Quick Hits: Correct your false thinking about money. And life. Also, a chimp chooses porn.

• I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to help people succeed better with the money they earn and invest. One of the first steps is to correct the false thinking about money that a lot of us have. Our attitude about money will infect our ability to succeed with it, for better or for worse. Rabbi Daniel Lapin writes that, “Making money is much harder if, deep down, you suspect it to be a morally reprehensible activity.” If you believe, even a little, that it’s evil to be rich, and that being poor is noble and spiritual, then you’ll unconsciously set an upper limit on your ability to earn. This is a topic that I’m sure to cover more in the future, because there are so many messages about wealth that our culture and society tell us which we need to unwind before we can approach money correctly.

• And there are a lot of other things we’re taught that negatively affect the way we live. Here are eight things that we need to change our thinking on.

• Finally, I’m not exactly sure how to hit this. See, Gina the chimp has been given access to a television set. She’s mastered the remote control, and now enjoys watching human pornography every night. The article doesn’t indicate why, but I’m sure there’re are a whole host of theories. And it’s a funny story, which is why I’m putting it here. However, I’m concerned by the use of “addicted” in the article. There’s a tendency to refer to any hard-to-break habit or harmful practice as an addiction, and they’re really not the same thing. Unless the chimpanzee is suffering anxiety, nausea, cold sweats and tremors when denied her favorite smut, then it’s probably not an addiction. Otherwise, I hope Gina finds a nice 12-Step program.