Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The World is Awful. The World is Much Better. The World Can Be Much Better.   Hold these three true thoughts in your mind at the same time –without suffering cognitive dissonance or stimulating an outright conniption. Incentives: The Most Powerful Force In The World   If

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Historical Roots of Economic Disparities for African-Americans   A critical prerequisite for financial success is trusting the system. Racism and systemic racism have reasonably reduced trust. This is one reason Mindful Money is focused on reducing the racial wealth gap. Your Explanations Are Not True   Always

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When they were little, we paid for things for them, but they got used to hearing “No.” Kate was far better at this than I was. I always wanted to give them everything they wanted. So, I needed tools. There are all kinds of tricks to curb a child’s desire for a thing. My favorites

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Many clients have lost loved ones over the years – parents, partners, kids, and siblings. We can’t understand the devastating life-altering effects on those who are left until it happens to us. What do you do with an open wound that you know will never close? Thank you Diana and WealthManagement.com for the opportunity to

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The World Really Is Getting Better   Things get better. Not every year. Not always visibly. Never enough to overcome the adage, “Bad news is good copy”… just ploddingly and inexorably better. Does Mindfulness Get in the Way of Making Amends?   Western culture took Mindfulness as

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Thank you to our nearly 2000 subscribers who seem to be engaging more, both on social media and by simply emailing us. I appreciate your feedback and your questions… keep ‘em coming. This question came from a subscriber in California. This is largely an area of opinion. Lots of things I write about have been

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life   “Career advice as a genre is almost fatally flawed.” Here is some excellent career advice. The Most Boring Superpower Ever   You benchpress 200 lbs? Wow!! But… can you sleep 10 hours a day? The Olive Tree of

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Today, I want to lay down a marker. THIS IS WHEN YOU BUY! The great companies of the US and the World are on sale. That sale may (or may not) get better. If it does get better, it won’t get that much better. There will be some point in the not-too-distant future where we

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Americans Are Terrible at Taking Vacations. Why Are U.S. Workers So Bad at Taking Time Off?   Even those who have vacation time use it sparingly. Life is short, we need to get serious about R&R. The Best of Times   The joys of running a small

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