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By Cassandra Willyard
You’re almost to the elevator when you see him. There he is, Dr. Bigwig, head of the psychology department at Prestigious University. You’d recognize those unruly eyebrows anywhere. At the moment, they’re sardonically suspended mid-forehead like two quizzical caterpillars. “Going up?” he [...]
Mind Over Money actually calls our view of money (or or disordered view of money) as a disorder – and they put forward some very convincing and (true for me) views of why and how we see money the way we do. While they state the problems – they also state some great ways of [...]
Most people are normal (whatever that means), which is to say that most of us have flaws, whether they are recognized or not.
As I stated in the preceding post reviewing the book, Mind Over Money, I believe we all have a money disorder to some degree and we owe it to ourselves and the people [...]
Fourteen-year-old Emily was thrilled. After six months of intense lobbying, she finally convinced her parents to buy her a cell phone. Emily’s parents gave her a cell phone with the stipulation that she could use only 500 minutes per month. They warned her not to go over her minutes and showed her how to check [...]
Do you have a money disorder? I’m convinced that all of us do to some degree and we owe it to ourselves and the people around us to identify them and remain mindful of them and thus enable ourselves to pursue a meaningful existence. Self-discovery, self-knowledge, and self-awareness are keys to financial success [...]
Excerpt from “Mind Over Money” on Free Money Finance
The basics of financial health aren’t complicated, and they’re pretty much the same, no matter who you are or your level of wealth. They are even the same whether you’re talking about a person, a family, a company, or a country: Save now and invest for the [...]
Our financial flashpoints, or intense emotional experiences relating to money, shape the money scripts – or patterns of thinking and acting – that we write for ourselves. And while each of us has flashpoints or experiences from childhood that shape our relationship with money, some of these experiences are more painful and traumatic than others. [...]
I received a phone message from a friend the other day. He was preparing a talk and he asked me how I would define the word “AGENT”? Agent? Define Agent? That seemed to be a strange request, but knowing my friend, Dave (always expect the unexpected) it didn’t seem too farfetched. [...]
By Donna Freedman
When is it safe to start spending again?
As the economy recovers, or as you recover from a job loss or other financial upheaval, it may be OK to open your wallet a little wider. But it can be tough to back away from a bare-bones lifestyle.
“You’re a perfect example,” my editor told me. [...]
Financial Comfort Zone
Picture the neighborhood you lived in the longest. You probably got to know it pretty well. You knew where to get groceries. You knew the quickest way to get to the hospital emergency room. You knew the friendly neighbors and the not-so-friendly ones. You knew where the closest hardware store was. Drug store. [...]
