| From a personal development point of view
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| | be worth a lot if it happens to have a
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| frugality as a lifestyle is flawed. It is
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| | rare fault in the print. It is simply a
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| not flawed in the sense that it does not
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| | psychological principle that people want
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| work, but it is flawed because it makes
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| | more what is rare and do not care much
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| you aim your focus at the wrong things.
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| | for what is ubiquitous.
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| Human beings are all full of desires that
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| | Another principle your brain works by, is
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| makes us want this and that; due to this
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| | that you can not decide to not think
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| fact being frugal is actually pretty hard
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| | about a specific thing, let me show you :
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| for most people. The desires are the
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| | do not think about a pink elephant! Do
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| remnants of strategies that have worked
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| | not think about a pink elephant! See? You
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| very well for human beings in the past,
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| | had to think about a pink elephant in
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| so evolutionally speaking the desires
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| | order for your brain to know what it was
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| have been immensely important but at the
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| | you were not supposed to think about. As
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| same time they have also played out their
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| | long as you consciously triy not to think
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| role. You can see the results of this in
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| | of a pink elephant the thoughts of pink
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| most developed countries, even though
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| | elephants will haunt you
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| there is no shortage of food people are
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| | Applying the two principles above to the
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| still eating like a famine is just around
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| | concept of frugality, it is easy to
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| the corner - and scientist have actually
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| | conclude that in order to live a frugal
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| discovered that if you start to eat less
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| | live you have to focus on living frugally
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| the body responds instinctively by
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| | (to battle your natural desires) and when
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| lowering your metabolism and increasing
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| | you focus on living a frugal life you
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| the desire for food through chemical
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| | must feel like there is a shortage in the
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| changes in the hypothalamus, effectively
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| | world of all the things you would like to
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| making it very difficult to loose weight.
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| | spend your money on (because you are
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| And this is not only a principle you see
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| | artificially creating this shortage).
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| regarding food, but also a general
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| | When there is a shortage the natural way
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| psychological principle.
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| | to cope is to focus on getting the basics
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| I am reminded of an episode of The
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| | working, and if the shortage never ends
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| Simpsons where Homer watches one of the
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| | you will spend your life worrying about
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| home shopping-channels on TV, one of the
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| | the small and unimportant stuff like how
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| products gets him really excited (I do
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| | to decrease your electricity-bill.
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| not remember what it was though) and when
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| | Let me get one thing straight though, I
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| the speaker mentions that the stock of
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| | am not advocating that abstinence from
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| the product is limited Homer gasps
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| | sloth is flawed - decreasing your
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| "Limited!!?" and immediately gets on the
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| | electricity bill is a good thing both
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| phone to order. Homer then asks the
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| | financially and environmentally - what I
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| salesclerk whether they have any left, to
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| | am specifically saying is flawed is the
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| which he responds "yeah, we've got a few"
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| | lifestyle of never spending money on
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| and the view changes so you can see that
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| | anything you do not need to. You should
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| they have a whole storage facility full
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| | not throw away your money, but at the
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| of them.
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| | same time you should not make money and
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| In the episode of The Simpsons it was
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| | abstinence from the pleasures they can
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| clear that the "limited" supply was
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| | give you a holy mantra.
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| simply a marketing-trick and in fact it
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| | Personal development is all about your
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| is one of the most common tricks in the
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| | development, and even though it will be
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| trade. How often have you seen the phrase
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| | different for all people, it is safe to
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| "WHILE SUPPLIES LAST "? While it also has
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| | say that harmony and balance should be a
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| a practical meaning, I suspect it is also
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| | guiding principle. Typically there are
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| used so often because it makes the
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| | two ways of increasing your wealth, by
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| product seem more rare, and rare things
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| | decreasing your expenses (being frugal)
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| automatically rises in (perceived) value.
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| | and increasing your income - you should
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| A good example that rare things
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| | find a balance between them but in my
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| automatically increases in value can be
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| | opinion it should be biased towards
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| seen in the coin and stamp collecting
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| | increasing your income as that is where
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| communities - in those communities the
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| | the really big improvements come from,
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| assumed value is a direct function of how
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| | regarding both your finances and your
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| rare the stamp or the coin is and a
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| | personal development.
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| normally uninteresting stamp can suddenly
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