Brandon
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Most people set goals and don't review until the end of the year and they realize either hit them or didn't hit them. It's like business plans. They usually write them and then stuff them in a drawer. I review my goals three times a day. The way I make it easy on myself is I just connect it to a trigger.
It literally activates this thing called your reticular activating system to help you scan the world for opportunities to make that a reality. It's like when you're thinking of buying a new car, let's say a red Volkswagen, and for the longest time you didn't see any other red Volkswagens, all of a sudden you can't stop seeing them all over the place. Why?
It literally activates this thing called your reticular activating system to help you scan the world for opportunities to make that a reality. It's like when you're thinking of buying a new car, let's say a red Volkswagen, and for the longest time you didn't see any other red Volkswagens, all of a sudden you can't stop seeing them all over the place. Why?
It literally activates this thing called your reticular activating system to help you scan the world for opportunities to make that a reality. It's like when you're thinking of buying a new car, let's say a red Volkswagen, and for the longest time you didn't see any other red Volkswagens, all of a sudden you can't stop seeing them all over the place. Why?
Your brain is on the search of red Volkswagen so you'll see them all over the road. Which brings us to tiny habit number five, automate your savings. My philosophy is very simple. I want to set it and forget it. I want to make the decision when I'm feeling good about life and then never revisit it.
Your brain is on the search of red Volkswagen so you'll see them all over the road. Which brings us to tiny habit number five, automate your savings. My philosophy is very simple. I want to set it and forget it. I want to make the decision when I'm feeling good about life and then never revisit it.
Your brain is on the search of red Volkswagen so you'll see them all over the road. Which brings us to tiny habit number five, automate your savings. My philosophy is very simple. I want to set it and forget it. I want to make the decision when I'm feeling good about life and then never revisit it.
Even though I live off 10% of my income, most people should follow the 50-30-20 rule, which is 50% of their income goes to what they need, 30% goes to what they want, and the other 20% should go to savings.
Even though I live off 10% of my income, most people should follow the 50-30-20 rule, which is 50% of their income goes to what they need, 30% goes to what they want, and the other 20% should go to savings.
Even though I live off 10% of my income, most people should follow the 50-30-20 rule, which is 50% of their income goes to what they need, 30% goes to what they want, and the other 20% should go to savings.
what i do pretty much every week is any extra cash and all of my companies get swept out put into my holdco and then my holdco automatically invest it in the portfolio i've already decided so i either do high risk stuff in private equity or i do low risk stuff and index funds in the public markets but i don't want to think about it i want to set it and forget it which brings us a tiny habit number six avoid bad debt bad debt is high interest debt this is consumer debt hard money lending
what i do pretty much every week is any extra cash and all of my companies get swept out put into my holdco and then my holdco automatically invest it in the portfolio i've already decided so i either do high risk stuff in private equity or i do low risk stuff and index funds in the public markets but i don't want to think about it i want to set it and forget it which brings us a tiny habit number six avoid bad debt bad debt is high interest debt this is consumer debt hard money lending
what i do pretty much every week is any extra cash and all of my companies get swept out put into my holdco and then my holdco automatically invest it in the portfolio i've already decided so i either do high risk stuff in private equity or i do low risk stuff and index funds in the public markets but i don't want to think about it i want to set it and forget it which brings us a tiny habit number six avoid bad debt bad debt is high interest debt this is consumer debt hard money lending
remember when i was starting off i had to buy some furniture and i thought i'd be like the cool guy and go get an apartment and finance a bunch of furniture because they said it would cost me nothing no interest payments for three years until it did and that interest payment plus the fact that it took me a few more years to pay it off cost me more than double of just buying the furniture out right at the beginning and did i need that at 20 years old no
remember when i was starting off i had to buy some furniture and i thought i'd be like the cool guy and go get an apartment and finance a bunch of furniture because they said it would cost me nothing no interest payments for three years until it did and that interest payment plus the fact that it took me a few more years to pay it off cost me more than double of just buying the furniture out right at the beginning and did i need that at 20 years old no
remember when i was starting off i had to buy some furniture and i thought i'd be like the cool guy and go get an apartment and finance a bunch of furniture because they said it would cost me nothing no interest payments for three years until it did and that interest payment plus the fact that it took me a few more years to pay it off cost me more than double of just buying the furniture out right at the beginning and did i need that at 20 years old no
I was being silly. Lenders have an incentive to take advantage of you. It's why most credit card companies try to get you some kind of credit early on. I'm talking college campuses. It's wild. You should only take on debt for things that can make you money. Think real estate. Think business investments.
I was being silly. Lenders have an incentive to take advantage of you. It's why most credit card companies try to get you some kind of credit early on. I'm talking college campuses. It's wild. You should only take on debt for things that can make you money. Think real estate. Think business investments.
I was being silly. Lenders have an incentive to take advantage of you. It's why most credit card companies try to get you some kind of credit early on. I'm talking college campuses. It's wild. You should only take on debt for things that can make you money. Think real estate. Think business investments.
Think investing in yourself where you can get an ROI by investing in the SME 500, not the SMP 500. It's all about short-term leverage. Don't make other people rich off of borrowing money from them. Which brings us to tiny habit number seven, exhaust the body, tame the mind. At 11 years old, I got diagnosed with ADHD and it messed me up.