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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Reading The News is the New Smoking For most of us, a reduction in news consumption would probably lead to better decisions and greater happiness. Why Optimists Live Longer Than The Rest Of Us I believe this research, but I’m not sure it’s helpful. I …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World We don’t see the whole picture. We build the world on top of our own filtered experience. How to Be a Little Less Judgmental It takes an indescribable amount of energy to judge everything. It’d be best for …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Not Financial Advice. This is a great piece from Young Money: the best personal finance blog you’ve never heard of. Tell your kids to read this blog. Compounded Luck Advantages compound. Disadvantages compound. A society can be judged on how it handles unearned advantages. Mentality The job …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Optimism When All Else Fails “I think the real and tangible thing we can do is not give up.” Beach Currents Don’t Have to Be This Deadly Last year, my brother was one of the hundreds of people who drowned after getting caught in the rip current. …
When Dave died, one of the most beautiful parts of my life and a huge part of my future died with him. We had plans that we will never be able to fulfill and this changed my life forever. I will be talking about some of our plans on the Mindful Money Podcast in the …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck: Survey My mom might say, “Cry me a river.” We need an income, and that income should grow throughout our lives. But financial success has never been just about what we earn. Oliver Burkeman’s Last Column: The Eight Secrets to …
Historically, it seems the primary function of financial journalism (perhaps all journalism) is to scare us out of our wits. We have been reminded of this almost hourly since the S&P 500 entered official “bear market territory” on Monday, June 13th by closing 20% below its previous all-time high set in January of 2022. Bear …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Seven Varieties of Stupidity We seek to better understand intelligence. We should seek to understand stupidity with equal vigor. ‘Everything Is Terrible, but I’m Fine’ I’m doing great; all those other people are suffering. I’m Right, and You’re an Evil Monster It should be strange to us …
Today marks the first anniversary of my brother’s death. Dave died on June 17th, 2021 – the day before his 46th birthday. He lived with his family in San Ramon and in the 5 years before his death culminating with the pandemic lock-downs, my “inner circle” had largely collapsed to him and one other guy. …
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