I’m starting this blog after putting my previous blog, NZ Wealth & Risk, on indefinite hiatus.
There are lots of reasons for stopping. One reason is that I want to look at my own interests anew.
On NZ Wealth & Risk, I often wrote about things that had nothing to do “wealth” or “risk”. However, I still felt somewhat constrained. I’d have to write something on those topics every now and then. I also felt like I had to adhere to a certain type of structure or style that readers came to expect.
None of this was especially calculated. It was something of an evolutionary process. It wasn’t always NZ Wealth & Risk. It went through various iterations – at first, “The Invisible World”, then “Don’t Quote Me On It” (which is when I shared some of my earlier thoughts on blogging), and eventually “Wealth, Risk & Succession”. It wasn’t until I moved to NZ and stopped working in the trust/estate planning space that I changed it to “NZ Wealth & Risk”. (I never really liked that name, I just couldn’t come up with anything to change it to.)
I didn’t start writing with the intention of focusing on “wealth” and “risk” and adjacent topics. I just found that as time went on, those were the themes that I often returned to.
When I started my business, it made sense to lean into it.
On the topic of my business, writing for the blog helped me form the philosophical foundation for what I did. For example:
- On companies and their corporate DNA
- The absurdity of asset-based fees
- Many financial advisers are selling Porsches when most people want Toyotas
- Financial advisers don’t need to implement on behalf of clients. Long live advice-only financial advice!
I’m in something of a transitional phase at the moment, where I don’t know whether (and how) I will I return to Fairhaven Wealth, and what the coming chapter of my professional life will look like. Stopping that blog and starting a new one is like hitting a giant “reset” button.
With this blog, I’m giving myself permission to write about anything. My guess is that, as time goes on, I’ll start returning to the same themes again and again.
What will those themes be? Who knows. Maybe they’ll be similar to before. Maybe they won’t. My guess is that they’ll be different, but adjacent. But that’s speculation, and your guess is as good as mine.
For the time being, with each article I’m throwing mud at the wall. Let’s see what sticks!