You can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice that you make has a trade-off against something else, saying yes to one thing

implicitly means, saying no to an alternative.

And that is true for any limited resource that you're trying to manage.

Whether it's your money, your time, your attention, your energy, or your focus.

So what matters most to you and how do you make daily life decisions in accordance?

Answering these two questions is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is here

to explore.

My name is Paul Tant, I'm the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.

And today, Dr. John Hale joins us to talk about sustainable investing.

Dr. Hale is a chartered financial analyst and the global head of sustainability research

for Morningstar.

In his role, he directs Morningstar's research on sustainable investing, which began with

the launch of the Morningstar Sustainability Rating for Funds in 2016.

This interview was inspired by a question that we received from one of the members of our

community, a woman by the name of Lily.

She called in with a question about sustainable investing and we originally intended to answer

Lily's question in the same way that we answer almost all of the questions that we receive,

which are during the Ask Paula episodes.

But as I was in the process of answering Lily's question, I realized that that question deserved

more than a 10 minute response.

It deserved its own episode.

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