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Jessica Exton @ExtonJessica

Applied Behavioural Scientist fascinated by our quirky relationship with money. Consumer economics | innovation | behavioural risk. Views mine.

Joined December 2013
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Loved chatting with @maximillianroth this afternoon on all things investing behaviour!
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30 Mar 2021
We're very excited to chat with Behavioral Scientist @ExtonJessica from @ING_news tomorrow at 12 pm EST / 5 pm BST to discuss what actions you can take to overcome your own investing biases.
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Interesting take - 'Ambivalent people tend to see both the positive and negative sides to things, and feel conflicted about many topics.' It can feel uncomfortable, but a balanced and nuanced view isn't all bad psyche.co/ideas/the-fence-is…

The fence is uncomfortable, but it affords the best view | Psyche Ideas

Ambivalence is often misconstrued as flakiness. In fact, recognising both sides of an argument fosters empathy and insight

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Predictions of increased spending post pandemic and useful behavioural tips for sticking to the lock-down silver lining - some are saving much more bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @wealth

Shoppers Are Fighting the Temptation to Go on a Post-Pandemic Splurge

People who amassed extra savings during Covid-related lockdowns will need much more than just willpower to resist the urge to spend.

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One way to be smarter about your financial decisions? Imagine yourself in a hot air balloon bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @BW

Seven Ways to Trick Yourself Into Making Sound Financial Choices

Take advantage of insights from behavioral economists.

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I recently suggested some behavioural investing traps to avoid when share picking and trading thismon.ee/a/9271053 via @ThisIsMoney

Behavioural investing traps to avoid when share picking and trading

Behavioural investing looks at the ways people risking their money often fall into psychological traps. It pays to keep them in mind when buying, selling and holding.

thisismoney.co.uk
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Feeling bored can drive changes in behaviour, such as increased novelty seeking and reward sensitivity.... lock-down boredom has also stimulated a range of new spending choices from home improvement to share portfolios economictimes.indiatimes.com…
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Negotiating may feel uncomfortable but can pay off - I've previously found 40% of UK home buyers simply offered what was asked. 35% offered only a little bit less while 17% offered more than the asking price - interesting read from@ThisIsMoney thismon.ee/a/9246497

Would you haggle on a house price? We reveal the do's and don'ts

Britons are at risk of paying over the odds on their house purchases, with 30 per cent of homeowners failing to negotiate on their current property. We explain how to do it successfully

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Building truthful workplaces: 'Many believe white lies to be unavoidable and mostly harmless – perhaps even socially lubricating.' But truth-telling often begets truth-telling, starting small helps psyche.co/ideas/imagine-a-wo… via @psyche_the_mag

Imagine a workplace where you could actually tell the truth | Psyche Ideas

Most people won’t even think to tell the truth at work. In a society that seems to laud honesty, why is it so rare?

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'Changing your mind ... requires you to grapple with your own identity. Admitting that you were wrong feels personal.' How to Get Better at Changing Your Mind: treat change as learning and don't make your ideas who you are behavioralscientist.org/your… via @behscientist

“Your Ideas Are Not Your Identity”: Adam Grant on How to Get Better at Changing Your Mind - By Evan...

In his latest book, “Think Again”, Adam Grant investigates why we struggle to update our ideas and opinions and how we can get better at it.

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A nice read during another lockdown weekend - a lack of variety contracts our perception of time and limits memory creation. But now is the time to embrace routine, while we might not remember a lot of lockdown, we will keep the skills we develop thedecisionlab.com/insights/…

Routine in Quarantine: The Upside of a Pandemic - The Decision Lab

While quarantine may limit what we can do in our spare time, the silver lining of a pandemic is that it's ideal for establishing routine.

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Nice read on understanding behaviour in the “money and happiness” business in a post-covid world advisorperspectives.com/arti…

Dan Ariely on Post-pandemic Financial Planning

Post-pandemic financial planning will reward advisors who illustrate the relationship between money and happiness to their clients.

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What to do about your stress spending, according to a behavioral research expert cnb.cx/3oSLiLj

What to do about your stress spending, according to a behavioral research expert

Perry Wright of Duke University’s Common Cents Lab suggests that "stress saving" can provide the same therapy that stress spending provides.

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‘Mental money laundering’ lifts constraints on spending morally questionable income - Chicago Booth Review review.chicagobooth.edu/beha… via @chicagoboothrev

‘Mental Money Laundering’ Lifts Constraints on Spending Morally Questionable Income

Blurring the source of ill-gotten gains can mitigate the effects of mental accounting.

chicagobooth.edu
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Just enjoyed a blast of Atomic Habits by James Clear - did the full book in one day! Sensational New Year reading
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12 Dec 2020
“Though consumer-to-consumer sharing has immediate environmental benefits through, for example, decreases in the use of raw production materials, its long-term benefits appear limited,” say @LauraStraeter & @ExtonJessica #EconTwitter bit.ly/3ks7rNC
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Ten Conditions for Change

a framework for creating positive behaviors

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Just registered! thinkforwardinitiative.com/e… @thinkforward
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'When ideas are presented to us, the immediate need is for us to be persuaded. Persuasion, we discover, depends on four factors...' Credibility, authority, relevance and feedback are equally important to objective consideration. forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/20…
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Working from home or living at work? A few WFH strategies - create your own commute, focus your workload on a daily “must win”, put “proactive time” on your calendar, reclaim the social in social distancing, run time-management experiments hbr.org/2020/08/how-to-actua…
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Having to wait to see the pictures makes it so much more exciting #delayedgratification
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