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How These Mental Anchors Are Seriously Holding You Back in Life

By Kevin

I’ve recently been thinking about why people think that self-employment is such a big risk, especially in industries where human capital is important and economies of scale tend to be less important — like professional software development, for example. What is it that makes it so risky? Is it the fact that you have to compete… [Read More]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Motivation, Opinion, Philosophy Tagged With: Canada, Employment, Ethiopia, fear, Normandy, risk, United States, World War II

How to Use Fear to Manipulate People

By Kevin

What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Opinion, Saving Your Money Tagged With: active management, bond yields, bonds, deflation, dollar cost averaging, emotions, fear, fixed rates, home ownership, inflation, interest rates, manipulation, market timing, mortgages, mutual funds, variable rates, warranties

The Joy (And Folly) of Emotions

By Kevin

Ah, emotions… the spice of life; they are the medium by which we experience joy and happiness, motivation, fulfillment, and self-actualization. They push us along toward our goals, and serve as a check and balance on our behavior. I see emotions as a sort of yin-yang relationship: when they are in balance, we can perform optimally…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Investing, Miscellaneous, Opinion, Philosophy Tagged With: emotions, envy, evolution, expected value, fear, feedback, health, lifestyle, motivation, personal growth, self help, self improvement, yin and yang

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Invest It Wisely is about evaluating the choices that each of us face everyday. It’s about investing your time, your money, and your energy wisely, in order to achieve your goals. The end goal is maximizing your life expectation, and exploring the ways to get there.

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