Author: Jared Korver
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Completely Avoidable Complication That You Don’t Avoid
I’m not old, but I’m older than I used to be, and life as a result is more complicated. As far as I can tell, this is a universal axiom. There are, to be sure, physicists and philosophers who have very different ideas about Time and whether it exists on…
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Impress the right people, save money
An experiment I have for you to conduct is this: Instead of trying to impress everyone except the people closest to you, why not impress them first and foremost? Report back your results, but my working hypothesis is that the way you go about impressing those closest to you differs markedly from the…
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How to lose money and make others rich
Bear with me. When I was in college my mom worked at JC Penney, and once she copped me a pair of khaki shorts made by a company called “American Living.” They were on sale. I still own the shorts, they’re nice and comfy, they’re khaki, I put them on one leg…
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Don’t expect a trophy
So many parents complain about “participation trophies” and how spoiled kids are and how this will teach them that no matter what happens they will always be the best. But you know what? It’s the parents who not only pay for those trophies, but would actually make a huge fuss if their…
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Live with your eyes up
If I’m watching a basketball game, whether at the local YMCA or on television, I can usually pick out the best couple of players on the court within a few possessions. And no matter what position they play or what size they are, they all share one characteristic: they play…
Meaningful Returns 