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Wealth

A significant area of "success" comes under the subject of wealth, so I've given it a section all to itself.

What's your budget?

What's your budget?

I hate that question. To me, it makes absolutely no sense.

If I'm going to be buying something that usually generates that question from a salesman, I never have a budget. And it's not the question they're really asking anyway. They're really asking, how much can I fleece you for.

My house has increased in value by £8000 per year since we bought it

I went to my grandad's 80th birthday celebration yesterday and I was a little perplexed that even at his age, he still hadn't realised the irrelevance of the price of his house. He said "My house has increased in value by £8000 per year since we bought it [40 years ago]".

The science of price consideration

How much thought and consideration do you put into buying a 50p chocolate bar? Probably not very much I would imagine. 50p is nothing these days. If there's some chocolate in front of you, and you feel like eating a bar, you just buy it without thinking too much about it. 50p is impulse buy price.

What about something that is £1?