Dollars and sense: how we misthink money and how to spend smarter

Part I. What is money? Don't bet on it

Opportunity knocks

A value proposition

Part II. How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. We forget that everything is relative

We compartmentalize

We avoid pain

We trust ourselves

We overvalue what we have

We worry about fairness and effort

We believe in the magic of language and rituals

We overvalue expectations

We lose control

We overemphasize money

Part III. Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. Put your money where your mind is

Free advice

Control yourself

It's us against them

Stop and think.