Want to Be Smarter With Money? Trick Your Brain

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Improving our financial picture often involves changing our habits and attitude toward money. Wall Street Journal personal finance reporter Oyin Adedoyin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss ways we can trick our brain into being better with money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.4	Here's your money briefing for Friday, January 5th.
0:35.0	I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.0	Take a look at your list of goals for 2024.
0:44.0	Spending less is probably near the top.
0:47.0	But for many people, setting that goal is a lot easier than carrying it out.
0:52.0	What's in the way? Our brain.
0:55.0	Fighting against any bad habits that we may have formed regarding money is going to require some
0:58.8	brain training and guardrails to set up. We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter O'ian Adadoyan
1:04.4	about ways to trick our brain
1:06.5	to help us spend more wisely.
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1:43.0	To be smarter with money, we may have to trick our brains.
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