How We Spend Money: What Milton Friedman Got Wrong
Friedman assumes an indomitable level of selfishness that determines we’ll always be less careful about spending other people’s money than our own. But there are many exceptions to this characterization, where people — inheritors — spend “somebody else’s money” with great care.
Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads: Metaphor, Poetry, and Families
At Graddha, we love metaphors and especially metaphors found in nature. Case in point, our name Graddha, which means “eagle” in Telegu, one of the many languages spoken in India. Eagles are a natural metaphor for wealth dynamics work because they soar above storms, care for their young sometimes after they have fledged the nest, have extremely acute vision, are a symbol on our money, and are considered sacred in many indigenous cultures.
Deciding to Remember: Why We Shouldn’t Leave Memories To Happenstance
In Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, she writes: “Memory, you realized long ago, is a game that a healthy-brained person can play all the time, and the game of memory is won or lost on one criterion: Do you leave the formation of memories to happenstance, or do you decide to remember?”
When the Goings Get Tough: Thoughts on Uncertainty
Growing up, many of us are taught to avoid uncertainty. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, they say. From our earliest days, we’ve been hardwired to seek patterns and predict future events in order to help us survive. It’s human nature.