In addition to providing sources of practical information, this should introduce you to a way of thinking about your personal financial decisions. This should lead you to thinking harder and farther a...In addition to providing sources of practical information, this should introduce you to a way of thinking about your personal financial decisions. This should lead you to thinking harder and farther about the larger and longer consequences of your decisions. Many of the more practical aspects of personal finance will change over time, as practices, technologies, intermediaries, customs, and laws change, but a fundamental awareness of ways to think well about solving financial questions.