Why We Buy: How to Avoid 10 Costly Cognitive Biases The psychology of money: post-purchase rationalisation, the relativity trap, rosy retrospection, the restraint bias and more… We all make mistakes with money, some more than others. And in this economy, who needs it? But many of these mistakes are avoidable if we can understand how we think about money. Here are 10 biases that psychological research has shown affect our judgement…and how to avoid them. 1. One of the biggest reason people lose out financially is they stick with what they know, despite much better options being available. Research on investment decisions shows this bias (e.g. It’s hard to change because it involves more effort and we want to avoid regretting our decision. 2. After we buy something that’s not right, we convince ourselves it is right. Most people refuse to accept they’ve made a mistake, especially with a big purchase. Fight it! 3. We think about prices relatively and businesses know this. The relativity trap is also called the anchoring effect. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Sixty Years Of Memories For my dad's 60th birthday last week, I wanted to do something really fun. My dad and I talk a lot about the past---nostalgia runs in our blood, I think---and we both love to reminisce. Inspired by Jordan Ferney's Postcard Birthday Poster, I started batting around an idea: what if I could get everyone from my dad's past to contribute a memory they had of him? What if I had all those people send their memories to me, and then I put each one into an envelope---sixty total, of course---and had him open them, one by one, on his birthday? That would be a lot of memories, right? So I wrote an email. Hello everyone! If you're receiving this email, you probably know that our dad, Patrick Burns, is turning 60 next month (much as he would hate us to be reminding everyone, I'm sure.) And this is where you come in! If you have a spare moment in the next few days, we would be so grateful if you'd jot down a favorite memory you have of our dad and put it in the post. Thank you so much again.
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Popular Post: Tetris-Inspired Sticky Notes Your friendly blogger is taking two days off! Enjoy some of this summer’s most popular posts: What can I say? It’s the little things that make me happy. Little things like these Tetris-inspired sticky notes designed by Ben Ambrose for SUCK UK. They’d certainly make to-do lists, notes-to-self, and memos a little more playful and cheery, yes? ‘Block Notes’ available from SUCK UK: £7.50 [via Design Milk]