Personal finance
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Understanding Happiness: A Timeless Perspective
The dialogue about happiness has not changed much for the past 3000 years since ancient Greek and Roman times.But people pretend that everything has changed and that more people are unhappy than ever.
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Unlock Your Potential: 7 Essential Skills for Personal & Professional Growth
Do you sometimes feel like you’re wasting your potential? And do you also feel unsure about how you can even reach your full potential?If so, you’re like any other ambitious person who wants to make t
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Crafting Winning Pitch Emails: 3 Essential Rules
What’s something that you want in your career? More clients? A new job? Attention for your app? More readers?Whatever it is, before you get it, you need to pitch it to the person who can give it to yo
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Mastering Decisions: How Mental Models Minimize Regret
What makes a good decision? When I ask people that question, I often get answers like:“When the outcome is successful.”Why is it that we, as a society, romanticize outcomes? Only things and people tha
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Identifying Your Core Values: A Guide to Living Authentically
Your character is defined by values. And your core values are the result of your behavior. That means your values are defined by your actions—not the other way around. Aristotle said it best:For examp
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Overcoming Cognitive Bias: Why Your Assumptions Are Limiting You
I bet that you’re extrapolating your perceptions all the time. Let me give you a few examples and tell whether I’m wrong.“House prices will probably keep increasing.”“That person will never change.”“M
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The Power of Rereading: Why Revisiting Books Enhances Learning & Retention
About four years ago I decided to read 100 new books a year. I’ve kept up that habit until recently.I stopped reading two new books a week because I forgot almost everything I learned more than a year
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Navigating Chaos: Productivity Strategies for Unexpected Life Events
In a perfect world, everything is steady. You can make plans that actually come true 100% of the time. You can anticipate things in advance.But as you and I both know, that’s not how life works.In rea
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Land Your Dream Job: Strategies for Career Advancement
I recently spoke with one of my students about her challenge to find a new job. She’s trying to get ahead.And she invests a lot of time in her own education. After speaking to her, I was convinc
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10 Life-Changing Habits for a Better You
Over the years, I’ve adopted many different “positive” habits. To me, a habit is positive when it improves the quality of my life. A lot has been written about forming habits.How hard is? How long doe
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Overthinking: Strategies to Quiet Your Mind and Reduce Mental Clutter
I want to ask you a question. How many hours per day do you think?“I never thought about that.” So let me get this straight. You’re thinking all the time, and yet, you never think about how much time
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Navigating Adversity: Finding Strength in Difficult Times
In the midst of challenging times, we often think we’re going through the worst time ever. And when we’re in the middle of adversity, we think it never ends. That’s why we always say things like, “my
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Achieving True Freedom: Financial & Emotional Well-being
I always worked for financial freedom. But I chased the wrong thing. I wanted emotional freedom.Money doesn’t make you happy. And yet, we need it to live. So what do we do? Try hard to make more money
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10 Powerful Questions Answered: Expert Insights & Practical Solutions
The other day I received an email from a reader with 10 powerful questions she wanted me to answer. No introduction. No small talk.Just a list of questions and “Thanks for your time” at the bottom.Nat
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Embrace Failure: How to Pivot and Achieve Your Goals
Do you have plans, goals, ideals, or outcomes that you want to achieve? And do you get frustrated when things don’t go according to plan?If so, I want to share a simple, yet powerful idea with y
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Goals vs. Systems: Why Both Are Essential for Success
People who claim that setting goals are a bad thing are out of their minds. They probably set some goals in the past, failed, and never set a goal again.I know there’s a lot of confusion about goals a
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Master Your Destiny: Understanding Active vs. Passive Mindsets
“I’m bored.” When’s the last time you said that? I bet not too long ago. If you give me 4 minutes, I’ll tell you why that’s a sign of a bad mindset.In the past, I always looked at other people for ans
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Building a Fulfilling Life: Prioritizing Well-being Over Wealth Accumulation
I’m not hungry for money. Compared to several years ago, when I had less money, I still have the same life. It’s a rich life.I wake up, drink my freshly brewed coffee, read a good book, and then
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Effective Learning Strategies: 5 Practical Tips for Faster Skill Acquisition
Accelerated learning is something we should all strive for. But too much advice on the internet promises the impossible:“1000X your personal growth!”“Change your life in 10 seconds!”“Learn EVERYTHING
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Master Your Habits: A Guide to Personal Transformation & Achieving Excellence
Where you are in your life is a result of your habits. Will Durant (not Aristotle) said it best:I think that’s also true for the opposite of excellence. Mediocrity is a result of mediocre habits.
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Mid-Year HSA Contribution Changes: Options & ConsiderationsSetting up a health savings account gives you the ability to pay for eligible medical expenses on a tax-advantaged basis. If your employer offers a high deductible health plan, you can save money on p...
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Disability Grants for Social Security Recipients: Find Funding OpportunitiesGrant money is available for persons with disabilities. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits are awarded to people with impairments that prevent them from working. While there...
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Ascending Channels: A Trader's Guide to Identifying Buying OpportunitiesTraders use various technical analysis tools to identify emerging trends and profitably trade that direction. One popular trend-defining pattern that traders often rely on is called the price channel....
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Accounting Humor: Jokes & Comics for Accounts Payable ProfessionalsThe long nights spent closing the books. The endless hours staring at spreadsheets trying to figure out why the...