section is mainly a collection of video clips and other documents with a few connecting comments. These ‘gurus’ differ from the mainstream, and are recommended as sources to heed to. Some of the documents are embedded in this page; …

While despair and other negative reactions to the ongoing financial and economic crisis are understandable, one can also see it as an opportunity or perhaps even a potential savior. Collectively, we were steamrolling ahead on an unsustainable path, with seemingly …

Why and how could the idea of Socially Responsible Investing be expanded?

In previous newsletters and on my old website, I’ve introduced a term: WaD (Wise and Decent) financial dealings, as an attempt to expand what is often described as …

Old Newsletters: ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ & ‘Aren’t You aMAZEd?’

Here is the pdf version of a few newsletters I wrote from 1998 to 2006.

This is perhaps the most important of these pages and posts. It describes my approach to planning, and argues against the no-sayers who deny the feasibility of useful planning activity.