One Wealthy Person’s Message to Other People of Wealth: Click until your mouse breaks.
1️⃣ Follow the rules that apply to everyone. 🚣♀️ In this emergency, our lifeboats are all the people in our communities. And we are theirs. H-t @ruby4love medium.com/@janinefirpo/o…
1️⃣ Follow the rules that apply to everyone. 🚣♀️ In this emergency, our lifeboats are all the people in our communities. And we are theirs. H-t @ruby4love medium.com/@janinefirpo/o…
2️⃣ Mourn your portfolio in private.
No one has time for our bullshit — first because parents + grandparents are dying (that trumps financial impact 💯); second because 40% of Americans have < $400 tucked away + a significant # of them are going to lose their job in 3+ months
No one has time for our bullshit — first because parents + grandparents are dying (that trumps financial impact 💯); second because 40% of Americans have < $400 tucked away + a significant # of them are going to lose their job in 3+ months
3️⃣ Pay your people. Just. Keep. Paying. They need that money way more than you do.
4️⃣ Write Checks. Lots of them. Give 💰 away. It’s concrete + direct, easy to see when you’re done... to rapid response. Give earlier + more. Draw your DAF down. Don’t let 💰 shelter in place.
4️⃣ Write Checks. Lots of them. Give 💰 away. It’s concrete + direct, easy to see when you’re done... to rapid response. Give earlier + more. Draw your DAF down. Don’t let 💰 shelter in place.
5️⃣ Put non-cash assets to good use. Be creative + figure out how resources can be useful. Can your 🏢 house a non-profit?
6️⃣ Don’t hoard stuff though you can. There are no magical things you can buy that will protect you.
7️⃣ Use your influence + assets to lead where you can.
6️⃣ Don’t hoard stuff though you can. There are no magical things you can buy that will protect you.
7️⃣ Use your influence + assets to lead where you can.
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