by Brad Tuttle
Even before you got your first piggie bank, you may have been witness to events that permanently affected your relationship with money—including, obviously, how you spend it. These events might be quite dramatic, like your father losing his business, or more mundane, such as being teased at school for wearing ragged hand-me-down clothes. Either way, these experiences have the power to unconsciously lead you to make bad decisions, from blowing your savings in a crazy weekend to hoarding and extreme, misguided, and irrational attempts to never spend money on anything, ever.
These early life events that shape how we view concepts of money and worth are called “financial flashpoints” by Dr. Ted and Dr. Brad Klontz, co-authors of a new book called Mind Over Money: Overcoming the Disorders That Threaten our Financial Health.
