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At Norm’s Memorial | Nurtured by Nature | The Mysticism of Paul Simon | How to Live a ‘Good Life’ (Almost Every Single Day) | Shiny Objects

The Case for a Regular Dose of Vitamin O, i.e. Optimism | How To Improve Concentration | Three Secrets of Resilient People | Charles Schwab Modern Wealth Survey 2023 | Why You Believe The Things You Do

The Healthy Advisor: Living With Cancer With Lynn Ballou | Living in Hyperbole | Don’t Let Them Fool You | Every Self-Help Book Ever, Boiled Down to 11 Simple Rules | Fix the National Debt

To Have Better Disagreements, Change Your Words | Seeing Stories of Kindness May Counteract the Negative Effects of Consuming Bad News | The Pitfalls of the Pursuit of Happiness | KVIN | What Is Basic Income and How Does It Support Well-Being?

How to Wander | Stop Being Who You Aren’t | AI Canon | Billionaires and the Evolution of Overconfidence | Don’t Take Financial Advice From Ron DeSantis

How The Brain Changes When We Grieve | What I Lost When I Stopped Crying | Three Lessons from Aristotle On Friendship | Can Americans Talk About Their History Without False Antagonism? | 31 Lessons I’ve Learned About Money

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk To Yourself (Video) | Can Movies Help You Become a Better Person? | Why We Forget That Most People Are Good | How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty | The 10 Greatest US Investors and the Virtues That Made Them

If Abraham Maslow taught a class in personal finance, he would have described earning and saving as the foundation of any personal financial success program. Earning allows us our physiological needs – food, shelter, clothing – and saving is the bedrock of security. Earning and saving would be the bottom two levels of his famous pyramid.

How to Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today) [Video] | When The Music Stops | Expanding Awareness of the Science of Intellectual Humility | Ten Ways to Breathe Meaning into Existence | Half of American Households Have No Retirement Savings

Investing leads to improved outcomes across the many spheres of our lives. Financial investing leads to better financial outcomes. You absolutely must invest. But, before you invest, you should know the answer to these three questions.

How I Changed My Perspective When I Was Too Angry to Be Grateful | A Few Lessons on Showing Up | Can Mindfulness Reduce Anxiety as Well as a Drug? | The Sinister Side of Work Ethic | The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd

How to Bear Your Loneliness: Grounding Wisdom from the Great Buddhist Teacher Pema Chödrön | Twelve New Films That Highlight the Best in Humanity | We All Get “Monkey Mind” — and Neuroscience Supports the Buddhist Solution | Negativity Drives Online News Consumption | 5 Ways Investors Can Succeed by Knowing Their Limits | PHOTOS: See the Wildflower 'Superbloom' Happening Across California

There is a lot of ink spilled on the how's and wherefore's of deferring our gratification. But, with so many choices in front of us in every moment… why should we bother? Why not live in the moment? The answer is Love.

What to Read and Watch When You're Sad and Just Want to Wallow a Little Bit | ‘Is This It?’ When Success Isn’t Satisfying | Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It | How To Log Off | Charley Ellis: Six Nuggets of Investment Wisdom

How to Find Joy in Your Sisyphean Existence | Why Do High IQ People Stagnate in Their Careers? Emotional Intelligence | The War on Suffering | Biden (Trump) Grows National Debt by 11% in Two Years | Are Rich People Really Less Ethical?

Jason Scott Montoya of the Share Life: Stories & Systems To Live Better & Work Smarter Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money

An Ancient Technique Can Improve Your Attention Span | 7 Self-Reflection Questions to Create Your Own Happiness This Year | Five Ways to Be Calm – And Why It Matters | How to Talk About Money With a Partner | Vanguard’s Guide to Financial Wellness

How to Know What You Really Want | 11 Things to Do When You Feel Lonely | What the Longest Study on Human Happiness Found Is the Key to a Good Life | My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character | Keeping Perspective

Dr. Allen Lycka of the How to Live A Fantastic Life podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money.

Winners Wake Up Early: Every Article I’ve Written About My Morning Routine | Warren Buffett: Private Equity Firms Are Typically Very Dishonest (Video) | The Science of Well-Being for Teens | Give Yourself a Gift | More Powerful than Financial Advice