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Today's tip is to remember that every dollar or whatever unit of currency your country uses

is worth the same.

Sometimes it's easy to ignore small amounts in large

transactions, but use strategically small amounts of money can make a big difference.

If you ever study how humans behave around money, you will learn that we are not entirely rational. We tend to view things in terms of

proportion rather than absolute numbers.

So, for instance, if you are buying a computer,

and the first store you visit has it for $999,

and you learn that a nearby second store has it for $975

you're highly likely to view that as no big deal and just purchase it where you are.

But if you were shopping for pencils and

visited a store that charged $27 for a set of pencils that were $3 somewhere else,

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