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December 10, 2018By Paula Pant

#166: Everything I Learned About Money Came from My Grandmother – with Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post

Michelle Singletary learned everything she knows about money from her grandmother.

Well, okay, I shouldn’t say “everything” that she knows. After all, Michelle also has an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She writes about personal finance for the Washington Post. Her nationally-syndicated personal finance column, The Color of Money, is published in more than 100 newspapers nationwide. She’s written three financial books.

Oh, and guess what? Her column was nominated for a Pulitzer.

Michelle has been learning, thinking, writing, researching and speaking about money management for decades. Yet the most important education she received, she says, came from the lessons her grandmother taught her.

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November 19, 2018Written By Paula Pant

17 Lessons to Improve Your Money & Life

I’ve learned a ton during the past decade, thanks to reading, interviewing, and massive trial-and-error. I’ve distilled many of these lessons into today’s blog post.

Here are 17 lessons that can improve your money and life.

#1: Money Can’t Make You Happy, But Lack of Money Can Make You Unhappy
They say, “money can’t make you happy.” But that’s false.

Researchers have examined the link between money and happiness — and guess what? Money can make you happy, to an extent. Multiple studies found a significant correlation between money and happiness among people in low-to-middle income brackets.

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April 25, 2018Written By Paula Pant

15 Insightful Books about Investing, Money, Work and Life

I love to read. If you share my enthusiasm, you might enjoy this variety of books about money, work and life that I recommend.

Feel free to scroll, or click on one of these links to skip ahead to your favorite section.

Productivity Books Money Mindset Books Investing Books Real Estate Books

Productivity […]

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November 13, 2017By Paula Pant

#103: Random Smattering of Lessons on Money, Work and Life — plus A Call for Radical Authenticity

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On today’s podcast, I’m sharing this random smattering of lessons on money and life.⠀

1) Simplify everything.⠀
2) Risk = Probability x Magnitude.⠀
3) Curate.⠀
4) Never delay gratification.⠀
5) Know your net worth, relative to your lifetime earnings.⠀
6) Don’t half-ass anything. (Whole-ass a few things.)⠀
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February 21, 2017By Paula Pant

#65: How to Improve Your Relationship With Money

I’ve always taken an approach to life that puts my freedom first.

My one and only 9-5 lasted only 3 years. Since then, I’ve built passive income and financial independence through rental real estate.

And while most listeners think this is a podcast about money, it’s really about a philosophy around life that is disguised […]

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May 21, 2013Written By Paula Pant

One TERRIBLE Piece of Financial Advice You Should Never, Ever Listen To

Launch into any money-related conversation and you’ll inevitably hear the following bad financial advice:

“But it worked for me!”

Those insidious five little words have been used to justify all types of terrible ideas, from buying lottery tickets to over-leveraging your investments to investing every last dime into Apple stock.

Let’s try […]

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November 13, 2012Written By Paula Pant

Why Being Yourself Is a Disruptive Act

We ought to spend time and money in a way that’s aligned with our values. In reality, our spending habits are often tied to other people’s expectations of us.

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Humans are social creatures. The people in our lives influence us, both consciously and in subtle ways we never realize. We […]

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