Retirement Starts Today

Your Brain Has Tricked You Into Thinking Everything Is Worse, Ep # 304


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Do you long for a lost golden age when everything was better? If you do you’re not alone. Many people feel that society is experiencing a moral decline. But is that really true?  

On this episode of Retirement Starts Today, we’ll explore a New York Times article that challenges this way of thinking and attributes it to cognitive biases. Listen in to learn what you can do to improve your thinking about the present and the future so that you can experience an even better retirement.  

Make sure to listen until the end of the episode to hear how you can celebrate my 300th episode with me and save 40% on Retirement Income University.

 Outline of This Episode
  • [1:32] Your brain has tricked you into thinking everything is worse
  • [6:10] Maximize your full potential in retirement by eliminating stinkin’ thinkin’
  • [8:15] Should this listener continue aggressively investing in retirement?
  • [11:20] Consider how you handled market corrections in the past
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  • NYT article
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