Core ideas

Ideas

Short principles that sit underneath the essays, videos and future books.

01 · Systems

Discipline Runs Out. Systems Don't.

Design your financial life so the right action happens even on the days when motivation doesn't.

02 · Freedom

Money Buys Options.

The deepest value of wealth is not what it lets you buy. It is what it lets you decline.

03 · Enough

Know Your Enough Number.

If the definition of success is always "more," the finish line can move forever.

04 · Wealth

Wealth ≠ Rich.

Rich can be visible. Wealth is often invisible: time, resilience, flexibility and choices.

05 · Behavior

The Best Plan Is One You Can Keep.

A theoretically perfect strategy is less useful than a simple strategy you can follow for decades.

06 · Perspective

Compare Less. Compound More.

Status comparisons can consume the very resources you are trying to grow.

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