You can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just

apply to your money.

That applies to your time, your energy, your focus, your attention, anything in your life

that is a scarce or limited resource.

Saying yes to one thing implicitly means saying no to other opportunities and that opens

up to questions.

First, what do you want most?

And second, how do you align your daily decisions to reflect that?

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is

here to explore.

My name is Paula Pat.

I am the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.

Today, Jill Schlesinger from CBS News joins us to talk about 13 money mistakes that very

smart people, well-informed people, commonly make.

Now, we're not talking about classic money mistakes like taking out a bunch of loans

or getting over your head in credit card debt.

Those are the money mistakes that we hear about in headline after headline after headline.

The cliche money mistakes that we are all aware of.

But Jill Schlesinger and I, in this interview, discuss hidden mistakes like having the wrong

life insurance policy or not having an estate plan or taking advice from the wrong people

listening to the wrong so-called experts.

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