Rarely as human beings are we comfortable in taking too much of a risk. Unless it’s a risk that we feel that we’ve reasonably researched, assessed and measured. At least to the best of our ability and capability. And where we have some understanding of the probable pros and cons.
 
Imagine that you’re beside a swimming pool on holiday, where the sun is beating down, it’s very pleasantly warm and where you want jump in to cool down. Or you’re on a boat somewhere in the Mediterranean and you want leap into the crystal clear sea.
 
You’re all up fo...

With 2022 being my 60^th year on planet earth, I’m undertaking what I’m referring to as my Challenge60 Quadrathlon. It’s a series of sporting challenges being completed over the coming months and totals 100 kilometres, circa 60 miles. Additionally, I’m raising much needed funds for https://www.raceagainstdementia.com/.
 
If you want to find out more, just click on https://www.justgiving.com/Les-Conway1. Your support and all donations will be gratefully received and faithfully applied.
 
At the time of writing, the first of these four challenges i...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was a Thai billionaire businessman and the founder, owner and chairman of King Power Duty Free. He was also the owner of the Premier League football club, Leicester City from 2010.

From being a struggling Championship side, when he purchased the club, he believed in his passion and the people around him. Then, the unthinkable happened (at least in sporting terms), where Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League in 2013/14 and then went on to win the 2015-16 Premier League title, after starting the season as...

When I set up Essentially Financial, it was to help guide people along their lifetime journey as their financial planning partner.

I strongly believe that establishing and quantifying individual objectives are the cornerstones of the lifestyle financial planning process. It not being about product, performance or flavour of the month. But understanding where you want to be, where you are now along with how and just as importantly, when you want to reach your destination.
 
Frequently, we have to first get people on track. Then, we have to k...

Through the Looking Glass was a novel published in the late 1800’s by Lewis Carroll. It’s the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the story, Alice again enters a fantastical world, by climbing through a mirror into a world that she can see beyond. There she finds that just like a reflection, everything is reversed, including logic.

Alice’s adventures might be fictional, and children’s fiction at that. But it can also show us that life doesn’t need to be a dream if we plan for it.

I’ve conducted some recent annual client reviews ...