Thinking Slow When Life's Changing Fast by Ryan O'Donnell

The book’s premise is a simple fact: Life transitions present enormous financial opportunities and challenges. This may seem like an obvious statement. Perhaps less obvious are the following two separate but related truths: 1. Financial decisions made during significant life transitions have an outsized impact on our long-term wealth. 2. During periods of transition, we are often the least equipped to make good decisions. Understanding these two truths, and more importantly, understand- ing what to do about them, can prevent years of negative financial consequences and unnecessary confusion. It can make your own life, and the lives of your family and loved ones, easier and richer—not just financially, but emotionally as well.