Mind over Money Why understanding your money behaviour will improve your financial freedom

Understand how your thinking drives your money behavior to master your finances and make better financial decisions.

There is limitless financial information in our modern-day, connected world. We can find stats, facts, investing approaches, wealth creation hacks and new ways to wealth (think cryptocurrencies). But leading economist and market analyst Evan Lucas believes we should cut out the external noise and look at ourselves first. What drives our behavior and attitude to money?

This fascinating book explores the things people do to overcome their money habits and looks to instill tips on how we can make better money decisions just by acknowledging our own learned behaviors.

Evan Lucas is a leading economist and Chief Market Strategist at InvestSMART. An experienced financial educator, his biggest lesson learned from his time working in markets, investing, and finance is that our individual behavior toward money is always different and always changing. Evan is a regular commentator on ABC television and radio news, TODAY, The Project and SKY News.

Contents
Chapter 1To be human is to be reasonable1
Chapter 2You are you, I am me9
Chapter 3Money cognition17
Chapter 4The five money personalities35
Chapter 5When money collides46
Chapter 6Liberation: the reality of choice55
Chapter 7Time heals all65
Chapter 8Money culture80
Chapter 9Loving the scary ugly95
Chapter 10The elephant paradigm113
Chapter 11Control your controllables121
Chapter 12Spendvesting132
Chapter 13Unreasonable expectations143
Final thoughts: our minds and money153
References159
Glossary169
About the author173
Acknowledgements175
Index177