Pre-buy comfort. Set yourself up to never invest again. Much of the research claims you should have at least one year’s salary saved by 30. Okay, but why? Well, here’s what I took away from the advice: When you save up a substantial amount in your…
They looked 20 years younger than their age. They weren’t on steroids. And their advice was so simple it made everything else I’ve ever read about fitness sound like a scam. One of the best things about spending serious time in a gym — not visiting it,…
9 Pieces of Wisdom to Follow First off: Don’t Buy A Car Don’t buy a car…yet. If you can, wait as long as possible before getting a car or replacing the one you have. Continue to leverage your current car, friend, family, public transportation, or other resources…
The two paycheck strategy When I got my first job out of college, there are really only 3 things I did. On the weekends, I got Mexican food at this dope ass restaurant (which I forgot to save to google maps) and a smoothie. The rest…
The first student loan I ever paid off was my Parent Plus loan. Why? I felt like I owed my parents money. The loan was not only in my name, but their name as well. So I took it as my responsibility to pay that loan…
I stopped maxing out my 401k. The wealthy don’t build fortunes in retirement accounts — and neither should you. For years, I preached the gospel. Max out your Roth IRA. Max out your 401k. Let compound interest do its thing. Die wealthy. I followed my…
A King Who Owned Everything Still Told You to Spread Your Bets. You Should Probably Listen. Solomon had more wealth than anyone alive. Buffett said you only get twenty punches. Both were saying the same thing. Three thousand years apart, two of the wealthiest minds…
You can train all you want. If your diet is carb-heavy, your body is hiding the results under a layer of sugar you don’t even know is there. There are people in gyms right now — training hard, lifting heavy, showing up consistently — who…
Most people plan trips months in advance. I booked Doha because a dot on a screen looked interesting. I was somewhere between countries — I think India, maybe Egypt, possibly the UAE — and I couldn’t sleep. So I did what I always do when…
A Japanese-fusion restaurant in Doha, Qatar just made my permanent rotation. I need to talk about Reberu. Not in the “here’s a listicle of ten restaurants you should try in Doha” way. In the “I’ve eaten my way across sixty-plus countries and this place stopped…
Back pain and knee pain are the most common complaints I hear from people over 40 (sometimes even in the 30s these days). They blame age. They blame genetics. They blame old injuries, bad luck, or just “getting older.” Most of them are wrong. The…
There’s no version of this that’s easy. Some of the people who will cost you the most are people you genuinely care about. It doesn’t matter. When someone confirms — through their actions, their patterns, their energy — that their presence in your life is…
The plan was to be up at 6. It’s 9. And now there’s a voice in your head running the math on everything that didn’t happen in those three hours — the workout, the morning routine, the head start. Here’s what that voice will suggest…
“Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.” — Ecclesiastes 11:2 Three thousand years ago, a king wrote those words. He was talking about spreading your resources wisely because nobody knows what tomorrow brings. He…
The first airport took my bags and kept them for hours. So I decided I was done with Turkey. Not done with that airport specifically. Done with the whole country. The city. The region. The entire idea of going back. One bad experience at one…