Should You Tip for Takeout? & The Weird Ways People Get into The Guinness Book of World Records
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Should You Tip for Takeout? & The Weird Ways People Get into The Guinness Book of World Records

B1IntermediateOctober 22, 202647 min
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Ever meet someone for the first time and then spend the next hour wondering what they thought of you? Did you say the right things? Were you interesting? Did you make a good impression? It turns out we're not particularly good at judging how these encounters go. Researchers have discovered something surprising about what happens when two strangers meet — and understanding it might change the way you think about your next conversation. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30183512/ Should you tip when you pick up takeout? Is it okay to let someone cut in line? And if ev...

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I thought I had a pretty good idea of where my money was going and then I started using Monarch. And it turns out there's a big difference between thinking you know and actually seeing it all laid out in front of you.

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I've spent some time with Monarch now. I've connected everything and really tested it out and I like it a lot. Your accounts, investments, savings goals, spending, they're all there in one place. But what really got my attention is Monarch doesn't just show you what's happened.

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It helps you spot what's happening right now. They have an AI weekly recap and it can flag a spending spike or a change in your net worth or upcoming expenses, things that are surprisingly easy to miss on your own. And I found that once you actually see the numbers, you look at your money differently.

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