Thoughts
Notes on money, autonomy, and what we are building.
- July 14, 20262 min readSources…Three paths diverged in a woodYou need a framework or strategy to evaluate the way your wealth works. If you don't have one, then when you need to make a decision, sometimes in a difficult moment, you won't make the…Continue reading →
- July 9, 20262 min readBeginning…Plant a tree today so you will get to sit in its shadeIt's the middle of summer. I remember getting ready to start my first job. It was in New York City.Continue reading →
- June 22, 20262 min readPassive…The dream stays a dream"Passive income" is a term we hear constantly on the internet, in podcasts, and especially from financial influencers. Like many such promises, it is too good to be true.Continue reading →
- June 15, 20261 min readSubscribe…Matching the solution to the problemLast month on LinkedIn I saw a woman posting about moving her family into a new home. Her budgeting app kept blasting her with "over budget" alerts.Continue reading →
- June 11, 20261 min readAlone…Turning the volume down on decisionsWe are all alone inside our own heads. Everything outside pulls at our attention and time. We decide what to focus on and for how long.Continue reading →
- June 4, 20261 min readShipped…Agentic personal finance is real nowLast week, Robinhood opened its platform to AI agents that can act on a user's behalf.Continue reading →
- May 28, 20262 min readConcentration…Start thinking about your career as an investment.I spent more than a decade in private banking. It taught me that the most important investment you'll ever make is how you decide to make money.Continue reading →
- May 21, 20261 min readInertia…You can't make people care, so don't.Financial risks and opportunities can be invisible until they are complicated and expensive.Continue reading →
- May 14, 20261 min readWhy…Every generation has a new relationship with money.Our grandparents saw what the Great Depression did to it. Our parents hired someone to manage it.Continue reading →