Category: Money
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The myth of our age
“The myth of our age is that we will only be happy if we get what we want.” – Ed Gungor If you insist on believing that the exchange of dollars for some thing that can be made will bring any lasting sense of happiness, then you will never achieve…
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A value spectrum
You can value your life by What You Have. Or you can value it by How You Live. Don’t make the mistake of thinking these are two static points of being; they are merely the poles we are moving closer to and further from at all times. Which one are you…
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Animals behind power outages
Here’s a fascinating, hilarious, and also slightly concerning story from the Atlantic yesterday about how small animals cause power outages. It serves as a powerful reminder that for all the hand-wringing we do about complex, unlikely scenarios that could derail our power plants–or our health or our careers or our finances–maybe we…
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Honda, Maserati, and what a logo costs
A fun trick to not spend money on dumb stuff is to ask, “how much are they charging me for that logo?” Sometimes the logo is actually indicative of a history of quality and reliability–like the Honda “H.” In which case the logo has become a signal for actual value. But other…
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For the love of money
I have no empirical data to support this claim, but anecdotally, one of the most misquoted sentences of all time is surely, “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evils.” Many times people just say, “Money is the root of all evil.” The reason the…
Meaningful Returns 