Research & Analysis The first time I did anything with a focus on Research & Analysis was probably during the Project Work module in Junior College (not sure whether this module even exists anymore). Subsequently, I got better at this with completing assignments during university and exposure to tax law and tax cases during work (you guessed it, I’m a tax accountant!). I never realised how important this skill was until I had to apply it to my personal finance. You see, people do it at work because they have to but you only do it for yourself because you want to! The difficult bit to accept is that you can end up doing hours of research & analysis but still end up not finding what you want. However, what you will gradually find is that the knowledge you have gained builds on itself the more effort you put towards ......