In cognitive science, choice-supportive bias is the tendency to retroactively ascribe positive attributes to an option one has selected. It is a cognitive bias. For example, if a person buys a computer from Apple instead of a computer (PC) running Windows, they are likely to ignore or downplay the faults Read more…
I will finish with a caveat. I am a healthcare professional with many good friends in the field of strength and conditioning and rehabilitation. I also have many years of experience in weight training and injury care and prevention. If you have torn your distal biceps tendon, seek advice from Read more…
There’s no such thing as “smart money.” Everyone likes to poke fun at mom and pop investors, but the professionals are just as likely to succomb to performance chasing and cognitive dissonance. There are countless examples of intelligent investors blowing themselves up through the misuse of leverage or a trade gone Read more…
So heed my advice, men of all ages who are not yet millionaires and wish they were. Your truck may be the biggest obstacle in your way. The size of your truck is inversely proportional to the size of your wallet. Which one of the two would you rather supersize? * Read more…
My research revealed that men were just as likely as women to have trouble with these “always on” expectations. However, men often coped with these demands in ways that differed strikingly. Women who had trouble with the work hours tended to simply to take formal accommodations, reducing their work hours, but Read more…
Nearly a couple of thousand words later, and in some ways we’ve barely started to scratch the surface of iOS vs Android—that’s an indication of how these smartphone OSes have expanded in scope and influence, and how versatile the modern-day mobile phone actually is. Read through some of the iOS Read more…
Did you ever read that classic book when you were a kid — Paddle-to-the-Sea? A young boy carves a wooden canoe and tosses it into a stream. The big question is where will it go? What will it do? Giving away money is like that. No matter how old we Read more…
2. Less time wasted. We have no idea how much of a burden our possessions have become until we begin to remove them. But when we do, we immediately discover a new life of freedom and opportunity. It was almost five years ago that I first experimented with Project 333—a personal Read more…
The below interview goes into the life of a 30 something couple in Early Retirement. Read on through to the link to see what a typical day is like and more. … Any difficulty adapting to your new life? Releasing baby turtles into the sunset, Puerto Escondido, Mexico Even 6 months Read more…
5. Stick to a budget. With this post, I’m not trying to say that you should cut out all spending. Instead, you should create a budget for yourself and still include some fun spending as long as it fits in your budget. A budget is great because it can help keep you in Read more…