3401: If You Want to Make Good Money Decisions, There Is A Simple - if Unconventional - Way to Make Them by Charlie Brown

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3401: Charlie Brown explores how questioning mainstream financial advice, rather than blindly following norms, is the key to making empowered, informed money decisions. By urging us to challenge our sources, biases, and societal expectations, Brown invites listeners to consider alternative paths that may better align with their personal goals and values. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://themakingofamillionaire.com/if-you-want-to-make-good-money-decisions-there-is-a-simple-if-unconventional-way-to-make-them-5144fd208bc4 Quotes to ponder: "Everything good in my financial life happened when I started to question what I was told was normal." "You can only know better and do better if you’re prepared to do the questioning." "Questioning life decisions is fun. Once you start to do it, you realize how many more options are available to you." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.6	If you want to make good money decisions,
0:39.3	there's a simple, if unconventional way to make them
0:42.3	by Charlie Brown of simple and straightforward.substack.com.
0:48.5	Questioning everything you're told is exhausting.
0:51.8	Say someone, be it someone you know or a guru on social media, says you should be
0:56.8	doing X with your money, your time, your life. If it fits into your biases and worldview,
1:03.0	and importantly into what people around you also think, perhaps you do it, no questions asked.
1:08.9	Easy. Questioning it, having to do your own research, searching deep
1:14.1	within you to truly think about whether what you're told is what you really want? Hard, very hard.
1:21.6	But when it comes to money and making money decisions, questioning everything is the simple
1:26.6	way to make better money decisions.
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