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276: Don’t Retire, Settle Instead

November 6, 2019 by David Stein · Updated May 19, 2021

How to find your unique work that can bring satisfaction and income before and during the traditional retirement years. In this podcast episode you’ll learn: What is settled work.Why you need time and space to find and do your best work.What is a commonplace book and why it can be helpful.How filters and saying no can help us control our time.The important role of serendipity in finding our path. Show Notes A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: commonplace book, filters, serendipity, settled work, soloing, time

244: Are You Spending Too Much? (FIRE Edition)

March 13, 2019 by David Stein · Updated May 27, 2021

How we can use filters to better manage how much we spend and make sure our spending has a meaningful impact on ourselves and the world. Photo by Andreas Wagner In this episode you’ll learn: How Stoics found a balance between wealth and wisdom.What is the difference between what is elemental, necessary, useful and superfluous.What are the filters we can use to spend more wisely. Show Notes Letters From A Stoic by Seneca A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros Mr. Money … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, Uncategorized Tagged With: filters, FIRE, Gros (Frederic), Seneca, spending, stoicism

236: How Investors Cope With Radical Uncertainty

January 16, 2019 by David Stein · Updated August 24, 2022

How heuristics, filters and reasonable stories help us cope with radical uncertainty and have the courage to make investment decisions. Photo by Tom Grimbert In this episode you’ll learn: Strategies for coping with uncertainty.How to avoid being caught up in a bubble or mania.Why even central banks need a coping strategy.How money helps hedge against an uncertain future. Show Notes Centralverse.org The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: filters, heuristics, King (Mervyn), rules of thumb, Tuckett (David), uncertainty, unpredictable events

136: Filter By Asset Class – Featuring Preferred Stocks

December 7, 2016 by David Stein · Updated February 27, 2023

How framing and filtering by asset classes makes investing easier. How to invest in preferred stocks. Photo by Francisco Morais In this episode you'll learn: What are the benefits of framing and filtering. Why asset classes are an appropriate filter and framing device for investing. What are the attributes and risks of preferred stocks. How to invest in preferred stocks. Show Notes Money For the Rest of Us Listener Survey The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: asset classes, dividends, filters, preferred stocks

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