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Adam Kisiel
Adam Kisiel

Founder of Goodkindles.com. Exploring good taste, timeless elegance and the art of living well.


The Guest Who Is Always Asked Back

Oct 29, 2026

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12 min read

The Guest Who Is Always Asked Back

Seven small gestures that high society has noticed since the 1960s, from the yacht gangway to the dinner table, and how to practise them anywhere

The Courtesy of Not Making People Wonder

Oct 22, 2026

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15 min read

The Courtesy of Not Making People Wonder

Ten old-school manners we should bring into the digital age

The Anatomy of an Autumn Wardrobe

Oct 15, 2026

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13 min read

The Anatomy of an Autumn Wardrobe

Five pieces of menswear that have outlasted every trend since the 1960s, and the plain logic that holds them together

The Volvo C70: Sweden's Last Quiet Grand Tourer

Oct 8, 2026

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10 min read

The Volvo C70: Sweden's Last Quiet Grand Tourer

Twice, the brand of sensible people built a car for pleasure. The second one is still a secret.

The Watch Over the Cuff

Oct 1, 2026

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17 min read

The Watch Over the Cuff

Gianni Agnelli and the Architecture of Ease

Hotel Savoir-Faire: The Art of Being a Guest in Europe's Grand Hotels

Sep 24, 2026

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11 min read

Hotel Savoir-Faire: The Art of Being a Guest in Europe's Grand Hotels

From the Riviera of the 1960s to today's palaces: the unwritten rules that mark a good guest, whatever the size of the bill.

The Code of Discretion

Sep 18, 2026

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7 min read

The Code of Discretion

Why True Elegance Has No Logo

Buy Once, Cry Once

Sep 1, 2026

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6 min read

Buy Once, Cry Once

The cheapest option is often the most expensive one.

Wealth Is the Number of Futures You Can Afford

Aug 25, 2026

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7 min read

Wealth Is the Number of Futures You Can Afford

Why the most valuable assets may be the ones that give you more ways to live, work, and invest.

What I Learned From Passive Investing

Aug 18, 2026

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7 min read

What I Learned From Passive Investing

The lessons that turned out to have very little to do with money.

Time Is Not Money

Aug 11, 2026

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5 min read

Time Is Not Money

The one asset that cannot be saved, borrowed, or refunded — and what that should change about how you spend it.

Why Most Investors Quit Too Early

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

Why Most Investors Quit Too Early

It has nothing to do with asset allocation. It has everything to do with what happens in the flat, uneventful middle of the process.

The Power of Boring Decisions

Jul 28, 2026

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10 min read

The Power of Boring Decisions

The decisions that have improved my life the most never felt ambitious when I made them. They felt like compromises.

The Best Investment I Ever Made

Jul 21, 2026

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5 min read

The Best Investment I Ever Made

The tiny, uncomfortable apartment that taught me more about wealth than a decade of reading ever did.

Why Simplicity Compounds

Jul 14, 2026

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6 min read

Why Simplicity Compounds

The discipline of building less, and why it is the only kind of growth that never sends you a bill later.

The Balance Sheet You Never Learned to Read

Jul 7, 2026

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5 min read

The Balance Sheet You Never Learned to Read

Why almost every decision you make is either building something or quietly draining it — and why the drain is the one nobody teaches you to see.

The Asset You Keep Forgetting to Manage

Jun 30, 2026

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6 min read

The Asset You Keep Forgetting to Manage

Why your body is the most important position in your portfolio — and why most people only discover this too late.

The Maintenance Trap

Jun 23, 2026

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6 min read

The Maintenance Trap

Why the smartest investments are not the ones that cost the least, but the ones that ask the least from their owner over time

The Compounding Lens

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

The Compounding Lens

One question that restructures how you allocate everything.

The Asymmetry of Good Decisions

Jun 9, 2026

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5 min read

The Asymmetry of Good Decisions

Why some choices keep paying you long after you've stopped thinking about them.

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