Focus less on money

Disposition Effect

“𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩, 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡.” – 𝘼𝙧𝙣𝙙𝙩–𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙯 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 (𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮) It’s a loose rule, not a law, but it applies to so many things: Debt, ambition, networking, exercise, caution, & money. 𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳…

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Enjoy The Present

Enjoy the present

“𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝒇𝙪𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙚 𝙘𝒐𝙢𝒆𝙨 𝙤𝒏𝙚 𝙢𝒊𝙣𝒖𝙩𝒆 𝒂𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝒊𝙢𝒆.” It becomes clearer to me every year that seeing my portfolio hit a certain number doesn’t bring me nearly as much joy as spending money on experiences. Investing itself is a form…

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Sleep well at night

What do you do with your money?

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. It’s as easy as 1-2-3: 1️⃣ Aim for reasonable, not perfection. 2️⃣…

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Index Funds don’t have an ego

Money? I heard money?

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟭: 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺.𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟮: 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. The good news about the recent market turmoils is that Index Funds don’t have an ego. ✔ They won’t commit fraud against you or…

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From dumb money to smart money in two moves

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.  Isn’t one of our motivators to work the money we get for it❓Then let’s also have…

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