Coming across something that explains IT better than you could.

 


You ever struggle to define something.  You work and study and write and edit and rewrite until you are satisfied that your words accurately and precisely represent your thoughts.  You feel good about your efforts and get that warm feeling that comes when a well constructed sentence or paragraph is on the paper in front of you.  You reread your prose and begin to imagine the accolades you will receive for your excellent use of the English language.  I was watching a video from the Financial Tortoise.  Specifically I was watching this video.  I enjoy Tae Kim's videos mostly because his methods are ones that I seem to instinctively follow.  In this video he discusses habits that keep one broke.  I have come across these before in one form or another.  Around the 9:30 time code he presented this quote:

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

Will Rogers

Nothing makes you feel more like a novice than having a number of your efforts summed up in a single sentence.  This quote encompasses my thoughts from a number of my posts.  One item in my post spending code part II I offer the thought of stealth being more rewarding than outward lavishness.  This quote also does a very good job of summarizing my posts on money and morality (links below).  All that work on these posts and Will Rogers sums it all up in one sentence!

Based on this realization I decided to look up quotes and associate them with some of my posts.  Just trying to make myself humble.  I am using BrainyQuote.com to search for quotes.

Decisions:

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. 

Roy E. Disney

In my post Living with the decisions we make Part I I muse about how decisions in retirement have different guardrails.  These guardrails are embodied in my quote:

"This would come in being able to understand ourselves and what truly makes us happy and fulfilled."

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I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

LeBron James

From my post What to do when it all goes wrong, learning to deal with decisions that do not work out is part of gaining confidence in living with your decisions.

Money:

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Pablo Picasso

Echoes my post Spending code Part II, ; Stealth is more rewarding than outward lavishness.

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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Joyce Brothers

Given the data in my post One trillion there must be a lot of people with hangovers.  This post looked at levels of credit card and student debt.

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No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February.

Suze Orman

I posted about triggering decisions and how we stick with them.  What triggers a decision and how to stay motivated to keep at it.

Gratitude:

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

From my recent post What exactly is gratitude?,  I referenced the para Olympian Tye Dutcher.  In the video he talks about gratitude and how it helped him recover from his accident.  Gratitude was the basis for his strength and perseverance while recovering.

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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Albert Schweitzer

Pulled this one directly from my post What exactly is gratitude?

Gratitude emanates.  True gratitude not only benefits the person that choses to be grateful it also has a positive impact on everyone they interact with.  In the Buddhism gratitude is a way to be more present, a way to be more aware of the interconnectedness of all beings.  In the Tye Dutcher video he speaks about gratitude and its affect on his father.  People who are truly grateful cannot help but return kindness.  The reciprocated kindness leads to further gratefulness.

This has been an enjoyable journey through my previous posts and great quotes from many great people.  Maybe one day I might allow myself to be compared favorably to some of them.  So much for being humble lol.

Money decisions and morality

Money decisions and morality Part II

Money decisions and morality Part III

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