A confession about gender and money…

May 4, 2012
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I’ve wanted to write about money and gender for YEARS. I have the most RIDICULOUS set of stories about friends, marriage, dating, salaries, negotiating, and investing between men and women…plus, books and books of academic studies I’ve read. Examples: What do women think when they hear a guy wants someone “who can take care of [...]

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When will men/women be honest about money — or lie?

May 2, 2012
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Some of my favorite studies from psychology are when people will not or cannot tell the truth …and they don’t even know it. For example, we have countless studies of people eating more because of the size of the dish they were served in — but if you point this out, they will steadfastly deny [...]

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May: What do women really want?

May 1, 2012
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I just got back from a 3-week vacation (more on that later) so I’m feeling extremely lazy…thus I’m skipping my usual long prose and jumping straight to bullet points. This way, I can go back to my regular routine of eating and napping for 9 hrs/day. BUT — I do have some really cool stuff [...]

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How to make expensive purchases

April 29, 2012
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Today I want to talk about making expensive purchases. Too often, we see something expensive we like, feel guilty because we know we shouldn’t get it…and then we buy it! Only to feel more guilty later. IWT isn’t about guilt. I hate guilt and, also, I have no emotions so it’s difficult for me to [...]

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$1,001 Contest Winner (and Twitter posts)

April 27, 2012
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We have a winner! Congratulations to J. Money, the winner of my “How would you spend $1,001?” contest. Here’s how he said he’d spend the cash: The first thing I’d do is dump $500 of it into our baby’s 529 college fund.  Which we have yet to still open, haha… though I reckon this would [...]

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The psychology of putting effectiveness before ego

April 24, 2012

I spend a lot of time talking about BIG wins (like salary negotiation) instead of incremental cutbacks on lattes or paper towels. The “big win” mentality is how hundreds of my students have landed their dream jobs, dug out of debt, and outperformed their peers in countless situations. But big wins aren’t always easy—especially when [...]

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