048 - Achieving Money Zen. An Interview with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net

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048 - Achieving Money Zen. An Interview with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net

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Sep 17, 2012

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I LOVED doing this interview! Leo really helped me think through priorities, gaining clarity, and determining what matters. I'm more zen-like because of it :)

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Sep 17, 2012

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006 - The Budget and Slow Suffocation: One of the more embarrassing moments of my teenage years taught me a great lesson about budgeting, breathing, and the crushing effects of five pounds. by The YNAB Podcast
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016 - The Double-Edged Sword of Automation: Automation is a two-edged sword. Used wisely, it will revolutionize your finances. Used poorly, it will do nothing for you (it may even hurt you, in a financial way). by The YNAB Podcast
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015 - Ignoring Life's Biggest Expense is Folly: Taxes are your life's single biggest expense. Cozy up with the tax code and minimize as if your financial life depended on it! by The YNAB Podcast
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007 - Christmas, Weak Reports, the Best Report of All: A few words on Christmas, why January's so important to your Christmas spending, and weak reports. Also, a hat tip to the best report of all. by The YNAB Podcast
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030 - Trends in Finance (Look Out!): More things change, the more they stay the same. Banks want you to borrow money--badly. And there are some interesting developments in the Personal Finance Management (PFM) space to help you do just that. Here's a heads up. by The YNAB Podcast
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017 - The Debt Snowflake: The debt snowball is tried and true, but what's the debt snowflake? It's more effective than it sounds :) by The YNAB Podcast
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021 - Your Budget Boiling Point: Your budget has a boiling point. Dial it back a few notches so you can stick to your budget for the long haul. by The YNAB Podcast
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012 - An Interview with Carl Richards, Author of "The Behavior Gap": "Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money" is the tagline of Carl's book, "The Behavior Gap". Stop doing dumb things when it comes to investing? I'll take one of those please! by The YNAB Podcast
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011 - A New Year's Crash Course: Erin Lowell, YNAB's head of Education, jumps onto the program to introduce our new New Year's Crash Course. One more way to help you get this money thing done RIGHT. by The YNAB Podcast
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035 - Unexpected Slowdowns & Water Shortages: I returned from a 50-mile backpacking trip in a fairly remote area of Utah. Of course every single thing I experienced can be tied back to budgeting. Because budgeting is awesome. by The YNAB Podcast
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018 - Too Poor To Budget: Are you too poor to budget? Absolutely not! by The YNAB Podcast
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023 - Reality and Unleashing Your Will: If you're not operating in reality, you don't know what you want. If you don't knowo what you want, you won't get it. by The YNAB Podcast
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022 - YNAB for Your Business?: Can YNAB serve your business just as well? Well, YNAB's serving YNAB well. by The YNAB Podcast
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039 - When a Spouse isn't On Board: I'm no marriage counselor, but I do sell for a living, and I think you have to sell your Spouse on budgeting. by The YNAB Podcast
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032 - How I Paid Off My Mortgage Before I Turned 30: Kind of hesitant to share this, because up until now I haven't made it public. But what the heck. The key for me paying my home off before I turned 30 was incessant focus, and long hair. by The YNAB Podcast
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029 - So..Should You Start Over?: What's the harm in starting over? What are some good reasons to hit the 'reset' button, and when should you keep on truckin'? by The YNAB Podcast
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019 - Halftime Adjustments: Five minutes trying to convince you that adjusting your budget is not only correct, it's a best practice. by The YNAB Podcast
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048 - Achieving Money Zen. An Interview with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net

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