Incentives - Books & writing by James Bellerjeau (A Fine Idea)

A wealthy-looking man in a cashmere coat standing before an impressive entry gate. Why yes, that is my castle.

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Do You Have What It Takes To Be Independently Wealthy?

Money is just the start of it, perhaps not even the hardest part

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The World’s Worst Persuasion Tactic: Insults

If you're tired of political insults, take the no-insult pledge with me

Book cover excerpt showing a small globe and the words "A global economy that works for progress, people and planet"

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Stakeholder Capitalism: the Myth, the Misunderstanding, and a Lie

Delivering shareholder value is entirely consistent with taking a long-term view. And short-term profits have nothing to do with it

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A Smattering of Early Retirement Surprises … Should We Have Known?

Would you have known? Did you plan better than we did?

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A Truly Reliable Way To Increase Your Earnings

Successfully educating yourself will more reliably improve your lifelong earnings than anything else you do

Crowds of runners at the London Marathon

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The Triumph of the 2013 London Marathon

And not just because I beat an Olympic medalist and a former European champion (although I did)

Sculpture of a narrow head, roughly hewn

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We Have Every Right to Be Furious About AI-Detection

OpenAI has a 99.9% reliable method to detect text generated by ChatGPT but never released it

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Reports of Society's Collapse Are Premature (and I Can Prove It)

Greetings friends! Over the weekend, I went on a short trip to Hendersonville, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about an hour from where I live in South Carolina. My wife and I were visiting a venue in Flat Rock, a converted 150-year-old grist