Mind on your money, and money on your mind.
Personal wealth. It’s a topic no one likes to discuss in mixed company. To pony up a true salary number is almost too intimate. We’re constantly comparing ourselves to others and subscribing to the “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. As Albert Bandura, a psychologist at Stanford University, said:
“Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that you have to rely on others to find out how you’re doing.“ (more…)