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2.1.1

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1.7.4

Why does paying with cash sometimes feel worse than paying with a card?

Because the act of paying makes the loss feel real

You hand over $50
You see it leave your wallet

With a card, there's no physical money disappearing:

- You tap
- Approved
- Done

The money is still gone

But psychologically, the payment can feel less immediate

And online, it can become even more abstract.

- You don't see money leaving
- You see a number on a screen change.

That's why sometimes the hardest part of spending isn't the price

It's feeling the payment

~ Think before you act

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1.7.2

Why do we look for information that agrees with us?

- You buy a coin
- It starts falling

You search:
“Why will it recover?”

- You find someone bullish

- You feel better

- You ignore the analyst saying the thesis is broken

That's CONFIRMATION BIAS

We don't always search for the truth

Sometimes we search for evidence that makes us feel right

And the more money we've committed, the harder it can become to hear anything else

The dangerous question isn't:

“Am I right?”

It's:

“What would prove me wrong?”

~ Think before you act

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1.7.1

Why can adding a third option change what you choose?

There is two popcorns:

🍿 A — $4
🍿 B — $8.5

You might choose A

Now add:

🍿 C — $8, but smaller than B.

Suddenly B looks like the obvious choice

Nothing about B changed
Only the comparison changed

This is called the "Decoy Effect"

Money works the same way:

Sometimes we don't decide what something is worth
We decide what it's worth compared to something else...

A $100 price can feel expensive - until you see the $200 option.

- The number didn't change

Your reference point did!

How to Avoid It?

- Define needs first:
Know what you want and your budget before looking at options!!!

~ Think before you act

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1.6.4

Have you ever missed something that was right in front of you?

In a famous psychology experiment, people were asked to count basketball passes

While they were concentrating on the passes, a person in a gorilla suit walked across the screen

A surprising number of people didn't notice

The phenomenon is called "inattentional blindness"

We don't always see everything that's there
We see what our attention is looking form

Money works the same way:

You can stare at a chart for hours - and still miss the one thing that matters.

Because sometimes the problem isn't a lack of information

It's where you're looking

~ Think before you act

1.6.3

- riddle [0.00002002bnb / 50 slots]

- You cannot see me
- You cannot hold me

But I can make you keep something you no longer want

I can make you fear losing something you never truly needed

The longer you carry me- the harder I become to put down

What am I?

~ Think before you act

1.6.2

Ever feel like everyone is watching you?

- You spill coffee on your shirt.
- You walk into a room late.
- You say something stupid
And suddenly it feels like everyone noticed
But most people probably didn't

It's called the Spotlight Effect
We tend to overestimate how much other people notice us

Money has its own version:
- You make a bad investment.
- You lose money.

You think:
“Everyone can see I messed up.”
So you hold onto the mistake just to avoid admitting it

Sometimes we're not protecting our money
We're protecting our IMAGE
And ego can be expensive

~ Think before you act

1.6.1

In W. W. Jacobs' famous story, "The Monkey's Paw", a family receives a magical monkey's paw that can grant wishes

- They make a wish for money
- They get it
But not in the way they expected

The money comes as compensation after their son dies in an accident

The family gets exactly what they asked for...
Just not what they wanted

That's the interesting part

In life, we often focus on the outcome we want and forget to think about the path that gets us there.

Money is no different:

- Make $10,000
- Double my money
- Get rich quickly

But what are you willing to risk to get there?

Sometimes the real question isn't:
- Can I get what I want?

It's:
- What could it cost me?

~ Think before you act

1.5.6

Why do we value things more once they become ours?

Imagine you own something worth $50
Someone offers you $60 for it

Instead of thinking:

“Would I buy this for $60?”

you think:

“But it's mine”

That's the endowment effect.

Ownership changes our perception of valuea nd money can make this dangerous

You buy a coin at $1 - It falls to $0.60.

Now selling it feels like you're giving something away

So you hold

Not because the investment still makes sense - but because letting go feels like a loss

Sometimes the hardest thing to sell isn't an asset

It's our ATTACHMENT to it!

~ Think before you act

1.5.5

0.00001567bnb - 50 slots
guess the riddle:

I can steal your money
without touching your wallet

I can make you buy things
you never planned to buy

I can make a good deal
feel impossible to ignore

You rarely notice me
until it's too late

What am I?

