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Nir Eyal tells us how we can have fun to minimize distraction.

Episode 2458: This is How to be Less Distracted By Having Fun in Tedious Tasks by Nir Eyal on Productivity & Curiosity

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”

Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.

In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.

Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn).

Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.

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Tony with Money Mini Blog provides 4 common mistakes that investors make

Episode 2457: 4 Common Mistakes That Investors Make by Tony with MoneyMiniBlog.com on Investing & Making Money in a Bull or Bear Market

Kalen Bruce is the founder of MoneyMiniBlog. His story is simple… he and his wife were $24,000 in debt and became a student of finances to get out. They are now debt-free and building wealth. Kalen shares everything he has learned on his blog, writing informative, entertaining, mini blogs to help you with your finances. Finances can be intimidating, so he keeps his posts short, sweet, and simple.

The original post is located here: https://moneyminiblog.com/lists/common-investing-mistakes/

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Kevin of Financial Panther talks about creating a stupid mistakes fund

Episode 2456: Create A Stupid Mistakes Fund For Your Stupid Mistakes by Kevin of Financial Panther on Planning For Mistakes

Kevin is an attorney, writer, gig economy expert, side hustler, and the blogger behind Financial Panther. He paid off 87,000 worth of student loans in just 2.5 years by choosing not to live like a big shot lawyer. He started Financial Panther to share all he knows about personal finance, travel hacking, and making more money by side hustling.

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Len Penzo talks about 5 strategies for protecting your 401k from economic collapse

Episode 2455: 5 Strategies for Protecting Your 401(k) Savings from Economic Collapse by Len Penzo

Len Penzo writes about personal finance and macroeconomics on his eponymous personal finance blog, which has been twice-honored as a Kiplinger Best Money Blog, and honored with two Plutus Awards for Best Personal Finance Blog. 

 Len’s personal finance articles have been featured in the New York Times, MSN, Business Insider, Money, Time, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Yahoo! Finance, CBS MoneyWatch and Clark Howard, just to name a few. 

 His focus is on the importance of personal responsibility — not only for our personal finances, but also for everything else we do in life.

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Lisa Harrison of Mad Money Monster shares frugal hacks to live an awesome life

Episode 2454: Frugal Hacks To Live An Awesome Life by Lisa Harrison of Mad Money Monster on Money-Saving Tips

Lisa is a mother, scientist, and financial enthusiast. She founded Mad Money Monster, a personal finance blog chronicling her and her family’s journey from doing money all wrong to doing it all right.

She and her husband are known as Mr. & Mrs. Mad Money Monster on the site. They pride themselves as being Gen-Xers who have turned it all around and are now charting a course toward financial independence.

The original post is located here: https://madmoneymonster.com/2017/01/26/frugal-hacks-to-live-an-awesome-life/

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Chris of Keep Thrifty talks about how kicking his soda habit is fueling his retirement

Episode 2453: How Kicking My Soda Habit is Fueling My Retirement by Chris of Keep Thrifty on Getting Rid of Unnecessary Expenses

Chris and Jaime live in the suburbs of Madison, WI with their three daughters. While living the typical suburban life, they are challenging the norms by living outside the box and creating the freedom they desire. At Keep Thrifty, they share their journey and bring you inspiration and tools to help you create your freedom. They’ve got articles and success stories to help inspire you to think differently about your dreams and your finances. They’ve also created a money tracking app to help you take control of your finances and make those dreams a reality.

The original post is located here: https://www.keepthrifty.com/2016/03/14/soda-for-retirement.html

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Nick Maggiulli talks about a margin of safety

Episode 2452: A Margin of Safety by Nick Maggiulli of Of Dollars and Data on Making Wise Investment Decisions

The goal of Of Dollars And Data is to help you make better financial decisions using the best information available. Ultimately, Nick wants you to act smarter and live richer. As a result, this blog will cover ideas such as:

-What to expect from financial markets

-How to think about risk

-How to time investment purchases

-How to find good information and ignore bad information

-How to organize and manage your finances

-The best ways to increase your long-term wealth

And much, much more.

Though the ideas presented on this blog won’t revolutionize finance, they will provide you with a different perspective on money that you can use in your everyday life. Nick is sure of this because of the hundreds of hours of research that went into the more than 300 posts currently published on this blog.

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Jen Hayes tells us of five crucial ways that Dave Ramsey is right about money.

Episode 2451: 5 Crucial Ways Dave Ramsey is Right About Money by Jen Hayes

A few years ago, Jen and her husband were buried in $117,000 of student loan debt. Now, they've paid off over $100k of debt, and they're on track to have the rest paid off by the end of this year. Join their email list to get exclusive tips on how to save money, earn more, and live like no one else.

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Julie Morgenstern teaches parents how to eliminate guilt about working too much.

Episode 2450: How to Eliminate Working Mom Guilt by Julie Morgenstern on Work-Life Balance and Understanding Children

Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world - by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized.

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Nicole Hill of Marriage Kids And Money shares 7 smart tips to spend less so you can live more. This is part 2 of 2.

Episode 2449: [Part 2] 7 Smart Tips To Spend Less So You Can Live More by Nicole Hill of Marriage Kids and Money

Andy Hill is a husband and father to two awesome (and crazy) kids and they hail from the great state of Michigan. His goal is to give his family the best life possible and strengthen their family tree for generations to come.

In 2016, he got so geeked about this topic of young family finance that he decided to start a blog and podcast about it. It began as a hobby and then morphed into a fun side hustle when people started to enjoy the information he was sharing. Fast forward to today, he’s left his corporate event marketing career behind and is now a full-time blogger and podcaster who has been featured in major media outlets like CNBC, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and NBC News

The original post is located here: https://marriagekidsandmoney.com/7-smart-tips-to-spend-less-so-you-can-live-more/

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