For anyone unfamiliar with Ross Edgley, bluntly putting it; he’s a beast! He has several books out now which in my opinion are all worth a read however Blueprint was the latest one that I’ve listened to. Ross is both as student of the body as well as a practitioner in pushing it to it’s limits.

"How you do anything is how you do everything."

A simple statement and yet a powerful truth if adopted as a principle in both life and work. I’ve spent many years closely examining and musing over what defines those who are successful in life versus those who just wander through.

I’m a generally optimistic person, which isn’t always easy in today’s world and is made more difficult if you allow yourself to descend too far into the world of social media and mainstream news. Fortunately, my social media exposure is incredibly limited and as far as possible I keep my consumption of news confined to a relatively curated list of sources.

So, what has any of this got to do with AI doomerism?  

Nick and Zak’s Adventures in Capitalism could be considered a memoir in discipline, conviction, patience and complete comfort with inactivity. The last part may require qualifying unless you have any existing familiarity with Nick, Zak or Nomad and their investing approach. As successful investors Nick and Zak excel in a trait that is almost counter to most people’s human nature, which is their completely comfortable in ‘doing nothing’ in the sense that if their investment thesis is working, they’ll continue as is without the need to interfere with the beauty of compounding just for the sake of ‘doing something’.

Governments around the world have taken on eye-watering levels of debt, and whether you realise it or not, you're paying the price every day. In this post I want to discuss how national debt quietly erodes the populations wealth to provoke further thought on what it means for you and how to take back control.

This will probably be one of the rare instances where I review and recommend a book and podcast in the same post however given the nature of Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green and the accompanying podcast it makes sense to combine into one.

As with most books I listened to this as an audiobook however the physical book comes in at around 550 pages so it’s quite a hefty read. If you’ve picked the book up based on the title then my assumption is that you have some interest in the topic of global economic policies and sanctions. That being said it’s not necessarily a given as I often pick up new titles just to explore new ideas and understand different disciplines.