Mindful Money Blog

25iq Quotations: Charlie Munger | The Play Deficit | What Does It Mean to Really, Truly Rest? | Deliberate Doubt: The Art of Questioning Our Assumptions | The Art and Science of Spending Money

Inequality Might Be Going Down Now | The Mindset That Brings Unlimited Willpower | Seven Ways To Make the Most Of Your Time | Two Lifestyles Table (from Huberman Article) | How Dividends Juice Your Returns in the Stock Market

Dacher Keltner presents Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life | Social Media May Prevent Users from Reaping Creative Rewards of Profound Boredom - New Research | Why We Need Rituals, Not Routines | The Best Approach to Self-Care: How to Attend to Your Unmet Needs | The World’s Best Places to Retire in 2023

What Makes Life Meaningful? | Sunday Firesides: Everyone’s Just Trying to Make It in the World | How Emotionally Intelligent People Turn Frustration and Stress Into Fulfillment and Achievement | The Best Way to Deal with Dissatisfaction (It’s Not What You Think) | How To Want Less

If you look hard enough, you can find stories that tell a contrasting and enduring narrative for what we truly need for a successful and meaningful life. Your story can do the same - but first, you have to know your heart. You must define what is worth seeking for you.

Pain is Part of the Process | History Is In the Making | “Reality” Is Constructed by Your Brain. Here’s What That Means, And Why It Matters | Lessons From The Samurai: The Secret To Always Being At Your Best | The Universe in Verse (Video)

Life Is Hard. And That’s Good | Surrendering Isn’t Giving Up: Why We Need to Accept What’s Happened | The Psychology of Prestige: Why We Play the Social Status Game | Overcoming the Myth of Separateness | 6 Conversations About Money to Have With Your Family Over the Holidays

In early December, I was on a panel entitled Sustaining, Enduring and Thriving Through Crisis at the 2022 Market Counsel Summit. Coming together, we shared stories of how we, as men, are all quite literally starved for a particular type of connection in our industry. As most know, the world of “finance” is still dominated by men – and not always the best kind of men.

Get Rich Without Working: The Dark Fantasy of Today | Google’s Former Happiness Guru Developed a Three-Second Brain Exercise for Finding Joy | Rethinking Authenticity | Financial Regret at Older Ages and Longevity Awareness | The Three Laws of Human Behavior

The Real Magic of Rituals | 2022 Photo Contest Winners | Naturally Produce More Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphin and Oxytocin for a Happier Brain | Experienced Well-Being Rises with Income, Even Above $75,000 Per Year | Publication Bias in Economics

Six New Studies That Can Help You Rediscover Gratitude | Happy Talk | Partisans Agree: Time With Family and Friends is Meaningful and Fulfilling | The 5-Hour Rule: How To Turn a Wasted Day Into a Successful One | Three Reasons Why Indexing Works and Continues to Grow

After 17 months of struggling unsuccessfully with emotional overwhelm, I finally have a set of simple tools that have made a huge difference for me personally in accepting, allowing, just being with difficult emotions. If you're curious about this or want to try meditation, let me know. I’d love to help you get started.

“Isn’t Personal Finance Pretty Simple?!” | Men Are Struggling. A New Book Explores Why and What to Do About It | Wealth is Partly Imaginary | The Lonely Hearts Club Man | The Quality of Our Questions

Expectations and Reality | Life is Too Short? Bereaved Managers and Investment Decisions | Daily Meditation May Work As Well As a Popular Drug to Calm Anxiety, Study Finds | Rupert Murdoch Knees Trump in The Balls While He’s Doubled Over Coughing Up Blood | Ballerina Music Box

SVP Jonathan DeYoe joined the Smart Money Circle podcast to discuss how wellness and spirituality tie into investing your money and happiness.

For me, worrying isn’t just a sense of anxiety. It is a push to learn more. After I did some research and learned a little bit about how earthquakes work, I wasn’t worried about them anymore (or, at least, I worried less). Earthquakes and the fear of earthquakes are a pretty good stand-in for “market volatility.”

The Difference Between Amateurs & Professionals | Envy, the Happiness Killer | 5 Meditations to Calm Your Anxious Mind | How to Stop Overthinking Your Relationship | 12 Lessons on Money and More From Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

Gandhi said it: “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” This is, of course, not an easy thing in our go-go-go, get-ahead, multi-tasking world.

How to Get Comfortable With Uncertainty and Change | There is No Timeline to Grief | Why Nancy Pelosi Sabotaged Wildly Popular Bipartisan Legislation | Retirement Can Mean a Loss of Identity — How to Bring Happiness to Your Next Act | Tailoring Your Portfolio When One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Fast Unicorns Frequently Fade | An Epidemic of Delusions | The Right Way to Be Introspective (Yes, There’s a Wrong Way) | An End to Doomerism | Why Saving Is More Important Than Investing