Behavior Gap Radio

In this episode, Carl explores a strange habit many of us have: using someone’s wealth as evidence they’re worth listening to. Why does knowing that someone sold a company or has a $400 million balance sheet suddenly make them seem smarter, wiser, or more interesting? Carl examines how easily authority in one area can leak into another, and why we may want to get much more careful about confusing financial success with intelligence, wisdom, or human worth.Want more from Carl? Get the shortest, most impactful weekly email on the web! Sign up for the Weekly Letter from Certified Financial Planner™ and New York Times columnist Carl Richards here: https://behaviorgap.com/ 

In this episode, Carl puts two very different paychecks side by side: a ski patroller earning an hourly wage in an expensive mountain town and an NFL quarterback earning tens of millions a year. He’s not arguing that either number is right or wrong. Instead, he asks a more interesting question about what markets actually measure, what they don’t, and what the enormous gap between price and human value might say about us.Want more from Carl? Get the shortest, most impactful weekly email on the web! Sign up for the Weekly Letter from Certified Financial Planner™ and New York Times columnist Carl Richards here: https://behaviorgap.com/ 

In this episode, Carl continues his exploration of absurdity by putting two realities side by side: Wealth at a scale that is almost impossible to comprehend and ordinary families struggling to afford a first home. Rather than arguing about who is right, who is wrong, or what the solution should be, Carl asks whether we can simply pay attention to the strange things we’ve learned to accept as normal, and perhaps start by being willing to call them what they are.Want more from Carl? Get the shortest, most impactful weekly email on the web! Sign up for the Weekly Letter from Certified Financial Planner™ and New York Times columnist Carl Richards here: https://behaviorgap.com/ 

In this episode, Carl questions a common belief among families with significant wealth: Helping adult children financially will somehow ruin them. When the next generation already knows a substantial inheritance is coming, does withholding help today really teach the lessons parents think it does? Carl explores how our experiences with money shape what we believe our children need, and why a different set of circumstances may require a different set of lessons.Want more from Carl? Get the shortest, most impactful weekly email on the web! Sign up for the Weekly Letter from Certified Financial Planner™ and New York Times columnist Carl Richards here: https://behaviorgap.com/