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Thinking out loud
Do you ever feel like you just need to really think and talk things through to get clear? This is certainly my truth, and it seems to be for many of us. Including for a delightful lady Alyssa who I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting when I was helping a friend...
Time to get ahead?
When it comes to this one, only you know, as this is a very personal question. Procrastination This is one of the things that I’ve battled in my life. I’ve found it interesting to look back and see how much it was robbing me of joy, satisfaction and feelings of...
Silver lining
I believe in my bones that there really is always a silver lining. To everything. You’ll remember a dilemma I was having recently around preserving the indigenous species here in New Zealand. I do find the fact that there are so many species actually disappearing both...
Finding your rhythm
The kinds of rhythm I’m thinking of here are diurnal and circadian. Namely the ones that our bodies naturally work to for self-regulation.¹ Each of our body systems are interlinked - for example our hormonal system affects and is affected by our digestive,...
A new way of thinking
I have a feeling you’ll appreciate Satu’s story. Satu is a delightful lady based in Finland whom I met in Bali when I had the pleasure of helping a friend who was running a Yoga Retreat. You can check out her story in her own words here. ¹ Her experience can be...
Become a master-asker
Chris Folland here with this week’s question for us… Which questions are you asking yourself to become a master-asker? The core questions we ask are centred around - Who, What, When, How and Why. It can be handy to avoid asking ourselves or other people ‘Why’...
My conundrum
Can you relate to my journey? I absolutely love animals and I prefer for them not to be killed for my benefit. I started out eating all foods including those from animals and not thinking about what I was wearing, for example leather shoes. I segwayed to vegetarian...
The vital off-button for focus
Can you relate to a place that used to feel like it was my ‘norm’?... …having an early start after not sleeping so well the night before, it being a big day ahead and feeling like I’m getting into a racing car seat and it’s flat out from there on until I collapse at...
Prefer to collect moments or things?
Chris Folland here with a question for us - would you prefer to collect more moments or more things? ¹ I definitely started off life focusing on the ‘things’ side of the equation. I wanted things because I thought things would make me happy…surely that’s how it works,...
Time to get started!
In the Millionnaire Academy, it’s fair to say we’re only just getting started. The reason for this is based on a phenomenon called compounding.¹ It’s easy to see this concept working when it comes to interest, for example when you take 1 cent and you double it...