The Bad Bargain: Why We Trade Our Dreams to Escape Our Nightmares [The Net Worthwile Weekly] – “We make bad bargains like these all the time, and in our adult lives, all too often, it is financial considerations that are either in the lead or supporting role.
Some structure their entire financial lives around nightmare avoidance—staying in soul-crushing jobs for security, never taking entrepreneurial risks, keeping money in cash because markets are (always) scary, or not retiring for fear that they may run out of money. They’re often trading dreams for the avoidance of nightmares.
Our penchant for comfort in the present is often the very thing that narrows our future.”