Click Bait title! That said, we ‘re going to jump into a fun and controversial topic “Gambling”. According to a quick google search there are two definitions: 1) play games of chance for money and 2) take risky action in the hope of a desired result. Between these two, we think the first one is […]

We’ve talked a lot about “trading time for money” and how this is a poor way to get rich. Without being paid on performance metrics at minimum… the path to getting rich is significantly more difficult. The opposite is also true. If you can spend money to buy time it can accelerate your earnings. The […]

We recently received an email that we are paraphrasing for privacy purposes. In essence, a single forty year old man (“John”) has $2M and no interest in having kids. But. He does not believe he is “rich” and continues to work in a career he loathes. The problem? He didn’t take into account an eventual […]

Lets look back a mere 40 years. In 1977, we didn’t even have the internet. We didn’t have electric cars. We didn’t have “low cost airlines”. We didn’t have cell phones. We didn’t even have a CD player! There are so many things that we did not have that it could take a full day […]

For many people, getting a million or two is enough. In that case, it may not be the least risky option to get “rich” if that is all an individual needs. Once we start putting more parameters or restrictions around what qualifies as rich, you’ll start to get to some startling conclusions. Specifically, we’ll draw […]

There are a million posts on the difference between being young and old it really boils down to a shift in recovery time along with pain tolerance. When you’re young, you have the ability to recover quickly (just look at physical injuries) however your pain tolerance is lower (not enough repetition). As time goes by, […]

John and Adam walk into their cubicles for the first day of work: “Welcome to Company X! We pride ourselves in client service, diversity, going the extra mile and of course grooming bright up and coming stars like yourself. Last year we grew revenue and net income by X%! You’re joining an elite group of […]

Many people get stuck in a specific stage in life and never seem to make it out. The problem is typically due to cash flow issues or major life mistakes. In rare cases, the situation is uncontrollable (we’d wager below 1% of the cases). Since the goal is to get rich we’ll go ahead and […]