It 's easy to think that you have good information today. View all news sources, opinions and facts to help shape your opinions. Do you have TV, radio, Internet, magazines and newspapers. Surely this is to keep up with everything you want to know. Right? Wrong!
Many of us have well-established model for research, opinions, news and facts we want. We go to the same places again and again, because we know about. And that, in short, is theProblem.
In fact, usually stay within our comfort zone. When you search on the Internet, we found evidence to support our beliefs. This is the way we structure our search terms. We also tend to have information sent to us by our trusted friends. When a friend via e-mail a link to an interesting story, one tends to believe that our friend, history, long before being tested.
Of course, we do not have a lot of effort by a lot of things that we do not agree with a fordAttempt to prove our beliefs are wrong. Instead, we assume that what we do not agree just not that important. And this is what is different, the way to get our news and the facts of today, compared to a few decades ago, when a community was just a newspaper or radio station. In those days a single source of news was to serve all people in the community. There were articles that dealt with the story from different angles. Today we call this in depthReporting.
media to compete in today's world with each other for readers, viewers and listeners. And the competition is tough. Many magazines and websites to meet a very narrow issue, to maintain their audience. They call it niche marketing. He is recognized to serve a narrow spectrum of society and do it well. Do not upset the public. Let other ways to serve people with different opinions.
As a result, we as viewers are happy with ourSources. We do not go looking for sources of information that may contradict our thinking. We do not try to find the other side of the story. Perhaps that is why the victims of Bernie Madoff followed the behavior of other people in their community when they handed their money rather than Bernie.
Sometimes you will avoid the items that we feel are suitable as a challenge topic. For example, look at some of today's financial guru Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman. Many menseem to think Suze is again from the point of view of women in the family finances. They listen when your wife Suze watches the show and came to the conclusion: "It 's certainly a bat man!" Sun repeated the story in the dressing room and the guys form a group, their financial management and not by a person other than Suze Orman.
On the other hand, Dave Ramsey is a devout Christian. He argues that without pride. This is a crossroads for many people, motivated, because they haveno church, or simply believe Dave should take their faith so openly. These people are the ones that Dave has to say about the discount to manage personal finances.
E 'for those who choose their sources of information is fine. However, in these circumstances would turn their backs to keep these two gurus, that you lose the great opportunity to learn about money and relationships with people from Suze, or how it is important to have the basics with your credit cards and papersEmergency fund with Dave. In short, the listener or viewer to vote for the loss of good information just because they have some prejudices against the source of this information. (I have my disagreements with a small amount of what we are saying is Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey, but I still think are very intelligent and well informed. Your opinion is I do not care because they have a page of history can not forward thinking.)
Sometimes we are attracted to aSource of information. Maybe you have the way in which television reported the news. We get a rush of adrenaline from the sad report of property damage as a gang incident a hit-and-run or fires devastated city. If this is your cup of tea, you may lose more stories for his work for care packages to troops, or people who are looking for ways to help others keep their homes to foreclosure to be sent.
We filter advertising in the sameWay. Yes, our group of niche that the only good MP3 player must be a line of Apple ®. In fact, there are many MP3 players that compete pretty well on features, yet costs less. You can write your own parallel to this message by simply filling out a high-level brand and its product. Go ahead: Gucci ®, Lancome ®, BMW ®, Godiva ® chocolates, etc.
Fall into a rut, how do we find our news and information lead us in a rut with our expensesHabits. Today we challenge our buying habits. Times have changed. has changed our way of determination. If we change our buying habits, we have the reasons why we buy what we do challenge. Get the other side of the story helps us.
To overcome the dangers of falling into the routine, please, try to listen to opposing views. Find out why you feel your beliefs and opinions. And realize that nothing else could be wrongjust because you disagree with him. Dissenting opinions may be prepared using the same set of facts, and can live together in the same house. If they do, it is good to understand both sides of the story.
James W. Stone lives in the Chicago area. Talk to manage your lifestyle and your money. His particular interest is the way in which decisions about money and spending. http://www.JamesWStone.com
James W. Stone
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