Most of us have heard stories of hardships and catastrophic events of the past, like the great depression, or the dot-com bust, but haven’t lived through it, and not experienced the real pain of the disaster.

Hearing stories about something that happened in the past isn’t enough to trul...

Different generations have different investment risk appetites, with the younger generation wanting to take bigger risks and going into uncharted waters without any experience.

The New Generation, who hasn’t experienced turmoil and loss, are good at getting rich. However, the older, scarre...

Each of us has a mental world in our minds, constructed by our thoughts, beliefs, education, and experiences. We have developed a coherent story around our chaotic and unpredictable world, and that becomes our mental model.

Different people will come to different conclusions even when p...

When we hear different perspectives, stories and experiences, we temporarily get out of our ‘mental model’ and become humbled, as we realize that our worldview was just a tiny fraction of all the other views.

People have different, varied motivations and can make decisions that may look cr...