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Stories are, by far, the most powerful force in the economy. They are the fuel that can let the tangible parts of the economy work, or the brake that holds our capabilities back. At the personal level, there are two things to keep in mind about a storydriven world when managing your money.

  1. The more you want something to be true, the more likely you are to believe a story that overestimates the odds of it being true.
  2. Everyone has an incomplete view of the world. But we form a complete narrative to fill in the gaps.

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