Dr. Ellen Vora: Procrastination and dread about work come not from genuine problems, but rather from habitual, almost reflexive thought patterns. She says building a habit of healthier, more gratitude based self talk could help us improve our relationship with the work. Next we turned to a question that a lot of people have asked this year - why does the stock market crash? To answer that, we turned to Brian Feraldi, the author of a book that describes the opposite phenomenon. Here's what he had to say.
#420: Harvard professor Arthur Brooks described two types of intelligence – and explained, in scientific terms, the wisdom that comes with age.
Dr. Ellen Vora, M.D., shared insight into the roots of procrastination, offering evidence-based tips for how to overcome our own inner demons of anxiety, fear and laziness.
Psychology professor Bill von Hippel described why too much happiness is just as detrimental to our long-term health and wellbeing as too little happiness.
Wall St. Journal columnist Spencer Jakab observed the perfect storm of conditions that gave rise to meme stonks and other oddities of our era.
Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy argued for “strategic under-diversification” and explained the Sharpe Ratio.
Data scientist Nick Maggiulli explains the save-invest continuum.
And financial planner Bill Bengen, the creator of the 4 percent retirement withdrawal rule, talks about what most people misunderstand about the safe withdrawal rate.
These are just some of the highlights from the Afford Anything podcast in this 2022 year-in-review episode.
Enjoy!
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