Mike Michalowicz
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1,537 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 20 Feb
Mike Michalowicz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And now when I'm looking to buy furniture, I look at the furniture account, and if there's not enough money there, can't spend it.
Exactly.
So most of us are told to try to change who we are.
So traditional personal finance is one of two methods.
Deprive yourself of a lifestyle of comfort today so you can live one tomorrow.
So live in deprivation.
Humans can't do that for a sustained period.
We become resentful.
Like if you love, I love chocolate chip cookies.
If I don't eat chocolate chip cookies and I see one laying out, I will try to use willpower, but there'll be a moment I fatigue.
And the longer I go without a chocolate chip cookie, the more I'll desire it.
So the longer it sits there, the more I'll desire it.
And tests prove this out.
They did a test with children where they said, they put a little treat down and said, if you don't eat this,
you'll get two of these treats when I come back.
The researcher said that and left the room.
And you watch these children shaking and sitting on their hands and doing all these things not to do it, and they couldn't stop, and they ate the treat, even though a bigger treat was coming if they simply resisted.
That's true not just for children.
It's true for adults.
Yet most...
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