Give Every Dollar A Job
How you think about money matters just as much as how much money you have. Here is a thought: Give every dollar a job. Giving each dollar a job allows your money to work for you, not against you. Lazyโฆ
Category: What Works Great life lessons from people who have “been there, done that” long before you.
It’s all about your Cash Flow
Cash flow is a fancy term for money that goes in & out of your bank account. A lack of cash flow means you need to find a way to get more money to flow into your bank account. ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐โฆ
Sleep well at night
Any investment or personal finance strategy that keeps you up at night is a terrible strategy. Instead, optimize your personal finances to make your life better, not worse. Itโs as easy as 1-2-3: 1๏ธโฃ Aim for reasonable, not perfection. 2๏ธโฃโฆ
Extreme Discounting … be aware of this quirk
You prefer immediate rewards vs. long-term gains. But investing is for the long term. When we are presented with distant commitments, we tend to stumble on the difficulty that our brain has in placing us in the future with anyโฆ
Index Funds donโt have an ego
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ: ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐. The good news about the recent market turmoils is that Index Funds donโt have an ego. โ They wonโt commit fraud against you orโฆ
Panic – It’s not a helpful emotion
Especially not when making investment decisions. Uptrends are slow and methodical.ย Gains donโt come in big chunks but rather a stairstep process.ย Uptrends almost lull us investors to sleep because there isnโt much going on in terms of volatility. Downtrends, onโฆ
We all make mistakes with our finances
… and that’s ok. No one has this stuff all figured out. Sometimes you have to make decisions in real-time with imperfect information. Sometimes your emotions get the best of you. Sometimes your financial situation is just the result ofโฆ
What you do against inflation matters
I am curious, what do you do to beat inflation? It is almost impossible to โout-saveโ the inflation rate. One can only โout-investโ the inflation rate. Savings are risky in the long term โ guaranteed. Because inflation is the giftโฆ
Your Ability to Spot Financial Bullshit Predicts your Financial Well-being
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต – ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต.
Living within your means is …
I know, that’s not a really popular topic for investors & traders. But living within your means is not a ‘nice goal’ to have – it is a must. Here is why: 1๏ธโฃ Those that don’t are in serious troubleโฆ
Great life lessons from people who have “been there, done that” long before you.
It’s all about your Cash Flow
Cash flow is a fancy term for money that goes in & out of your bank account. A lack of cash flow means you need to find a way to get more money to flow into your bank account. ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐โฆ
Sleep well at night
Any investment or personal finance strategy that keeps you up at night is a terrible strategy. Instead, optimize your personal finances to make your life better, not worse. Itโs as easy as 1-2-3: 1๏ธโฃ Aim for reasonable, not perfection. 2๏ธโฃโฆ
Extreme Discounting … be aware of this quirk
You prefer immediate rewards vs. long-term gains. But investing is for the long term. When we are presented with distant commitments, we tend to stumble on the difficulty that our brain has in placing us in the future with anyโฆ
Index Funds donโt have an ego
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ: ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐. The good news about the recent market turmoils is that Index Funds donโt have an ego. โ They wonโt commit fraud against you orโฆ
Panic – It’s not a helpful emotion
Especially not when making investment decisions. Uptrends are slow and methodical.ย Gains donโt come in big chunks but rather a stairstep process.ย Uptrends almost lull us investors to sleep because there isnโt much going on in terms of volatility. Downtrends, onโฆ
We all make mistakes with our finances
… and that’s ok. No one has this stuff all figured out. Sometimes you have to make decisions in real-time with imperfect information. Sometimes your emotions get the best of you. Sometimes your financial situation is just the result ofโฆ
What you do against inflation matters
I am curious, what do you do to beat inflation? It is almost impossible to โout-saveโ the inflation rate. One can only โout-investโ the inflation rate. Savings are risky in the long term โ guaranteed. Because inflation is the giftโฆ
Your Ability to Spot Financial Bullshit Predicts your Financial Well-being
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต – ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต.
Living within your means is …
I know, that’s not a really popular topic for investors & traders. But living within your means is not a ‘nice goal’ to have – it is a must. Here is why: 1๏ธโฃ Those that don’t are in serious troubleโฆ