A good life is not made up of grand moments alone. Its brightness often comes from the quiet, everyday things we learn to appreciate and cultivate. In this 18-minute chat, Louis Fourie reflects on how the ordinary ingredients of life can be turned into something more.
20 Apr 2026
How Often Do You Stop To Regard Your Life?
A foundational conversation introducing the philosophy behind Regarding My Life.
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Louis Fourie about the gap most people never address: learning how to be successful, but not how to be happy. Together, they unpack a practical approach to building a more balanced, intentional life.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction to Regarding My Life02:00 – The missing half of success05:20 – Defining happiness and inner peace06:00 – Success vs happiness: the two wings analogy07:25 – Why happiness can’t wait until later11:00 – Rethinking “work-life balance”13:40 – How to identify real priorities16:00 – Happiness in your environment and relationships18:00 – How successful people change their thinking20:20 – Why change takes time22:45 – Small habits vs big dramatic changes25:30 – Louis’ “elevator pitch” for happiness28:30 – Is it ever too late to change?30:45 – Final reflection: you are the lever
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16 Apr 2026
Short Pause: Move your investing higher up the income statement
If investing happens ‘after everything else’, it rarely happens.
This is a gentle nudge to move it higher up your month — so future-you gets considered before life gets loud.
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26 Mar 2026
Protect the honey: how to not lose your capital
Capital is slow-built. It’s years of saying no to a little, so you can say yes to what matters later.
In this episode we talk about protecting what you’ve built — not with fear, but with clarity: diversify, avoid speculation, and be careful what you put your honey at risk for.
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16 Mar 2026
Peace with money: build systems that make it automatic
Peace with money isn’t a number — it’s a way of living.In this episode we explore a few simple choices that can soften the monthly pressure: spending with intention, earning with pride, budgeting with honesty, and treating debt like the cost it really is.
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9 Mar 2026
Compound returns: the boring superpower
Compound isn’t a hack. It’s what happens when you keep showing up — quietly — long after the excitement fades.
If you’ve ever felt behind, or like you started too late, this is an invitation to slow down and choose consistency anyway.
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24 Feb 2026
What Stops Us From Changing?
In this short episode, Louis speaks about what prevents us from creating change, in our own lives, and beyond.
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16 Feb 2026
Don't Become A Remnant Of Your Past
We are all products of our past, but it's possible to take ownership of your future, and change the course of your life experience.
Through those choices, we become the authors of our own stories. The heroes even.
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9 Feb 2026
The World Never Stands Still
The world never stands still - and neither should we. In this powerful reflection on adaptability, we explore why the ability to respond to change is often more valuable than strength, intelligence, or experience.Through real-life examples, psychological insights, and practical reflection points, this talk examines how small daily adjustments shape our long-term success, why even positive changes create stress, and how deliberate adaptability can transform uncertainty into opportunity.If you want to stay relevant, resilient, and prepared for the future, this conversation will help you rethink your relationship with change and develop the mindset needed to thrive in an unpredictable world.Subscribe for more conversations on leadership, mindset, and future-ready thinking.If you want to go deeper with the full 36-month Regarding My Life Course, visit https://regardingmylife.com/home
2 Feb 2026
How to Stay Strong When Everything Changes
In this episode, we dive into one of the most important life skills of all: resilience and adaptability.
Life is unpredictable by nature, and trying to resist change often leads to frustration, anxiety, and burnout. Instead, this conversation reframes change as an opportunity for growth, renewal, and long-term progress.
You’ll learn why adaptability is more powerful than control, how planning creates clarity rather than certainty, and why building buffers in your life gives you the space to think clearly when things go wrong.
We also explore the role of healthy routines, mentorship, realistic thinking, and deliberately exposing yourself to new experiences so you stay mentally flexible and future-ready.
This episode is a practical guide to becoming more change-fit, emotionally grounded, and resilient in the face of whatever life throws your way.
Key takeaways:
Redefine change as a normal part of life, not a threat
Invest in planning to arrive on the front foot
Build financial, health, time, and relationship buffers
Slow down when under pressure to regain clarity
Protect your routines during stressful periods
Accept reality and adjust instead of resisting it
Actively seek new challenges to stay adaptable
Keep perspective and don’t let one setback ruin everything
26 Jan 2026
The Second Day of Your Life: Choosing How You Will Live
Most of us remember the day we were born.
Few of us consciously step into the second defining day of our lives.
In this episode, we reflect on the idea that while your beginnings were handed to you, your direction is not. The “second day” is not a moment on the calendar — it’s a decision to live deliberately rather than by default.
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15 Jan 2026
The Things We Must All Manage
Welcome to a few minutes of quiet reflection with Regarding My Life. Take a moment. Breath and allow yourself the space to ponder these thoughts
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27 Dec 2025
The 7 Habits of Great Management – Why Management Is a Life Skill, Not a Job Title
In this episode, we explore why management isn’t just for business—it’s a core life skill. Drawing from years of hands-on leadership experience, our speaker reveals 7 essential traits that consistently show up in great management, across projects, people, and personal growth.
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19 Dec 2025
Life Is a Management Problem, Not a Motivation Problem
In this episode of Regarding My Life, we explore a quieter but more powerful idea than motivation or goal-setting: management as a way of living.
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12 Dec 2025
Regarding Your Year: 8 Timeless Principles for Managing Life Well
Life improves when it’s managed with intention.
In this first episode of Regarding My Life, Louis shares a thoughtful reflection on the past year and introduces eight foundational principles that consistently underpin good management — whether in business, relationships, health, or personal growth.
This episode is a gentle but firm reminder that most progress (and most setbacks) are less about circumstance and more about how we steward what we carry.
A grounding listen for anyone entering a new year with responsibility, ambition, and a desire to live well.
Episode Chapters
00:00 – Welcome & the closing of a year
01:15 – Gratitude, humility, and reflection
02:07 – Doing things vs. being confronted by things
03:43 – Management as a life skill
05:51 – Clarity as the starting point
09:27 – Presence over distance
11:41 – Skill, detail, and real understanding
13:39 – Ownership and soulful engagement
16:08 – Choosing and aligning people
18:45 – Systems over willpower
20:46 – Maintenance, risk, and protecting progress
22:23 – A closing wish for the year ahead
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