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Most people think wealth is a matter of luck, a high salary, or being born into the right family. And sure, circumstances matter. They always have. Some people start three steps behind because of poverty, illness, layoffs, or a thousand things outside their control. But here’s the truth few want to admit: once money actually... Continue Reading →
When I was young, I had to survive a background that only some people know or have lived through. Out of that background, I made friends with a lot of people who had to become someone else, or who never even had the chance to become who they could have been if it weren’t for... Continue Reading →
People love glamour. Red carpets, film festivals, book signings with glossy posters. It’s easy to look at those moments and think, that’s what making it looks like. Someone wrote a book, printed it, and now they’re standing at a podium in a bookstore with their name in big bold letters. Or they scraped together funds... Continue Reading →
Somewhere along the line, we decided the road to success was paved with endless workdays and side hustles stacked on top of day jobs. If you’re not busy, you’re falling behind. Hustle culture measures success by how much you do in 24 hours, not how much you keep in 24 years. The trouble is, most... Continue Reading →
If you’ve been blogging for a while, you know the drill. You wake up, grab your phone, open your blog app, and check your stats. You do it again at lunch. You do it before bed. Sometimes you refresh 10, 15, 20 times a day. I’ve been there, in fact, I was there this morning.... Continue Reading →
There’s a strange kind of grief no one warns you about: The grief of becoming someone new, and realizing you may not be able to take everyone with you. It hits in quiet, unexpected moments.Like standing in a thrift store, holding a $4.99 copy of The Little Book of Value Investing, smiling at the steal... Continue Reading →
This evening, I put on some music and found myself rereading The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin, a book that distills the wisdom of Charlie Munger through the lens of rational decision-making. In Chapter 4, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, Griffin brings up one of Munger’s most humbling ideas: the over-optimism tendency. It hit me... Continue Reading →
How Denial, Stories, and the Fear of Being Wrong Shape the Markets, and Us ✈️ Opening Hook: The People We Can’t Let Go Of Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. Her body was never recovered. Her plane never found. And nearly a century later, we’re still chasing her ghost, clinging to fragments of... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/2zmaZ19ufZU?si=FtjdxAb-Ru69theR Push play and listen to this while reading, I promise it won't disappoint. Last night, I stayed up talking to a friend until two o'clock in the morning. She was opening up about a situation she was in, and I was sharing something I’d recently experienced. We got to talking about what we want... Continue Reading →
I've Been Protected by Systems, and Failed by Them. I Don’t Owe Blind Loyalty to Either Some people have religion. Some have routines. Some cling to identity. Others hold fast to systems, like unions, government programs, or ideologies, not necessarily because they believe they’re flawless, but because they once offered safety when nothing else did.... Continue Reading →
The Broke College Student 