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Beach Walk 716 - Volunteering to Vacation

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:48:14 GMT

More and more brave souls are leaving their "known worlds" for life as an adventure, the kind without a job for a safety net. Decades ago the book appeared, "Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow" that really knocked loose some hard -formed notions. Still, barely one generation has grown up with that message, so it has barely made a dent in our global consciousness. Here are some examples of people who are using volunteering as a step in that direction.

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Tags : BJ-Wishinsky, Judi-Clark, beach, beachwalks, career, change, hawaii, income, love, money, rox, roxanne-darling, trust, volunteer, walk

Beach Walk 702 - Brain Economics

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:48:04 GMT

I discovered the McKinsey, the consulting firm, now releases some of their white papers as podcasts. I like the somewhat formal, research-driven, unemotional yet yet not cold-hearted or partisan perspectives. The one on "Hidden Flaws in Strategy" I found insightful, as it included several practical examples of how we become vulnerable to the emotional filters that can be applied to decision making. How true that what we own, often appears to be more valuable to us, than it is to others. "Like new" does not equal "used." Things like this are not a problem once we realize the underlying and built-in biases we have.

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Tags : Hawaii, beach, beachwalks, behavioral, economics, mckinsey, money, perception, rox, roxanne-darling, strategy, value, walk

Beach Walk 689 - Making Money

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:15:01 GMT

I read a study showing that people who were paid to do a task over time lost interest in the task. It's easy to generalize about money form that, but also in play is the idea of external motivation vs. internal motivation. Some people love money and are highly motivated to get more of it. (You can find them on Wall Street LOL.) Others, not so much. What about you, do you like money?

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Tags : beach, capital, change, hawaii, kala, money, roxannedarling, venture