Is April the cruelest month?

“April is the cruelest month” declared T.S. Eliot in the opening of his poem The Wasteland, which was first published 100 years ago in 1922. With tax deadlines rapidly approaching, ongoing war in Ukraine, and the highest inflation in decades, Eliot’s lament for this...

The antidote for procrastination ✅

Who hasn’t procrastinated filing their taxes? Now it seems the IRS is even pushing the deadline — in issuing your refund. Millions of taxpayers’ refunds are delayed this year, and the IRS has admitted that tax returns are piling up. The Forbes article below can tell...

Glass half empty or half full?

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Traditional wisdom says it’s healthier to focus on the positive, but there are times when pessimism can be useful. These days, it’s tempting to get caught up in the negative: war, inflation, interest rate increases, and the like,...

This Year, Try Spring Cleaning Your Brain

With the start of spring comes the annual desire to freshen up, breathe in new life, and clear out the winter gunk that piled up during the months stuck inside. And it couldn’t come with better timing, considering 2022’s bumpy economic start on the heels of the past...

This brain hack can stop you from making rash decisions

For many people, 2022 is off to a rocky start. Living amid continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty can challenge even the most steadfast of temperaments. It’s during times like this that some may fall susceptible to action bias. Action bias shows up when we...