When you sign a debit card receipt at a large retailer, the store pays your bank an average of 75 cents for every $100 spent, more than twice as much as when you punch in a four-digit code. The difference is so large that Costco will not allow you to sign for your debit purchase [...] [Posted: 4 Jan 2010]
[M]ost often our minds do not consider a range of options; our first impressions, reactive as they are, are usually taken as an accurate readout on reality — the way it really is. From page 163 of The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness. Depression skews your perspective so that everything seems [...] [Posted: 4 Jan 2010]