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Modern Financial Philosophy — Why Everything You Were Taught About Money Is Incomplete
Look... schools teach us history, mathematics and literature. They do not teach us how money actually works. This talk breaks down the gap between what most people believe about money and what the financial system actually rewards — with real numbers, real stories and a framework anyone can apply immediately.
Keynote
Personal Finance
Financial Literacy
02
The Psychology of Wealth — Why Smart People Make Poor Financial Decisions
Nobel Prize-winning research shows that humans are not rational about money. Loss aversion, mental accounting, herd mentality, the sunk cost fallacy — these are not personal failures. They are universal human tendencies. This talk explains the science behind them and the systems that protect you from your own psychology.
Keynote
Behavioural Finance
Psychology
03
Financial Freedom Is Not a Number — Redefining What Wealth Actually Means
Most people define financial freedom as a specific number in a bank account. That definition keeps them on a treadmill that never ends. This talk explores what financial freedom actually looks like — the point at which money stops being the reason you make decisions — and the practical path to reaching it regardless of income level.
Keynote
Financial Independence
Mindset
04
The Big 4 Paradox — What 20 Years Inside the Financial System Taught Me That School Never Did
Two decades as a Director inside the world's largest consulting and technology firms — watching the gap between what ordinary people understand about money and what the financial system actually rewards grow wider every year. This is the talk Mike wishes he had heard at 25. Raw, personal, and built on real experience rather than theory.
Keynote
Leadership
Personal Story
