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Announcing the I Will Teach You To Be Rich Boot Camp
Announcing the I Will Teach You To Be Rich Boot Camp, which will help you automate your finances in 6 weeks. Learn about why I launched this — and how it can help you dominate with your money.
How to trick dumb kids into eating less Halloween candy
Learn about a social-psychology experiment in which a simple mirror caused profound behavioral changes.
Education is not the solution to all personal-finance problems
Doesn’t it seem like people throw “education” around as the solution to every problem in personal finance? So when it comes to education, I start rolling my eyes when people suggest education is the magic bullet. Let’s get real, please. As heretical as it is to say in our society, “education” is not the panacea for personal finance.
“Ugh, why don’t fat people just eat less?”
If you’ve heard an ignorant comment like that, you’ve probably been to any of a thousand online forums. Nothing drives me crazier than people who ignore decades of research to judge others for their supposed lack of willpower. Today, a rant on people who judge others’ behavior when it comes to spending and eating.
Why do delusional people think their spending will be different than other people’s?
See why delusional people refuse to believe they’ll have the same spending patterns as everyone else. By planning to live an ordinary life, you give yourself the means to be extraordinary.
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About Ramit Sethi
I'm the New York Times best-selling author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. I co-founded PBwiki and graduated from Stanford.
