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More Stress, Less Money? Ways That Stress Can Cause Your Spending to Increase

June 23, 2009 · 11 comments

in behavioral finance , financial education , lifehack , money decisions , money lessons , psychology

If you’re frequently stressed out, do you tend to make bad money decisions?  My answer is yes.  If you know you’re under stress, keep an eye on your bank account and your budget, if you have one.  And it’s not just financial stress that causes bad financial decisions.  Sometimes the necessary pursuit of money itself [...]

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4 Tips for Having Conversations with Parents (and Others) About Money

June 12, 2009 · 4 comments

in behavioral finance , emotions , finances , financial planning , money decisions , money lessons , psychology

It may not be part of the old adage about religion and politics, but money still has the ability to divide and get people worked up.  Perhaps it is the hugely abstract idea(s) behind our physical use of money that cause(s) this problem.  Money is linked to the ideas of “value” and “worth.” How much [...]

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How To Concentrate Your Efforts

June 10, 2009 · 7 comments

in achievement , discipline , productivity , psychology , success

It’s one of the last weeks of an academic term, and I’ve got three two large papers still left to process.  A total of about 65-80 pages (plus footnotes and bibliographies) that need to be written (not counting the pages of research that need to be read).  Deadlines are looming like a gun to my [...]

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Everything Wants Your Attention, But Where You Direct It Is One Of The Few Things You Can Control

June 3, 2009 · 10 comments

in achievement , lifehack , lifestyle design , psychology , success

It was bad enough when all we had to worry about tuning out were traffic jams, television sets, commercials, ringing telephones and doorbells.  Sometime over the last ten years, though, gradually, we gained an additional set of layers of “noise” to deal with: the public cellphone conversation, the instant message, flashing ads in our elevators [...]

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A Journey Like No Other: Following the Wealth Pilgrim From Adversity to Personal Transformation and Financial Freedom

May 28, 2009 · 0 comments

in achievement , interviews , psychology , success , wealthbuilding

I’ve been very fortunate to meet and be able to speak with author and founder of the Wealth Pilgrim, Neal Frankle, CFP — someone with a truly amazing and inspiring story.  Not only is Neal a Certified Financial Planner, he is also a great motivational writer, blogger and speaker.  He has appeared on radio and [...]

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5 Ways To Maximize Your Life Leverage and Achieve Your Best Through Effective Effort

May 25, 2009 · 3 comments

in achievement , discipline , psychology , success

In the world of finance, leverage can either refer to (1) the use of a small portion of your own money to achieve bigger gains (with less of your own money at risk) or (2) the use of other people’s (borrowed) money for the same reasons.  Either way, I kind of see it in terms [...]

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Only The Mediocre Are Always At Their Best

May 24, 2009 · 2 comments

in determination , psychology , success

Thus once said French novelist Jean Giraudoux.  Think about this for a moment. At first it looks like it’s a statement about “the mediocre” - you know, lots of other people — slackers — but not yourself, right?  But then you think about it some more and the meaning shifts a bit.
You’re not a “mediocre” [...]

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