Tag Archives: value

Your money story matters more than you think

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Why does your money story even matter? If you are trying to change the way you behave with money, why bother looking into your past?    Because to deal with money well, you need to know what goes in the background of your mind.  Often an echo of a memory can pop up – sometimes at the oddest times – with an unhelpful effect on your money habits.

Make good money decisions

make good money decisions

When you are trying to make good decisions about money – it is so tempting to just focus on the numbers and ignore everything else – right?  Wrong.  If that were the case, we could let our calculators make the decisions for us.

Do you suffer from Financial Fairytale Syndrome?

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Find out if you are living in a financial fantasy, and how to get out of fairy land!

Six – no seven! – tips for negotiation skills

When clients come to me for negotiation skills coaching, many struggle to separate negotiation from ideas of fighting, argument and conflict.  The core of this is that many people – especially women – see negotiations as risky situations threatening their relationships.  When you need to negotiate with your partner or employer – you may worry that asking for more could undermine your relationship.

You are not Homo Economicus

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In traditional economics, you are told that humans basically make financial decisions like robots. I sat through lecture after lecture being told to make decisions in my own self interest – and frankly, I struggled with that idea. Because my self interest was not just about getting the best price, or the ‘highest economic value’.   That doesn’t work for humans in reality.

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