The Truth About Getting Rich: It’s Not Just About Investing

Unless you’re starting with a substantial inheritance or striking it big in a bull market, wealth accumulation is a gradual process. Relying solely on investments like index funds, stocks, or real estate can tether your financial growth to variables you don’t control — markets, interest rates, global shocks. This is where the concept of diversification […]

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Living Free, Working Hard: The Hidden Hustle Behind Financial Independence

People get financial freedom wrong. I’m not going to tell you about sipping/not sipping pina coladas on the beach. The subtle nuance of a work-optional life is that nobody knows what it’s like until they experience it. I don’t know many retirees who fired their bosses before hitting their retirement age. But I got a […]

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The Advice That Transformed My Finances: Five Principles I Live By

Tip #1. Bulls and bears can both make money, but pigs get slaughtered. Early in my career, I shared an office with a man a few years older than me who was investing in stocks. I hadn’t yet accumulated a significant nest egg, but I’d always had a saver mentality. Learning about investments seemed the […]

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