Article from Bankrate via MSN Money
an interesting read focusing on that oft ignored component of personal finance called behavior.
some of the more enjoyable quotes from the article...
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A lot of the happiness we get from money we don't get from money, per se -- we get it from our money divided by our neighbor's money.
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It's important to recognize that you're not meant to be happy all the time," he says. "That's not what your brain is generating emotions for. Emotions are a very primitive guidance system. It's your brain's way of telling you when you're doing the right thing or the wrong thing. That's why you get a positive emotional reaction when you approach a naked woman but not a bear. Imagine that you somehow found a medication or a surgery or a deodorant or whatever that made you permanently happy all the time. Well, now you're smiling when you approach the bear, and that's a problem.
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