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Personal Finance Advice: Simple Rules That Will Change Your Life

January 8, 2021 By Rational Hustle

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Personal finance is not rocket science. It's actually straightforward, but many people get it wrong because it's not something that you learn early in school. My first encounter with personal finance was at university when I studied BSc in … [Read more...] about Personal Finance Advice: Simple Rules That Will Change Your Life

Filed Under: Debt, Investing, Life, Money, Personal Finance Tagged With: budgeting, Debt, investments, Money, personal finance, saving

75 Great Life Lessons From Books I Wish I Had Read a Long Time Ago

May 28, 2020 By Rational Hustle

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I highly recommend you reading these books and forming your own opinions. However, if you don't have the time to read all of them, at least you can check the quotes that I have written down. I am sure you may find many more and different quotes if … [Read more...] about 75 Great Life Lessons From Books I Wish I Had Read a Long Time Ago

Filed Under: Books, Career, Life, Money, World Tagged With: Books, Email, Lifestyle, Probability, Reading, Risk

Why “Follow Your Passion” Is Bad Career Advice

May 19, 2020 By Rational Hustle

When I was 16, I had a real dilemma regarding the choice of my career. Should I continue running the business that I started when I was 15? Should I follow my passion and study filmmaking? Or, should I abandon both ideas and study finance instead to … [Read more...] about Why “Follow Your Passion” Is Bad Career Advice

Filed Under: Career, Life Tagged With: Career, Passion, Skills

Myths, Statistics and What You Should Know About COVID-19

March 17, 2020 By Rational Hustle

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In this article we try to answer: When will things be back to normal? Who is at risk? What are the most common myths? Please note: I am not public health or medical professional. I usually write about personal finance or self-development. … [Read more...] about Myths, Statistics and What You Should Know About COVID-19

Filed Under: Life, World Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Pandemic

7 Benefits of Reading Books and How to Read More

February 18, 2020 By Rational Hustle

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When I was in secondary school, I hated books. That was mostly because teachers told me what to read and I resisted (reading benefits were clearly unknown to me). However, when I started studying at university, a guest lecturer once said to me: … [Read more...] about 7 Benefits of Reading Books and How to Read More

Filed Under: Books, Life Tagged With: Books, Life, Mindfulness, Productivity, Reading, Self Improvement

The Benefits of Cycling: Burn Your Calories NOT Your Cash

January 24, 2020 By Rational Hustle

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Do You Want to Save Money, Have Better Health and Experience More Joy? Here Are 5 Benefits of Cycling That Will Help You Achieve That! When I graduated from university, I immediately bought a car to go to work. At the time, I never really … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Cycling: Burn Your Calories NOT Your Cash

Filed Under: Automobiles, Experiments, Life, Savings Tagged With: Biking, Cycling, Environment, Health, Savings

No Sugar Challenge: How I Quit Sugar for 60 Days

November 30, 2019 By Rational Hustle

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How I managed to Cut Out Added Sugar and What Changed in my Life Sugar Consumption Over the past 50 years, sugar consumption has tripled worldwide. Especially in developed countries, where people often consume low-cost and highly processed … [Read more...] about No Sugar Challenge: How I Quit Sugar for 60 Days

Filed Under: Experiments, Life Tagged With: Addiction, Challenge, Experiment, Life, Sugar

Lifestyle Inflation: More Money, More Problems

November 10, 2019 By Rational Hustle

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What Is Lifestyle Inflation? Lifestyle inflation is when you increase your spending as your income goes up. In itself, lifestyle inflation is not a problem, but it becomes one when you increase your spending too fast relative to your income … [Read more...] about Lifestyle Inflation: More Money, More Problems

Filed Under: Life, Personal Finance Tagged With: Life, Lifestyle inflation, Money

Living Without a Smartphone for Three Months

July 7, 2019 By Rational Hustle

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One day in March 2016 my smartphone just stopped working. I tried to reboot it but the screen never turned on again. It was a fairly new phone and I didn’t want to buy a new one right away. I was still at university at that time, doing my Masters. To … [Read more...] about Living Without a Smartphone for Three Months

Filed Under: Experiments, Life Tagged With: Life, Productivity, Smartphone, Social media, Tech

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  • Myths, Statistics and What You Should Know About COVID-19
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  • The Benefits of Cycling: Burn Your Calories NOT Your Cash
  • No Sugar Challenge: How I Quit Sugar for 60 Days
  • Lifestyle Inflation: More Money, More Problems
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