Do you ever feel like you're doing everything right but are still somehow falling behind?

You're following all the advice, but instead of feeling more confident, you feel overwhelmed by conflicting opinions, and anxious over what everyone else is doing with their money.

In this episode, we explore lessons from two very different books: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.

We look at two habits that these books challenge. Habits that can make financial problems feel bigger than they really are and push us towards decisions that we know, deep down, won’t move us towards gaining financial freedom.

If market volatility, other people's success, or the fear of missing out ever cause you to question your decisions, this episode will help you approach uncertainty with clarity and calm.

Covered in this episode:

• 0:00 – Intro.
• 1:27 – What a lot of advice gets wrong.
• 7:06 – The Onion Man Theory: How our judgments can make problems feel bigger than they really are.
• 13:48 – The Let Them Theory: How to stop wasting energy on things outside your control.
• 17:42 – How to stay calm when markets fall and panic sets it.
• 20:04 – Why outward signs of success don't always tell the full story.
• 20:34 – How to stop FOMO from derailing your financial decisions.
• 23:28 – Why your reaction may be creating a bigger problem than the event itself.

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Meditations book - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=27ti0f6UlLYC&printsec=copyright&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Let Them Theory book - https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Let_Them_Theory.html?id=qOErEQAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

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