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Authors: Trent Hamm

talents/knowledge,
209

time,
210

Gladwell, Malcolm,
131

goals

accumulation of money,
42

audacious, setting,
148–151

defining/redefining,
236

long-term

achieving with short-term goals,
42

benefits,
41

self-reliance,
42–44

setting,
40–42

short-term

benefits,
43

long-term goal success,
42

setting,
45

success framework,
46

writing down,
38

Godfrey, Joline,
190

golden rule,
112

Goleman, Daniel,
68

grocery costs, minimizing,
94–100

convenience food preparation,
98

cooking at home,
95

freezing meals,
98

inexpensive recipes,
100

leftovers,
99

meal chaining,
99

meal planning,
96

price lists,
96

soda addictions, breaking,
100

weekly grocery fliers,
97

growth mindsets,
193–194

H

happiness

choosing,
221

clutter,
89

factors,
18

finding,
19

five steps,
19

peak-end rule,
90

wealth,
17

The Happiness Project
(Rubin),
18

Hardin, Garrett,
63–65

health,
31

Hegel, Georg Willhelm Friedrich,
129

hierarchy of needs,
141

hobbies,
240

home cooking,
95

homes

air sealing,
101

costs, cutting,
103–104

insulation improvements,
101

honesty,
173–174

housing costs, cutting,
103–104

How to Cook Everything
(Bittman),
95

I

I Will Teach You to Be Rich
(Ramit),
215

improving yourself,
240

impulse purchases,
77

In Defense of Food
(Pollan),
95

income

changes over past 40 years,
50–51

crossover points,
159–162

aggressive investments,
160

partial,
159

retirement,
187

saving,
160

snowflaking,
161

gap

increasing,
78–79

minding,
74–76

wants versus needs,
76–78

increasing,
81

real wages,
51

spending less than earnings,
74–76

supplementing during retirement,
181

true hourly wages,
52–53

increasing

gap,
78–79

income,
81

savings,
81

The Incredibles
,
32

inexpensive recipes,
100

inflation (lifestyle), avoiding,
156
,
159

influence

communities,
62

social intelligence,
69

information management,
132

insulation (homes),
101

insurance

dream life foundation,
144

long term care,
163

umbrellas,
163

interest rates, reducing,
5–6

interpersonal communications,
133

investments

aggressive,
160

crossover points,
159–162

aggressive investments,
160

partial,
159

retirement,
187

saving,
160

snowflaking,
161

Roth IRAs,
186

invisible hand,
60

Isaac, Jerry,
220

J–K

Jabs, Matthew,
38

jobs.
See
careers

joining clubs,
106

Joy of Cooking
(Rombauer),
95

Kahneman, Daniel,
90

karma,
241

knowledge, giving,
209

Koontz, Daniel,
27

Krikorian, Catherine,
115

L

Lastovica, John,
84

leadership,
132

leftovers,
99

lending money to family/friends,
6
,
175–177

libraries,
106

life

barriers

clutter,
218–220

focus,
220

overcoming,
222

passive,
215
,
218

unhappiness,
221

changes

actions versus words,
214

committing,
232–234

experiences trump things,
226

living like no one else,
231

success from differentiation,
228

trying something different,
227

worrying about what others think,
229–231

designing new

audacious goals, setting,
148–151

five steps,
151–153

foundation, creating,
142–144

rule breaking,
145–147

future self reliability,
55

hobbies,
240

negative experiences,
16

power of today,
55

running in place,
49

unexpected events

emergency funds,
26–28

examples,
23

luck, maximizing,
32

minimizing,
237

personal risk sources,
29–31

positive,
26

preparation,
26–29
,
34

random,
25

reliability,
33–34

unwinding with mindless tasks,
58

lifestyle inflation, avoiding,
156
,
159

Lifestyle of the Tight and Frugal: Theory and Measurement
(Lastovica),
84

living trusts,
162

living wills,
163

local communities,
62

long term care insurance,
163

long-term financial security,
4

long-term goals

achieving with short-term goals,
42

benefits,
41

self-reliance,
42–44

setting,
40–42

success framework,
46

loyalties

coworkers/peers,
124–125

organizations,
124

luck, maximizing,
32

M

maintaining financial stability,
164–165

making life changes

actions versus words,
214

committing,
232–234

experiences trump things,
226

living like no one else,
231

success from differentiation,
228

trying something different,
227

worrying about what others think,
229–231

Maslow, Abraham,
141

Matthews, Dr. Gail,
38

maximizing

luck,
32

positive relationships,
119–121

McMillan, David W.,
61

meals.
See also
frugality, food

chaining together,
99

freezing,
98

planning,
96

media swaps,
106

membership (communities),
61

mentorship,
134–135

Miller, Graham,
89

minding the gap,
74–76

gap, defined,
75–76

increasing the gap,
78–79

solutions,
80

Mindset
(Dweck),
193

mindsets

fixed,
193

growth,
194

types,
193

minimizing costs

careers,
58

entertainment,
105–107

essentials,
87–89

food,
94–100

convenience food preparation,
98

cooking at home,
95

freezing meals,
98

inexpensive recipes,
100

leftovers,
99

meal chaining,
99

meal planning,
96

price lists,
96

soda addictions, breaking,
100

weekly grocery fliers,
97

housing,
103–104

nonessential,
56

phones,
102

transportation,
104–105

unexpected events,
237

utility bills,
101–102

modern living,
xiv

Mole, Edna (
The Incredibles
),
32

money skills for children,
190–192

monolithic careers,
31

mortgages,
30

N

narrative fallacy,
25

needs hierarchy,
141

negative life experiences,
16

negative relationships

overview,
113–114

transitioning to positive,
118–119

negative unexpected life events,
27–29

The New Global Student
(Frost),
199

nonessential spending, cutting,
56

O

Objective Happiness
(Kahneman),
90

occupational outlook over next ten years,
200

online game documenter communities,
61

opportunities

occupational outlook over next ten years,
200

retirement,
182

taking advantage,
55

Oram, Andy,
61

organizational loyalties,
124

Outliers
(Gladwell),
131

outward connections (communities),
67

overcoming barriers,
222

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