About a week ago I made a post describing how the Hawaii trip incentive spilled over to my boys and they became ‘encouragers’ to my wife. I wasn’t sure what the name of this unintended effect was, but I stumbled across the answer in that same SuperFreakonomics book. Economists call it a ‘positive externality’, where [...]
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Weekend #1 has gone down in the books, and with a bit of mixed results. On the one hand my wife and I were able to get some exercise in on Saturday. That’s good, because as just about everyone knows, but doesn’t want to admit, Weight Loss = More Exercise + Less Food. [Side note [...]
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As Lightening McQueen (from the Disney movie) would say – ‘Ka-Chow!’ The presentation of this idea went over WAY better than expected with my wife. By the time I had gotten the offer out of my mouth she had the biggest smile on her face I’ve seen in a long time. And what a smile [...]
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Logical Self: Hey, I had this ‘a-ha’ moment last night I’d really like to share with you. I was reading the book SuperFreakonomics and had this great idea on how we can help our beautiful wife lose the weight she’s been struggling with for so long. Frugal Self: Well, I fail to see how this [...]
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