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# Windfalls Aren't Always a Blessing
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301110058/
- Published: 2023-01-28T02:22:25.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T02:22:25.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: economics

> But more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may compound the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws, putting a spotlight on what we don’t know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash—let’s say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings—soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse, than the mess they were in before. **Money only accentuates the cash-flow pattern running in your head.** ([Location 902](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B0175P82RA&location=902&ref=bramadams.dev))

Windfalls aren't always a blessing. New money accentuates old money habits in your mind.

If you get money, pretend it doesn't exist?