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5 Signs You’re Actually Pretty Good With Money
Most of us strive and struggle to reach our goals. What we often forget is that accomplishing them is only half the battle. You also have to feel like you’ve accomplished them. And these two steps can be further apart than you might imagine.
Couples therapists caution that we are often overly focused on the negative in relationships, which means we underestimate the strength of our bonds. Professors warn that many highly successful professionals make themselves miserable by always chasing one more accolade. And one author went viral when she coined the term “productivity dysphoria” to describe the yawning gap between how much she gets done and how satisfied she feels with her output.
In short, our actual achievements and our sense of our accomplishment often don’t line up. And according to one finance professor, that’s as true for our finances as it is for relationships, productivity, and success.
Are you good with money? Your bank balance can’t tell you.
You’d think it would be relatively easy to gauge how well you’re doing financially. Bank balances and credit card statements offer clear and objective measurements, after all. But when it comes to money, we start from wildly different places and have wildly different goals. Your bank account is more…
