Every Choice Is a Trade-Off

Mission Brief #45

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Trade-offs everywhere — find them.

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Money is just a story everyone agrees to believe.

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Every time we make a choice, we have to think about what we are giving up. This is called a trade-off. For example, if you choose to buy a toy instead of a book, you get the toy but miss out on the book.

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Understanding trade-offs helps us make good decisions about how to spend our time and money!

Key facts

Remember these

1A trade-off is what we give up when we make a choice.
2Choosing a toy means missing out on something else, like a book.
3Thinking about trade-offs helps us make better decisions.

Then & Now

💱 This is happening in your local store every single day.

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What is a trade-off?

How sure?😐 maybe

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If you buy a toy, what might you not get?

How sure?😐 maybe

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