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Why I Use Cash

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, there may come a time when we regret having every detail of every transaction in our life available for review. You have a psychological advantage. If you are in a negotiation situation, and can flash the cash, you have a psychological advantage over your counterpart. It is a privacy issue.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sustainable Life Blog: September Monthly Review His review of finances in September. Do you review your finances monthly? Through understanding psychology, one can predict how other investors will react to certain market events. Sometimes it works to its advantage to give products or services away.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We didn’t count on the psychological effect on me though. Next I collected and reviewed the past two years worth of expenditures to see exactly what our actuals were. Then I collected and reviewed the past five years of income from non-job related sources to see what our income averages were.