Let us look at some more lies that we tell ourselves: 1. I had to go to a wedding…and had to over eat. View: Complete lie. Even at a wedding there is a huge range of simple food – daal rice for example. We over eat because WE CHOOSE TO OVEREAT, not just because somebody […]
You have heard all this from the BFSI salesmen. They could be in the form of a bank manager, IFA, a financial planner, insurance agent, or one more of the same breed. Here are some of the samples. The challenge is to see whether you can spot the true ones and separate it from the […]
I had done an article saying that we tell each other a lot of financial lies…here is a sequel… Some more financial lies that we love telling ourselves: 1. I have a DCF model that tells me exactly why Colgate is a good buy. 2. I know the market is fully priced now…the correction is […]
Why do you not start Investing Rs…………… in a SIP? Ask this question and the lies that you hear are amazing. Most of the lies are what people are telling themselves, and here are some of them: 1. I just cannot afford it! Really? On a combined salary of Rs. 19,00,000 per annum, you cannot […]
‘Do not tell a lie to the man whose face you see while shaving’ – is an old English saying. Well, we do. We tell a lot of lies to ourselves, and many of them are likely to impact our finances. Let us see the lies: Retirement is an old age thing, I will worry […]
There is an English saying “you should not tell lies to the man whose face you see while shaving’ – so true! So if catch yourself lying to yourself, be careful. It is time you taught yourself what it is to lie …. Last week I was speaking to a cousin who has just retired […]