Lessons from the NCAA Tournament

Filed under , by Alison on 8:22 PM

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March Madness is upon us. You don't have to be a college basketball fan to know that it's tournament time. All over the country people have set up their brackets and joined pools. All over the country people are cursing because their brackets aren't looking so good (but at least they can take comfort in the fact that most people's brackets aren't looking so good!).  With two rounds down, a number one seeded team is out, a number two seeded team is out, and three number three seeds are gone. These are all teams that, for the most part, you can be certain will last through two rounds! But basketball game winners are unpredictable. Though it can be highly likely, you can't guarantee that one team will surely beat another.


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Money is the same way. You can't count your chickens before they've hatched when it comes to money. You can't spend money that you currently don't have but are pretty sure that you will have soon. Things happen and it just might not come as you expect it to. Why is this such a hard lesson to learn? I know we've done it before. Sometimes it's worked out okay, but sometimes not so much. Flexibility is key when dealing with your finances because life doesn't always go "how it should".

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