How can couples make decisions better?
Being in a supportive relationship where you can rely on each other is one of the biggest predictors of your future happiness. And yet, too many relationships don’t feel like that. My [...]
Plan to retire happy: beyond financial decisions
Over the last 40 years, a new school of economics has challenged the way we think about financial decisions. “Behavioural” economists have run many experiments to understand how humans make [...]
How to make charity decisions
There are 40,000 registered charities in Australia. As we approach the end of the tax year and one of the busiest times for getting your donations in before June 30, how on earth should you pick [...]
Effective Altruism – a good idea or not?
Each year, $230 billion is given to charity in the US. And yet, research shows that in 65% of cases, people do zero research before giving. How can we make better decisions on where our well [...]
Auction strategy: stop other people exceeding their limit.
Today I bid nearly $1.5m for a house. What’s the best auction strategy? Buying a house is probably the biggest financial decision you’ll ever make. And yet it astounds me that the [...]
CEO Reading: strategy is useless
Strategy is useless OK, maybe not useless – but it is vastly over rated. Here’s why and what you can do about it. Last year I was fortunate to hear a short talk by digital investor [...]
Love lean decisions. 6 ways to be more lean.
Let’s talk about lean decisions. How can you reduce wasted time in your organisation? Statistics show that 30% of meetings are a waste of time. And we’re probably all familiar with the following [...]
Dumb Ways to Decide?…Money Decisions
When it comes to making decisions, you’d think that financial decisions would be easiest because they are so quantifiable. Not so. Here are 5 areas where you need to watch out for your own [...]