by Derek Hagen Mar 18 You Can't Change Your Past Getting upset about the past is easy to do, but won't help us in the future. This simple mindset change can help you make better decisions.
by Derek Hagen Mar 11 Grow Your Financial Comfort Zone A financial comfort zone is a range of money we're comfortable having. Believe it or not, we have a top and a bottom limit.
by Derek Hagen Mar 4 Try Changing Your Reference Point It's almost never as bad as we think. Much of our suffering has to do with focusing on the wrong things.
by Derek Hagen Feb 25 Understanding Financial Flashpoints Financial flashpoints are highly emotional events that happen to us around money. They change how we view money going forward.
by Derek Hagen Feb 18 Money Scripts and Childhood Money Scripts are internalized beliefs we have about money that drive all our financial decisions. We develop them in childhood.
by Derek Hagen Feb 11 Understanding Money Scripts Money Scripts are unconscious beliefs we have about money that are developed in childhood. They drive all our behaviors and outcomes.
by Derek Hagen Feb 4 We All Have Different Values Others do things that we would never do, just like we do things that they would never do. We all have different values.
by Derek Hagen Jan 28 Why You Should Address the Underlying Cause To make lasting financial change, you have to do more than try to change your outcomes. You need to understand your underlying causes.
by Derek Hagen Jan 21 Money Is More Than Math People think personal finance is a math problem. If we just had more info we would be ok. It doesn't work like that; money is emotional.
by Derek Hagen Jan 7 You Are Not Alone It's easy to think that we are the only ones experiencing financial stress or other financial problems, but it's not true
by Derek Hagen Dec 31, 2020 How to Build Good Money Habits Good money habits are a great way to implement good behavior. Habits are automatic, so we don't have to make a new decision every time.
by Derek Hagen Dec 17, 2020 Why You Should Buy Time Controlling your time is an often-overlooked strategy for finding happiness. Buying time and controlling the time you have work well.
by Derek Hagen Nov 19, 2020 Bad Things Happen: It Doesn't Have to Bother You Bad things will happen financially. That part is guaranteed. How to respond to that bad event is up to you.
by Derek Hagen Nov 12, 2020 Why You Should Check If Your Ladder is Leaning on the Right Wall What's the point of climbing a ladder if it's not leaning up against the right wall?
by Derek Hagen Nov 5, 2020 Financial Beliefs and Money Scripts Our beliefs and behaviors are connected. Beliefs about money are called money scripts and they drive our financial behaviors.
by Derek Hagen Oct 22, 2020 How to Stop Overspending - Hit Pause Putting space between stimulus and response, in other words, hitting the pause button, is a good way to bring awareness to our spending.
by Derek Hagen Oct 15, 2020 Improving Your Relationship With Money If you are frustrated by not being able to change your financial habits, then it's time to explore your relationship with money.
by Derek Hagen Oct 8, 2020 Focus on Things You Can Control That Matter Focus your time, attention, and money in areas of your life that you have control over and that actually matter.
by Derek Hagen Oct 1, 2020 How to Think About Wealth and Guilt For many, having money when others don't is a source of guilt and anxiety. For others, getting money because of something bad causes guilt.
by Derek Hagen Sep 24, 2020 How to "Prevent" Setbacks Is a setback a setback if it doesn't impact you? Reframe setbacks as interesting challenges will help you live with fewer negative emotions.