~ Think before you act

1.5.4

“BUY NOW”
“BREAKOUT CONFIRMED”
“THIS IS THE ONE”
"HIDDEN GEM"
"INDICATORS SAY..."

- You enter
- Price dumps
- The analyst disappears

Next day:

“🚨 NEW SETUP 🚨”

- Different coin
- Same confidence

Because your loss isn't their loss
Your trade is their product
They don't need you to win
They need you to CLICK

Before trusting the chart, check the business model behind the chart

Follow the incentive

~ Think before you act

1.5.3

Why does a $20 bill feel different from four $5 bills?

It's the same $20, but our brain doesn't always treat money mathematically

-Four smaller bills can feel like more money to spend
- One larger bill can feel harder to break

That's why the way money is presented can change how we behave with it

Same value - Different psychology

And sometimes, our financial decisions aren't controlled by the amount

They're controlled by how the amount feels

~ Think before you act

1.5.2

Gollum didn't start with a desire to destroy the world

- He wanted the Ring
- Then he wanted to keep it
- Then he couldn't imagine life without it

That's what makes greed dangerous.

It doesn't always say:

“I want everything”

Sometimes it says:

“Just a little more”

- One more trade
- One more win
- One more dollar

And eventually, "more" becomes the goal

Money isn't always what changes people

Sometimes it's the desire for more

~ Think before you act

1.5.1

“A higher price means something is more expensive.”
Not necessarily

A $1 coin can be more expensive than a $1,000 coin
Why?
Because price alone tells you very little

A crypto token at $0.01 can have a larger market cap than a token at $100 if there are enough tokens in circulation.

We often look at the number attached to one unit and forget to ask:
“How many units exist?”

Cheap-looking isn't the same as cheap!
Expensive-looking isn't the same as expensive!

The number isn't the whole story!

~ Think before you act

can you guess the answer?
4 words

1.4.5

You look at something
You give it a name
You give it a value

Then you start making decisions based on that value

But what if the thing itself was never what you thought it was?

Maybe the real question isn't:
“What should I do?”

Maybe it's:
“What am I actually seeing?”

~ Think before you act

1.4.4

The Prestige

In The Prestige, two magicians become obsessed with beating each other

At first, they want to perform better
Then it becomes personal...

Every victory demands another
Every secret creates another secret.

Eventually, the question isn't:
“Is this worth it?”

It's more like:
“How far will I go to win?”

Money can create the same trap

You make one risky decision - It works

So you take a bigger risk... then another

Your goal quietly changes from making money to proving you were right

That's when the game owns you

The most expensive thing you can lose isn't always money

Sometimes it's the ability to walk away

~ Think before you act

1.4.3

Why do people remember unfinished tasks better than finished ones?

It's called the Zeigarnik effect

Your brain keeps unfinished things active
That's why an open tab can bother you more than ten completed ones

Money has the same trap

You lose $100
Now your brain wants to “finish the story.”

You don't want to make a good decision anymore
You just want to get back to zero

And that's how a small loss can turn into a much bigger one

Sometimes the hardest thing to close isn't a position

It's the story in your head

~ Think before you act

1.4.2

Why do we yawn when someone else yawns?

Nobody tells you to do it
You see someone yawn—and suddenly you're yawning too
It's called contagious yawning

And humans have another kind of contagion:

Financial behavior

Someone makes money - you want in.
Everyone is buying - you buy
Everyone is selling - you panic

Sometimes we don't make a financial decision

We CATCH one!

~ Think before you act

1.4.1

The Tulip Mania

In 17th-century Netherlands, tulip bulbs became objects of intense speculation
Prices rose dramatically as more people wanted to buy and sell them

But here's the part that matters:

People weren't only buying tulips because they loved tulips
Many were buying because other people were buying

The logic quietly changed:

“This is valuable”

became:

“Other people think this is valuable”

And eventually:

“Other people will pay even more”

That's how a crowd can turn an ordinary object into something that feels impossible to ignore

The lesson isn't that tulips were worthless
It's that price can influence our perception of value

When everyone around you is excited about something, it's worth asking:

“Would I still want this if nobody else wanted it?”

~ Think before you act.