Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category
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The Silver Lining of Hitting Rock Bottom
I was talking with a friend a little over a month ago. There have been rumors of potential job cuts at the company I work at. He knows that I have a side gig (this blog as well as other websites), so he correctly assumed that I wasn’t too worried. I know he doesn’t have [...]
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Swing Away
The following is a guest post from Todd Boyer. He writes to inspire and motivate people about diet and exercise at PhitZone. While his passion is to help people reach their physical fitness goals, I think this shows he can inspire people to reach their financial goals too. “Every strike brings me closer to the [...]
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Get Paid for Getting in Shape
That’s very, very close to the most sensationalistic title I’ve written in a long time… but it’s also one of the most accurate titles I’ve written. My friend at Weight Loss Journal alerted me to this Time article, which tells the story of Healthy Wage, a website that will pay you to lose weight. Go [...]
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Maximize Strengths or Minimize Weaknesses?
I’m really not a big reader of books. Perhaps it’s my short attention span, but web articles usually work best for me. However, I’m starting to read Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek, a gift that I got for Christmas. I’m a really slow reader and time has been at a premium so I’m only around [...]
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Price-Placebo Effect
You might have heard of the placebo effect. If you haven’t that’s fine, I didn’t learn about it until I was in the 10th grade (thanks Mr. Walker). The idea is this: If you give a pill with no medical properties to someone, but lie to the person to give the impression that it will [...]
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Friends’ Influence and Money: A Two Way Street
I often write a lot of words on saving money. Cut out this expensive item… consider substituting this other item… Sometimes I write about making more money. However, I very rarely go into the psychology behind making and spending money. Today, I’m going to venture into those waters… and hopefully avoid drowning. I first read [...]
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Financial Freedom in Five Years (and the Difference Between Rich and Wealthy)
Below is a guest post from Early Retirement Extreme. As you might imagine from the title of his blog, he writes about extreme ways to retire early. This article serves as a good introduction to that philosophy. I encourage you to sign up for the Early Retirement Extreme RSS Feed. Being wealthy means having lots [...]
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Does Materialism Breed Unhappiness?
Below is a guest post from LAL from LivingAlmostLarge and LAL Musings. I’ll let her introduce herself: “I’m a twenty-something DINK, living in the northeast searching for financial freedom. I hope to one day live large and be financially free, but it’ll only happen one step at a time. I admit to not being the [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 2)
I’m reviewing Money Magazine’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security. You can read Part 1 here. Rule No. 4: Borrowing Old thinking: Borrowing sensibly is a good way to build wealth. New rule: Borrow cautiously. You have to worry about the other guy’s debt too. Money Summary: Credit was cheap and plentiful like food at [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 1)
Money Magazine’s big headline this month is the 7 New Rules of Financial Security… and Why You Need to Know Them. I have to admit it’s a pretty sweet headline – it certainly caught my eye. I flipped right to page 50 to see what I needed to know why. With that in mind, let’s [...]
