When we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. – Wendell Barry The post Monthy Portfolio Report – November 2024 appeared first on The FI Explorer.

I was working out with my childhood friend in my office gym yesterday.  My friend has been working for the same company for nearly 15 years, but now he’s ready to start his own business. So he’s been spending a lot of time on social media and YouTube to learn more. As we were working out, he said something like, “Man, all this online content is just stuff everyone already knows. They talk about the […]

Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hola everyone! What weird and whacky weather we have been having recently! I went from being baked and sweaty in 40c on Wednesday to being sticky and sweaty in 20c on Friday. CAN SOMEONE MAKE UP THEIR MIND PUH-LEAZE. It’s mad enough to make one hot and sweaty inside… Sigh, although I spose you guys didn’t stop here to hear me rant about the Sydney weather did ya. No siree, it […]

Here’s a fun question from friend-of-the-blog CJ: “I was hanging out with family and friends around Thanksgiving, and I wanted to gauge their opinion on something interesting: Who is more famous globally: Taylor Swift or Cristiano Ronaldo? Almost everyone I asked [for reference, readers: CJ is about 30-years old and lives near me in Western NY] quickly said, “Taylor Swift.” …but I’m not so sure. Because when I pressed them Why?, the answer usually came down to, “Because she’s more famous to me.” Hmmm. Very interesting! What do you think, reader? Who is more famous globally: Taylor Swift, or Cristiano Ronaldo? The Answer Is… I can’t be positive about the correct answer, as “fame” is a bit ethereal. But if I had to pick, it’d be easy: I’d choose Cristiano Ronaldo. And it’s not that close. Whether we look at Time Top 100 lists, subscribers on various social media apps, or “mentions” across traditional and web-based media outlets, the numbers all skew in Ronaldo’s favor. If you personally aren’t as familiar with Ronaldo, read this Reddit comment I found about this very topic: In America, I’m sure the answer is Taylor Swift. In the world outside of America, it’s unequivocally Ronaldo. Football is the most popular sport on earth and he’s one of the 3 or 4 best players ever to have lived. There isn’t a single football fan alive that hasn’t known the name Christiano Ronaldo since at least 2008 when he won the Ballon d’Or (worlds best male player) the first time and most of us knew about him in 2003 when he transferred to Manchester United. There are an estimated 3.5 billion football fans on earth, all of whom know who Ronaldo is. Plenty of non-football fans know him too. No matter how big Taylor Swift’s fanbase is, I don’t see a way that it’s possible for her to be as famous globally as someone who has been known as one of the 2 greatest players of his generation and possibly ever, in the biggest sport in the world, for 20+ years. Sorry Tay Tay but you lose this one. Shake it off. In other words: if you visited just about any other country than the USA – especially a non-English speaking country – they’ll be more familiar with Ronaldo than Taylor Swift. The Powerful Investing Lesson Here There’s a powerful investing lesson in this story. If you recall, CJ’s original question asked about global fame, but most people’s answers were based solely on what I’d call “local fame.” They thought, “If Taylor is more famous to me, or to my friends, or in my culture, then surely she must also be more famous globally…right?” Well, no! And far too often, people make investing decisions based on “local knowledge” instead of trying to think more neutrally about “global knowledge.” It’s like my Starbucks client: “Jesse – there’s a Starbucks on every corner in

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Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #134! Here are some things I really like and that you might too.   Financial Independence/Work Life/Retirement Articles & Content Must Retirement Be a Hard Landing? (Can I Retire Yet) – “A small… The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 134 appeared first on Accidental Fire.

How do you choose a book to read?As you skim the shelves in your favourite book shop how do you decide if you’ll buy? Do you look at the title and the cover and think “that looks fun” and then read the description? Or do you have a different strategy? Personally, I skim the shelves and read the titles to see if they capture my attention. If the title is good then I read the tag line. If it still has my attention I flip the book over and read the back cover. This is my purchase decision point. If the title, cover, tagline and blurb all look good I part with my cash. If I am still unsure then maybe I have a look at the table of contents before buying. Based on my strategy the cover and title are absolutely critical! Is it the same for you? Help us decideIt has become time to choose a book title for our upcoming finance book. We are struggling to make a decision. Maybe you can help!? We have spent countless hours brainstorming titles and tag lines and we have a shortlist but choosing is proving impossible right now. Please help! Ruth the Happy Saver did give us some book ideas: Your rental property probably sucks. Here’s Plan B.😆 Rich and free: be like me 😆 Skoda Citigo got us where we needed to go 😆 We are unsure about these title ideas, maybe you can come up with better? Once we have a title we can move on to cover design, blurbs and more. But without a title we are stuck! As you read the list of titles below I would love you to think for each one “Would I buy this book for myself or as a gift for someone else?” Not whether you like the title, but whether you would part with your hard earned cash to buy it! Maybe you read the title and it intrigues you enough to want to know more? Or you can say in the comments on this article that you hate all the titles and suggest something completely different. If you want more context about the book and who it is for then read on below. Some of the titles might challenge or even offend some people. We want to get the book noticed and read so that we can reach as many people as possible. That is the mission! I can hear you thinking “Enough setup Alan, tell me what the titles are!” Well here they are. Let me know which one would make you hit purchase. Can’t see the form on your mobile? Click here for a mobile friendly version Vote now!Loading…Can’t see the form on your mobile?  Click here for a mobile friendly version What’s the book about?The book is based on the content of Rebel Finance School and puts all the course ideas and lessons into easy-to-follow missions that build to make you the hero of