Imagine yourself in the future. Change your relationship with material things. Avoid spending biases. Don’t buy stuff you can’t afford. These are key tips for achieving financial wellness.
Often I hear people say the phrase “this is just who I am.” I find this idea to foster a very narrow sense of identity, and very often inhibit our personal development. Here are some reasons why.
Reframing is our ability to look at a situation or experience from another perspective so that we can learn something new or think and feel better about a past event. Some ways we can reframe include:
Yesterday I was walking home from the grocery store and two young guys ran from behind me and tackled me to the ground. They immediately started hitting me, kicking me, and yelling at me to give them my money. My first thought was, “Holy shit, I’m being robbed. This has never happened to me before, (more…)
A recent study in Cognition and Emotion found that anger can sometimes make us more critical thinkers by inhibiting our confirmation bias. Instead of only searching for information that supports our beliefs, anger can create a “moving against” tendency that motivates us to seek alternative information that opposes our assumptions. The study had participants do (more…)