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Dec 25, 2019

The Magic of Retail Therapy -Five Lessons for Finance Design

Ever wonder why women love “retail therapy”? I have. I’m not a big shopper, and yet I find myself drawn to a well-laid out retail store just for stress relief and some visual treats of rows upon rows of neatly arranged stuff to rest my eyes on. …

Fintech

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The Magic of Retail Therapy -Five Lessons for Finance Design
The Magic of Retail Therapy -Five Lessons for Finance Design
Fintech

7 min read


Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Dec 17, 2019

Four Barriers to Behaviorally Smart Finance Design

Can we ever tackle our personal finance tasks so it doesn’t feel like having two root canal treatments done at once and without an anesthetic? Between my personal struggles to get on top of important money tasks and reading the current literature on behavioral science, I’ve become convinced that the…

UX

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Four Barriers to Behaviorally Smart Finance Design
Four Barriers to Behaviorally Smart Finance Design
UX

6 min read


Published in Pecunium

·Dec 10, 2019

The Five Qualities of Great Finance Design

If you’ve ever struggled to complete an important and “simple” financial task vital to your wellbeing, you’ve probably encountered bad finance design. …

Design

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The Five Qualities of Great Finance Design
The Five Qualities of Great Finance Design
Design

4 min read


May 21, 2019

Is This The Kryptonite That’s Holding You Back?

Everybody has a dreaded weak spot when it comes to their pocketbook. Maybe you hate numbers, or can’t be bothered to balance your checkbook. For the longest time, my specific kryptonite was…..negotiating. I absolutely HATED doing any form of negotiating. Just the thought of having to ask someone for something…

Negotiation

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Is This The Kryptonite That’s Holding You Back?
Is This The Kryptonite That’s Holding You Back?
Negotiation

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May 20, 2019

10 Things I Wish I’d Learned at 20

Life looks very different at 20 than it does at 30 or 40. We can’t shortcut the process of acquiring pragmatic wisdom, but I sure wish someone who had walked a path similar to mine had sat me down and explained some “facts of life” back then. This is what…

Money

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10 Things I Wish I’d Learned at 20
10 Things I Wish I’d Learned at 20
Money

7 min read


May 17, 2019

THIS is the Real Technology Gap We’re Fighting

Flip to any book, blog or show on doing better with your money, and you’ll be swimming in countless strategies, techniques, theories, methods, and can’t-fail approaches. …

Millennials

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THIS is the Real Technology Gap We’re Fighting
THIS is the Real Technology Gap We’re Fighting
Millennials

7 min read


May 16, 2019

Women Don’t Need Empowerment

I happen to be a woman, and I happen to be immensely interested in making sure I have plenty of money. But there is one thing I don’t need: and that is to be “empowered” in matters of money. I’ve studied how the money business interacts with women for a…

Money

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Women Don’t Need Empowerment
Women Don’t Need Empowerment
Money

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May 15, 2019

Why You Should Quit Reading Personal Finance Blogs

If you want to get someplace better and richer, the first thing you should do is to quit reading. Blogs. “ How I Did It” stories. “The 3 Simple Steps to Whatever”. “You Too Can Get Rich”. All of that stuff. The biggest mistake I made early on in my…

Habit Building

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Why You Should Quit Reading Personal Finance Blogs
Why You Should Quit Reading Personal Finance Blogs
Habit Building

7 min read


May 14, 2019

Making Molehills out of Mountains — How to Make Tough Money Tasks Easy

How do some people manage to tackle their finances so well? How do they do it despite not having inherited wealth, and having jobs, families and a full life to live? I’ve always struggled with cracking this problem, without much success. Until a recent conversation with a super-successful wealth manager…

Finance

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Making Molehills out of Mountains — How to Make Tough Money Tasks Easy
Making Molehills out of Mountains — How to Make Tough Money Tasks Easy
Finance

6 min read


May 13, 2019

Nine Ways Managing Money Is Like Writing

I’m relatively new to this whole Medium thing, and to writing in general. My struggle to find and stick with a real-as-bills approach to my own financial betterment, by contrast, is almost ancient. But it struck me recently that in many ways, writing is very much like managing money, and…

Finance

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Nine Ways Managing Money Is Like Writing
Nine Ways Managing Money Is Like Writing
Finance

7 min read

Shubha Chakravarthy

Shubha Chakravarthy

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Irrepressibly curious | Ex-banker | 2nd career entrepreneur | Making finance more human

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