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Personal Development: The Prospect Theory

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I read an interesting theory the other day in an investment guide by Jason Kelly. He sites a 1979 study by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky that looked at the following scenario… Subjects were told to choose between these two prospects… Prospect 1: A 100 percent chance of losing $3000Prospect 2: An 80 percent chance [...]

Who Are You?

In our last post we looked at buried treasure, those personal talents that may be hidden or suppressed in our lives. The first step to find our treasure is to find out who we are. To find out the “who” we can look at three areas. We need to take a look at our strengths [...]

Are Your Talents Buried?

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In the book of Matthew in the Bible, Jesus tells his disciples a parable about a man going on a journey. This man entrusts his servants with “talents” before he leaves. To the first servant he gives five talents To the second servant he gives two talents To the third servant he gives one talent [...]

Should You Follow The Crowd?

Back in the late 90′s housing prices started to rise at a significant rate here in the United States. From California to Maine prices were going up at a steady clip. Housing had finally climbed out of a long recession and the future looked bright. As we came into the new millennium, prices kept going, [...]

When Is It Time To Buy?

It’s an interesting fact that when people want to buy something they follow the crowd. They line up to buy the latest gadget from Apple, buy the latest clothes at the Macy’s, and rush to buy a new home when the prices are skyrocketing. In the last few months the stock market has dropped dramatically [...]

Take Your Facts And Make Them Interesting

Facts are everywhere. We have facts about almost every conceivable thing in existence. Facts may have names, numbers, and numerous bullet points. Facts fill volumes of dictionaries and encyclopedias. And there is one thing that all facts have in common… Facts by themselves are boring! Fill any Powerpoint presentation with bullet points of facts and [...]