Jon Kahn

What have been the major contributors to your success?

When I just started to get interested in controlling my income, it was very scary and overwhelming, and the thought of actually having success was just foreign to me. See, my dad was his own boss. He was an attorney and for 35 years he had his own practice of one. When I started universityContinue reading “What have been the major contributors to your success?”

Are People Who Don’t Have Children Financially Better Off Than Parents

Obviously, the answer is yes. There is no way to justify having children from a financial perspective, unless you’re going to monetise those children in some way. Some people do that, honestly I find that sick. But the question is what do you want from this life. We only have, if we’re lucky, 80 or 90 yearsContinue reading “Are People Who Don’t Have Children Financially Better Off Than Parents”

How is your retirement preparation paying off?

The truth is I’m not preparing for retirement. I’m being made by my government to put some money aside for it, but if it were up to me I wouldn’t even do that. I’m not preparing for retirement because I don’t plan on retiring. I don’t think very many people in my generation will retire.Continue reading “How is your retirement preparation paying off?”

Retiring Early – Then what?

I’ll tackle the FIRE movement and why I wouldn’t recommend to people to pursue it in a later post, but I was asked what don’t they tell you about retiring early. Well, it’s the “then what?” bit that they never talk about isn’t it? Many people, if they’re unhappy in life, tend to focus onContinue reading “Retiring Early – Then what?”

How do you prioritise lifestyle vs. work?

I guess that’s a really subjective question. Over 10 years I came across colleagues who were all about the next promotion and were all over the work thing, being first in the office and last out. If that sounds like fun to you – more power to you I say. I also came across peopleContinue reading “How do you prioritise lifestyle vs. work?”

I want to quit my job and pursue my dream. How can I gain enough courage to send in my resignation letter?

It seems that more and more people understand that the model by which you have a job that you hate but it puts food on the table, because following your dreams isn’t a feasible option, is going away. Nowadays, you can find something that you’d really enjoy doing, and make good money doing it. AsContinue reading “I want to quit my job and pursue my dream. How can I gain enough courage to send in my resignation letter?”

Is 28 too old to change career?

I was asked this question, and I think it’s really relevant and reflective of this generation for whom going to university was almost a given – it’s just what you do – and so they went and got a degree, then went on to a career chosen at 21. At 21 you’re still very, veryContinue reading “Is 28 too old to change career?”

If you were 20 years old again, what would you do differently?

I was asked this question recently, and although it’s not something I’d very much recommend to do, I have been thinking about it. What I could have done differently, if only I had known what I now know. That’s really a futile effort and a fool’s errand. You really gain nothing from this exercise, becauseContinue reading “If you were 20 years old again, what would you do differently?”