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Dec 10, 2020 25 tweets 10 min read Read on X
1/ My Mission: To Spread Financial Wellness (thread)

Here’s what "financial wellness" means to me

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2/ Mindset

Humans are programmed to think short-term

Evolutionary, thinking short-term makes sense. It helps with survival.

Financial wellness is all about training yourself to develop a long-term mindset

Not easy -- it takes practice Image
3/ Mindset

If you join the right tribes, you can’t help but improve

My favs:
@AffordAnything
@ChooseFiFI
FinTwit
@MicroCapClub
@themotleyfoolFool
@visualizevalue

Twitter / Podcasts / Blogs / YouTube -- when used correctly -- are amazing resources

4/ Mindset

Educate yourself - constantly!

Especially about:

1⃣Money
2⃣Relationships
3⃣Health

These 3 categories have an outsized influence on all areas of your life

Books help

5/ Career

In the beginning, focus on growing your income

Do more than what is expected

Become a lynchpin

Find a career that you ENJOY (<- important!) that also has high-income potential

Start a side hustle (<- important!)

Build your talent stack

6/ Career

Network!

@JordanHarbinger’s course is great

Ask co-workers you don’t know out to lunch. Pick their brain. Don’t ask for anything in return.

Just focus on developing relationships Image
7/ Personal Finances

You don’t get rich at work — you get rich at home

Its YOUR responsibility to become wealthy, not your employers Image
8/ Personal Finances

Track your spending!

@mint / @PersonalCapital / @ynab / Excel / Google Sheets

I don’t care how, just do it!
9/ Personal Finances

Attack ALL costs

Big 4 especially

1⃣Housing
2⃣Transport
3⃣Food
4⃣Education

Eliminate all luxuries - You can always add them back if you truly miss them

Use @FrugalWoods / @mrmoneymustache / @ChooseFi as guides
10/ Personal Finances

You need to know where you stand today

Create an:

1⃣Income Statement
2⃣Net Worth Statement

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11/ Personal Finances

The average millionaire has 7 sources of income

Develop new income streams! Image
12/ Personal Finances

Boost your savings rate

10% is the minimum

20% is achievable for most

50%+ is hard, but not impossible

Go hardcore for a few years, especially in the beginning

It makes a huge difference Image
13/ Personal Finances

Use your savings to eliminate ALL non-mortgage debt

Then, build an emergency fund of 3+ months of expenses Image
14) Personal Finances

Max out all retirement accounts

401(k) / 403 (b) / IRA / ROTH IRA / HSA.....etc

Broad-based, low-cost index funds are a great choice
15/ Personal Finances

Protect your family from disaster! Image
16/ Investing

Once your personal finances are rock-solid, you can focus on growing your wealth

If stock investing bores you, just buy broad-based, low-cost index funds

If stock investing interests you, learn how to invest
17/ Investing

I highly recommend subscribing to @TMFStockAdvisor and @TMFRuleBreakers

I'm biased, but this is where I learned almost everything that I know about investing

Free podcasts:
@AnswersPodcast
@MotleyFoolMoney
@MFIndustryFocus
@MarketFoolery
@RBIPodcast
18/ Investing

What I wish I knew when I first started

18/ Investing

Use checklists, journals, and watchlists!

19/ Investing

Invest in high-quality businesses Part 1

20/ Investing

Invest in high-quality businesses part 2

22/ Investing

It's OK to suck in the beginning

I sure did!

23/ Investing

Connect with other smart investors on Twitter

Every Friday, I share a list of follows that made me smarter that week

Follow them!
24/ Investing

Share!

The key to learning faster is to publically share your wins and losses

Peer review is a powerful resource

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Aug 15
7 visuals every investor should memorize:

1: In the long run, stocks win: Image
2: You make far more money by holding through bull markets that you lose by holding through bear markets. Image
3: Investors are their own worst enemy.

Why do they underperform?

Their behavior. Image
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Aug 13
The Rule of 72 is the MOST IMPORTANT "mental math trick" for investors to know.

Here's how it works:
Humans tend to think *linearly*.

When we see a curve, we mentally approximate it by a straight line.

This helps us cope with changes in the world around us. Image
But in finance/investing, we need to think *exponentially*.

Money compounds.

Growth doesn't happen at a constant pace; it *accelerates* over time.
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Aug 12
Tom Engle has lived off of his portfolio for 40 years (!!!)

How? He's an incredible investor with a BRILLIANT cash management strategy.

Here's exactly how it works (step by step): Image
Let's say Tom's portfolio is worth $100,000 in the middle of a bull market.

Tom is happy with this number and wants to protect it.

He mentally calls this $100,000 his "protected value."

All his cash management decisions are based on this number. Image
Tom always keeps an eye on the macro and has a feel for if the market is:

▪️Under-valued
▪️Fairly-valued
▪️Over-valued

Tom keeps ~12% of his "protected value" in cash in a fairly-valued market.

That's $12,000 Image
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May 17
8 visuals every investor should memorize:

1: In the long run, stocks win: Image
2: You make far more money by holding through bull markets that you lose by holding through bear markets. Image
3: Investors are their own worst enemy.

Why do they underperform?

Their behavior. Image
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May 16
My worst investing decisions ever all contain the same word:

Sell

But that doesn't mean I "buy and forget"

Here are the exact reasons I will exit an investment: Image
1: Thesis Busted

Translation: I was wrong

This could be because:
▪️Brand deteriorated
▪️Management isn't executing
▪️I misjudged the moat
▪️Rising competition

If the original reasons I bought are no longer valid, I admit defeat and move on
2: Accounting Irregularities

If I can't trust the numbers, I'm out.

Accounting Irregularities = You are dead to me forever
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May 12
How to analyze an income statement, FAST.

Study these 7 infographics:

1: Income Statement Overview Image
2: Three Types of Analysis Image
3: Net Income vs Free Cash Flow Image
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