notes

Chapter 1: My Story

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[4].  Ibid.

Chapter 2: If Only I Had More Money

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[8].  Neil T. Anderson, The Bondage Breaker (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House, 1993), 194–196.

[9].  Ibid., 197.

Chapter 3: I Deserve a Treat

[10].  Denise K. Schull, “Feelings Matter—Even in Investing Decisions,” Market Mind Games (blog), Psychology Today, March 12, 2012, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/market-mind-games/201203/feelings-matter-even-in-investing-decisions.

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[12].  Ibid.

[13].  Ibid.

[14].  Ibid.

Chapter 4: It Won’t Happen to Me

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[16].  Ibid.

Chapter 5: I’ll Fake It ’Til I Make It

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[21].  Michael Solomon, “Who Got the Better Ring?”, Elle, April 19, 2012, http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/best/who-got-the-better-ring-654804#slide-6.

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[24].  Thomas Stanley and William Danko, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1996), 9. Number was adjusted for inflation from the $131,000 quoted in the book using the Inflation Calculator at www.westegg.com/inflation. All subsequent adjustments were made using the same Inflation Calculator.

[25].  Stanley, The Millionaire Mind, 9.

[26].  Ibid. The 1996 number was $1.6 million in net worth; adjusted for inflation.

[27].  Stanley and Danko, The Millionaire Next Door, 13.

[28].  Stanley, The Millionaire Mind, 73.

[29].  Stanley and Danko, The Millionaire Next Door, 11.

[30].  Stanley, The Millionaire Mind, 26.

[31].  Ibid.

[32].  Stanley and Danko, The Millionaire Next Door, 31. Figure is adjusted for inflation from the 1996 number listed in the book.

[33].  Stanley, The Millionaire Mind, 26.

[34].  Stanley and Danko, The Millionaire Next Door, 112–113.

[35].  Ibid.

[36].  Ibid.

[37].  Ibid., 9. Number adjusted for inflation from the $320,000 number cited in the book.

[38].  Ibid., 35. Number adjusted for inflation.

[39].  Ibid., 9.

[40].  Renee Riva, Guido’s Gondola, illus. Steve Bjorkman (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook, 2005).

Chapter 6: I Can’t Afford It

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Chapter 7: Changing Your Self-Talk

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Chapter 8: Standing Up to Pressure

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[70].  Adapted from an example found at “Better Distress Tolerance Through ACCEPTS,” Dialectical Behavior Therapy of Southern California, April 12, 2011, http://dbttherapy.com/dbt-treatment-distress-tolerance.html.

Chapter 9: Staying in It for the Long Haul

[71].  Adapted from the four items identified as components in academic resilience as stated in A. J. Martin and H. W. Marsh, “Academic Resilience and the Four Cs: Confidence, Control, Composure, and Commitment” (paper presented at NZARE AARE Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2003).

[72].  Debra Ollivier, “Rick Newman on ‘Rebounders’: Turning Setbacks Into Success,” The Blog, Huffington Post, May 10, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-ollivier/rick-newman-rebounders-turning-setbacks-into-success_b_1504044.html.

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[76].  Adapted from Paul J. H. Schoemaker, “Paul J. H. Schoemaker’s ‘Brilliant Mistakes’: Finding Opportunity in Failures,” Knowledge @ Wharton, November 9, 2011, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2869.

[77].  Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don’t (New York: HarperBusiness, 2001), 33–35.

[78].  Adapted from the steps of self-compassion found at www.self-compassion.org.

[79].  Ollivier, “Rick Newman on ‘Rebounders.’”

[80].  Alana Horowitz and Vivian Giang, “17 People Who Got Fired Before They Became Rich and Famous,” MSN Money Canada, http://money.ca.msn.com/savings-debt/gallery/17-people-who-got-fired-before-they-became-rich-and-famous#image=1, slide 7.

[81].  Ibid., slide 11.

[82].  Ibid., slide 2.

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Chapter 11: Paying Off Debt

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Chapter 12: Holding Yourself Accountable

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[92].  Sumit Agarwal, Sujit Chakravorti, and Anna Lunn, “Why Do Banks Reward Their Customers to Use Their Credit Cards?” (paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, December 20, 2010), 13.

Chapter 13: Helpful Hints for Reducing Expenses

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