Personal finance is one area of life where, counterintuitively, being smarter will not get you better results Also, spending more time fiddling with investments will get you worse results Automate and move on

W. No contest. You out of M's? Flip that thing over. Need a couple V's? W got you covered. Chops into an A, E, F, H, I K, L, N, T, X, Y and Z. If we started over tomorrow it would be 26 W's and a pair of safety scissors.

Happy Canada Day from my crew of Canadians! #ohCanada #yahoo #yyc

Prefect Money Thread:

I may be a wee bit biased, but I think Kristen Dyck | Personal Brand Strategist is simply amazing! Check out this event in #yyc on Sept. 10

So excited for @frameadvice #fintech to go live! Go check it out! #financialplanning 🇨🇦 #fintwit

@brunchandbudget A significantly better way to put this could be: "You can teach someone about financial literacy & they can have the knowledge they need to succeed, but knowledge is not enough to yank yourself out of poverty. Education is important AND it's not the solution to larger problems."

*NEW* 5 Finance Tips I Used to Love But Now Realize Are v. Stupid 🙃mixedupmoney.com/blog/stupid-fi…

For many, there was always a belief that things would get better and are now losing faith.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOBO! 🎂 On this day in 1979, THE LITTLEST HOBO premiered on CTV. 40 years young, maybe tomorrow he'll want to settle down...🐾

Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Based on the removal of this program (#IDMTC) we will be re-examining our plans for aggressive growth in Alberta. We doubled the size of our studio since the program was enacted. We had plans to create many more jobs in Alberta. We will now have to reassess those plans.

“There’s many ways to get an education, and academics is just one of them.” - Bruce Croxon #entrepreneurlife Startup Grind @YYCStartupGrind

Now that Halloween is over, thus begins celebration of the next season, “adults with candy induced acne breakouts.” *patent pending Hallmark

What’s the hardest things about a two-entrepreneur family? A: Taking family photos

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #6décembre

THREAD: DON’T BELIEVE THE TALKING HEADS! It pisses me off to see the “experts” on TV trying to explain why personal insolvencies are up almost 16% in Ontario so far this year, the largest increase in about a decade. They have no clue. /1

Canada Emergency Support Benefit will provide $2000 a month for 4 months to ppl who lost their jobs, who can’t work because of illness or who are at home taking care of kids / someone who is sick. Application portal will be launched soon. $ available within ten days of applying

With #COVID19, the topic of financial health is more important than ever. In partnership with IFH mentor Olga Morawczynski we've launched a survey on how COVID19 has impacted the relationship b/w Canadians and their finances. Fill it out here & pls share surveymonkey.com/r/Bounc3