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A critical review of life's most pressing questions.

Join 120+ readers every Sunday at 7 am to reflect on life’s most pressing questions.  Written by a master’s candidate in applied ethics (philosophy) and entrepreneur with 23 years experience.

Most of us assume that we have free will. But upon closer examination, we might be like machines who make choices because of prevailing circumstances. In other words, our choices are not free, they are influenced by other things. This makes us no different from animals who are also hard-wired to respond to the world by instinct. What do you believe? Let's explore this topic.
Rock Bottom is a place I know well —I've lost homes, resorted to selling furniture to a neighbour for petrol money to drive back home with my pregnant wife and two-year-old. Nevertheless, I bounced back each time. Today's newsletter reflects on the principles learned from facing rock bottom, and how to claw your way out.
My original intention was to reflect on my cycling journey and share lessons learned and principles discovered. Naturally, the newsletter has moved in other directions, but I think we are a bit too far from home. Therefore, today’s instalment aims to get back into sync by attempting to refine the purpose of this newsletter.
There's a book I read a few years ago, written by the legendary Gary Halbert. Most people have never heard of him, but his name keeps coming up in marketing circles. In 1975 he wrote a letter estimated to have grossed $2 billion by 2003. Yes, the revenue was generated over 28 years but who will give you $2 billion for writing a one-page letter?
Never give up? Really? We hear these words from great people among us, including historical figures like Winston Churchill. But is it healthy, let alone true? Is there a point where it is better to hang it up and check out? Today we explore giving up.
How many income streams do you have? If the answer is less than seven that you are at risk of losing everything you have owing to changes in the market. But how does one create additional income streams with limited time and energy? Let's dig in.

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