The Missing Money Manual: 28 Essential Maxims

The most popular legal substance to all people of the world: money. Money becomes the inkblot of our personal Rorschach. The more we give money meaning, the more we lose focus on what money means. Reasonable people forego pleasure to pursue money in order to purchase...

A Secret Ingredient for Writers

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld pins a calendar on a prominent wall in his apartment office that has the entire year on one page. On days when he writes new material, no matter how little, he draws a red “X” over that day. Ultimately a chain of crossed off days develops. His...

14 Ways to Outsmart Your Brain to Spend Less

1. Pause between the pick and the purchase. Wants are the language of the initial intoxicating exposure to dopamine. Anticipation causes a dopamine release, making action feel compelling. Neuroscientists at Emory University found that this delay disrupted dopamine...

Saying Everything You Need to Say

One of the fundamental obligations we have as parents is to fully prepare our children for successful functioning in the real world. One of the fundamental obligations we have as Mentor Coaches to our clients is to facilitate successful functioning in the real world....

THE SELF SERIES III: Future Self

I am the interpretation I project onto reality. —June Aspell, Seed Magazine Several thousand people were asked in a study to predict how much their values would change in the next ten years, and how much their values had changed in the last ten years. At every age,...

THE SELF SERIES II: The Wise Self, Part 2

The mind does not dwell entirely in the brain. —Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses When not blocked by emotional neglect, the Wise Self is essentially a state of mind of compassionate reflection and progressive mindfulness. Access to this state allows...