It’s a Very Underrated Emotion of Money: Joy
Last month, I shared an observation: That you couldn’t turn on the news or scroll social media without hearing or reading the word “recession.” You still can’t. This, despite the Fed’s most recent interest rate hike designed to tame...
Are You Independent and Free?
The 4th of July commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence in the United States. It’s hard, at least for me, to think about this holiday and not focus on two words: independence and freedom. Yes, I spent the day celebrating with friends –...
How to Financially Protect the Seniors in Your Life
I usually use the Winter holiday season to encourage folks to talk about money with their family. But, the ongoing coverage about inflation and a possible recession, plus a recent conversation with a friend, makes this as good a time as any to switch things up. ...
It’s Juneteenth; Time to Celebrate & Focus on Narrowing These Three Gaps
Perhaps if President Abraham Lincoln hadn’t been assasinated and President Andrew Johnson hadn’t reversed the “Special Field Order No. 15,” which redistributed about 400,000 acres of confiscated land from Confederate landowners to newly freed slaves, the wealth gap...
Sometimes, It’s Hard to Focus on the Big Picture
These days, you cannot turn on the news or scroll social media without hearing or reading the word “recession.” And when you hear it, your immediate response might be one of fear. Or, you might begin to wonder if you should start feeling fearful about the...
These Three Biases Cost Her More Than Money
Last week, a dear friend shared an experience that made her sad. It made me sad, too – for my friend and the financial well-being of her now former client. Here’s the backstory: My friend’s client had a revenue goal. But all of the suggestions offered by...
What Gaps Do You Need Your Money to Close?
Money is always in service to something else. It’s the “tool” by which you are able to “do, be, or have” what you either want more of or don’t currently possess. Therefore, the prices you charge are also in service to something, too. Beyond your business’ sales,...
What Has a Strong Impact on the Price You’ll Pay?
By now, you’re likely familiar with my obsession with getting people to focus on more than the numbers when it comes to money. Exploring the social, cognitive, and emotional aspects of money is pretty much all I talk about, right?! 🙂 Sure, you may not go as far...
The Cultural Tendency to Want Money to Be Easy
After writing last week’s post, I recorded a video talking about our cultural tendency to view money in a monolithic manner. When it is anything but. For example, in business money represents revenue, profit, and cashflow. Personally, it represents what you pay...
