Become financially independent
I’m turning 40 this month, which got me thinking: why not share how to make the most of your 30s.
What qualifies me to do this? I spent most of my younger years horsing around, focusing on the wrong things. And isn’t that the very worst thing about a life, wasting it?
Today, sitting here typing this, what I’m most proud of is the life I’ve created. It took years to...
When you’re about to do something for the first time it’s scary because it’s unfamiliar.
A few years ago I was asked to be a guest on a popular podcast and because you’ve never been a guest on a popular podcast your gut reaction is to say no.
This is just your brain telling you that you’ve never done this thing before, and then it crafts seemingly rational excuses for why you can’t do the thing.
But if there’s one lesson I’ve learned over the past...
People are always asking me if real estate or stocks are a “better” investment.
If you only look at returns you’ll discover stocks crush real estate. But people don’t always invest for returns, they might invest for monthly cash flow, a big reason to invest in real estate.
But when I think about real estate I imagine driving around town collecting rent checks, getting calls about leaky faucets, needing to replace ancient furnaces.
Plus, you...
In 1956 Warren Buffett was managing about half a million dollars. He was working from a tiny study that could only be entered by passing through his bedroom.
He handled everything personally: typing letters on an IBM typewriter, filing paperwork, doing taxes. And nowadays he’s one of the wealthiest people in the world.
This got me thinking about what it means to be resourceful. That if being resourceful can put you on the path to riches, why aren’t more people resourceful?
You probably hear people complaining...
A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river.
The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, they would both drown.
Considering this, the frog agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both.
While drowning, the frog cries, “But why?!”
Replies the scorpion, “It’s in my nature.”
Just like the scorpion, it’s in our nature to do what humans do. For...
