Category Archives: money mindset

The Company You Keep

Rumor has it you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Let’s assume that’s so. Do this little exercise and see if your best friends are pulling you up or pulling you down …

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Breaking the Silence

While discussing personal finances is taboo in the U.S., holding feelings inside and letting bad news fester just makes things worse. Find someone you can talk to comfortably about the situation in order to de-fang it.

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Two Scary Words: “Now What?”

How do you react to bad financial news? By sticking your head in the sand? Or by trying to figure out what’s causing the problem in the first place. Let’s look at how you answer the question “Now what?”

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Three Little Questions

Over the past few years, my friends have watched as I’ve gotten more and more passionate about understanding the things that lead us to make bad financial decisions. The things that keep us from thriving. The things that brought my own financial world down after 9/11.
By ‘bad financial decisions’ I’m not talking about [...]

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“Oh, No, I Don’t Know Anything About Money”

What’s with that knee-jerk reaction too many women have to the topic of money? What kind of money mindset leads them to say they don’t know anything about money … when clearly they do? Here’s another case.

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Looking at Money through the Filter of Failure

As people struggle with the idea of simplifying their lives today, it takes me back to when I learned how money can distort the way we look at things.

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So What Role Does Money Play in Your Life?

What role your money plays in your life is entirely up to you. No one else. Probably the greatest investment you could make in yourself is understanding this empowering concept.

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