Why making money for the wrong reason is one of investing’s biggest risks – and how feedback, not outcomes, reveals skill

Why do athletes falter when victory is within reach? The World Cup offered a lesson in how pressure can change performance

How and when you start investing shapes your beliefs about markets. The challenge is not letting one cycle define your worldview

Financial success is about behaviour – and most money habits are inherited. Here’s how to spot yours and rebuild them

Telling investors to do nothing rarely works. A small, ringfenced ‘play pot’, bounded by rules, scratches the itch without damaging the core

Johan de Villiers explains the psychology of sales, personality types and why team selection can make or break your business

Therapy has gone mainstream and so have the horror stories. Why so many are seeking help, firing therapists and sharing surprisingly wild experiences

Gambling taps into our biology, allowing our Stone Age brains to be exploited by Digital Age predators

‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Kenneth Makate saw his R28bn hopes turn into a R13m bill – a sobering story of ambition and the cost of expectation

A lot of spending makes no sense until you peel back the layers of someone’s personality to identify what they’re trying to accomplish.

The challenge in investing is that our quick and emotional brain often calls the shots, while the slower, more effortful (and wiser) system tends to arrive late

Wealth isn’t built on luck or complex strategies. It comes from simple habits – spending wisely, paying yourself first and keeping investing simple

If you’re waiting for a ‘better price’ in the market, ask yourself how long you can hold your breath