Posts Tagged ‘Money’

In the film classic The Big Chill, a group of former college classmates try to understand why a member of their clique would end his life. One asks his new girlfriend if it’s true that he was unhappy. “I don’t know,” she answers. “I haven’t met that many happy people in my life, how do they act?”

Now, thanks to a new study dubbed “the first representative sample of planet Earth,” we know that regardless of gender, age, or cultural background, happy people act like they’re content with their … bank accounts?

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What’s more essential to being an effective leader, time or money? According to the money people, the answer is time.

In a recent survey of accountants by Ajilon Finance and the Institute of Management Accountants, 29 percent of respondents said what leaders most need to be effective in their positions is more time. Only 14 percent said leaders need more money.

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But if you think Orman was born with a gift for understanding and overcoming financial chaos, think again. Orman’s earliest relationship with money wasn’t built on know-how, but on fear.

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