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Archive for the ‘Myths’ Category
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Money won’t make you happy – Money Myth 7
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure can’t hurt. Lack of money, on the other hand, can suck. Money means different things to all of us- power, safety, freedom, independence, stature, control… and these ideas form the roots of our relationship with money. We begin to equate money with those things. . The trap here is that when we equate the outer symbol, money, with our inner value, (power|safety|freedom ...
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Money Myth 4, 5 & 6
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes “Money is something I don’t have” If this is your identity, if it is how you view yourself, it’s tough to go against- it feels a lot like proving yourself wrong, which can be a bit painful. Your subconscious doesn’t like that kind of pain, and will push you relentlessly in order to validate it. From your subconscious’s view, if this myth is part of your reality, it is ...
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Money doesn’t grow on trees – Money Myth 3
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Obviously, money doesn’t grow on trees… but what is meant here is that getting hold of it isn’t as simple as walking out the front door and filling a basket with the stuff. Money is the measure of value you create and deliver to others- and people like to resist being measured, especially if they think there’s a risk they won’t measure up to whatever expectation they have. One ...
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Rich People don’t care about the poor! – Money Myth 2
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes How, precisely, would someone demonstrate care? By opening one’s checkbook and paying them? There are problems that money just can’t solve, and although it may be difficult to swallow, being poor is one of them. At the bottom line, lack of money is a symptom, rather than a cause, of poverty. People who are financially strapped are that way for a reason, and giving them money will never touch ...
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Rich People are Greedy – Money Myth 1
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes The upside to this perspective is clear; you get to make those rich people wrong, and yourself right. Any perceived financial shortcomings can be justified by saying “but at least I’m not greedy” – and you get to pretend the reason you’re not as rich as those guys is because you’re morally superior and above it all. Some of the costs associated with this view; in some sense, being ...
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Why We Make New Years Resolutions
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Yes, another cut and paste job from Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. of psychcentral.com. I knew you would have to sit down with a psychiatrist to figure out why people feel the need to change on certain dates. For the life of me I hate dealing with New Years as my gym gets crowded, people keep saying the same cornball ass well wishes and everyone feels like they can wipe the ...
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Turn Upside Down
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Whenever someone wants to scrap the whole system they bring up to turn it upside down. Now it’s just a saying but it’s really a state of mind. When something doesn’t work their first thought is to walk away and look for another way. But, usually when something doesn’t work a small tweek here or there is needed. There has hardly if ever been a reason to throw something ...
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Fair Shake
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes There is no such things as a fair shake in life. Just like the NBA lockout won’t be settled at a 50/50 split such is life. The more you understand money the more a fair shake really means the owners found a number in which you will shut up for now. So you wanted a 6% raise and got a 3% with a promise for another review in 6 ...
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Boys will be Boys
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Usually this is a saying that someone’s mom would make about how stupid young boys are. They are so stupid that it’s predictable and not out of the ordinary for a boy to shit on himself. Even when a boy becomes a Man this saying is still said about how primitive, naive or utterly ignorant a grown man may act on occasion. Most Suckers you meet take pride in ...
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