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I have been a serious philanthropist since 2004 and part of the EA community since 2017. I am audaciously optimistic about ameliorating the global mental health crisis and I do EA capacity building through coaching and facilitation. I also support environmental and animal welfare causes. I am on the advisory council of Vegan Outreach and the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board.
I am a certified professional coach, with additional experience in crisis counseling and peer mentoring. I shifted to mental health and well-being after 25 years as a designer, manager, and director at Silicon Valley tech companies. I am passionate about helping others, and by guiding them to find their true calling, I amplify my impact on improving the world.
How others can help me
I'm looking for partners to work on a peer support group (PSG) program that will help alleviate the global mental health crisis. I'm especially interested in working with students at colleges and universities, or young adults in general.
How I can help others
Figuring out what to do next in your life for maximal impact.
Donât ask what the world needs, but ask what makes you come alive, because that is what the world needs: people who have come alive.
âHoward Thurman
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The only part of the Beast empire that is 100% charitable is his Beast Philanthropy channel. I do recommend people subscribe and watch those videos. He started with local food banks and has quickly moved to (what looks to me like) fairly effective humanitarian aid in LMICs. Some of his main channel videos cover his humanitarian efforts. But I think they are essentially marketing for his Philanthropy.
I subscribe to Hank & Johnâs newsletter and replied with the info on the P4G conference. Probably was read by an intern, but at least someone in the org is aware.
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I think about it as 2 mechanisms for income: my effort or my investment's effort. I'm at the point now where my investments do 100% of the work for earning my income, leaving me 100% of my time to spend how I see fit.
You can give more to effective causes sooner, at the cost of investing more effort for longer to keep the money coming in. Ultimately, how you want to give back, at what stage of life, and how much are all unique, personal choices.
Absolutely, make adjustments based on any personal values or beliefs. I consider this to be like many art forms. You need to learn and know the foundational basics before you can make good judgments on which parts to change or ignore.
In most instances, people invest with a portion of each paycheck; there is no lump sum available. If you do have a lump sum and want to invest it, go for it. I stand by it for withdrawals, though. You need to have a prudent cash reserve, and liquidating on a regular schedule is a good way to do this. Or just stop reinvesting interest and dividends.
Agreed that there are other options out there for those who want to invest more time and energy. But it's the 10% case, and what I've outlined here was designed for the 90% case. I tried being a more active money manager, and I realized I'd rather spend my time and attention focused on other things đ
For me (and most people, I suspect), usability is a top value. I used to read the Motley Fool and followed some of their advice. I even bought into their premium service for a year. And I found that I didn't want to spend my time tracking investments, trying to time things, buy low, sell highâŚ
I like the buy-and-hold strategy. I think it's good foundational advice, and you can start to tinker and diversify as you personally see fit.
Itâs easy to focus on or overweigh the negative things in the world. It could be argued that our bias towards âloss aversionâ primes humans to be this way. So, effort and training are required to look at data in an unbiased way. Just because we see more reports of something doesn't mean those things are increasing. It could be a reporting bias.
If I could add one requirement to the education system, it would be critical thinking skillsâespecially the ability to learn and spot logical fallacies. I think this is a foundational reason why democracies are slipping back towards fascism.