📫 Formula & Incentives – Weekend Words #055

Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend

October 11, 2025

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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: formula and incentives.

“Everyone can spend money in a way that will make them happier. But there is no universal formula on how to do it.”

—Morgan Housel, The Art of Spending Money

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“What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich making dumb decisions? The incentives on Wall Street were all wrong; they're still all wrong.”

—Michael Lewis, The Big Short

More from the author in our word of the week: Liquidity

This week’s books were focused on Finance

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