As I wrote this in the run-up to the holiday season, markets seemed to be on the mend from the bear that started January 3rd, the air was coming out of the inflation balloon, and talk of recession probabilities was the new crisis du jour (it ALWAYS has to be something). The biggest surprise to

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Life Is Hard. And That’s Good   We cannot extinguish grief, but maybe we can do grief better? Surrendering Isn’t Giving Up: Why We Need to Accept What’s Happened   The first step in any pursuit is accepting what has come before. The Psychology of Prestige: Why

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Get Rich Without Working: The Dark Fantasy of Today   Anything that suggests “The easy path to X” is bullshit. Google’s Former Happiness Guru Developed a Three-Second Brain Exercise for Finding Joy   Enduring happiness begins by noticing the thin slices of joy happening all the time.

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The Real Magic of Rituals   Feeling in control (even if it isn’t true) helps us perform better. 2022 Photo Contest Winners   Some of the most beautiful photos… ever. (Thanks for the link, Chuck.) Naturally Produce More Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphin and Oxytocin for a Happier Brain

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Six New Studies That Can Help You Rediscover Gratitude   All 6 of course, but especially #5. If you learn to express gratitude, you are less likely to find yourself wishing you had expressed it. Happy Talk   Your investments are benefited by remembering your honest optimism.

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Thank you, Doc for an excellent conversation. ABOUT THE EPISODE Doc G of the Earn & Invest Podcasts talks with Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money about how to be thoughtful about what our financial framework is meant to support.  Jonathan takes us through his pillars of happiness and how to use them to create a

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To borrow from Churchill, “The balanced (stock/bond) portfolio is the worst form of investing known to man, except for all the other forms.” All forms of investment have some kind of risk associated with them. If they did not, they would not provide the necessary opportunity for return. Riskless is the same thing as returnless.

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Expectations and Reality   Our expectations are the problem, not the outcomes. Life is Too Short? Bereaved Managers and Investment Decisions   I absolutely knew this intuitively – it was one among many reasons for our merger 1 year ago. Now there is data proving the intuition.

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