Personal Money Tips

I wrote this post to illustrate a point. The point here is that when something is repeated over and over again, it is accepted as real even though there is nothing to prove it is the truth.

Have you ever heard the story of the Slow Boiled Frog? I’m pretty sure you have but for the benefit of those who haven’t, it goes like this.

Most people (after they have been told countless time, including me)belief that when you put a frog in a cool pot of water and slowly heat it, the from will get accustomed to the slow temperature changes and not do anything to escape. It will remain comfortable until it suffers it gets too hot and dies. Conversely, if you drop a frog into a pot of boiling water, the poor frog would do anything to get out it if can.

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The comments in my last 2 post prompted me to write this article about deciding what you want. In my previous article, I wrote about a person who, in moments of indecision, would buy both things , if he can’t decide which he really wanted. Obviously, Joe Flashy is not his real name although he exist.

Pondering it over a few days, I felt I should write this article. I felt, deciding what you really want, is an important skill everyone should develop. If not, I think we don’t enjoy and value what we own.

Let me illustrate my point. If you are reading this article and it is the first article you read on this site, you probably don’t know that I’m pretty darn frugal and something bordering in stingy, according to some. So when I buy stuff, I really make sure I enjoy it and get the most mileage out of it. I rarely buy stuff I don’t really want, and seldom make mistakes on my purchases. You see, I research the heck out of things I want to buy especially bigger ticket items.

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In continuation of what I wrote several days ago about hanging out with the right group of people. What happened just proves the point even more.

I went to a sales convention today. Well, it wasn’t exactly a convention since there were briefings and updates and they only brought in a speaker who has done well from within the company. The thing about sales meeting is I often wondered about the effectiveness of such meetings. Sure the updates and company strategy is good. Knowing that your principal company has a direction to deal with current issues and challenges that’s coming allows us to prepare.

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