I have this theory: we have to unlearn what we were "taught" in school
Fancy, expensive schools, big companies -> don't teach what we should really learn.
Thread on 5 things I wished I learned earlier:
Fancy, expensive schools, big companies -> don't teach what we should really learn.
Thread on 5 things I wished I learned earlier:
#1 Negotiate EVERYTHING
You will NEVER get what you don't ask for.
Graph: Difference in same salary over course of career for those who negotiate &who don't is $2MM.
Most people don't negotiate. Don't be most people.
You will NEVER get what you don't ask for.
Graph: Difference in same salary over course of career for those who negotiate &who don't is $2MM.
Most people don't negotiate. Don't be most people.
#2 The Top 1% - Have $ Make $
View the world as a business owner- real wealth is made through equity and ownership.
How to get equity?
Start thinking like an owner.
Take on more tasks.
Ask what work you could do to get equity. Then crush it.
View the world as a business owner- real wealth is made through equity and ownership.
How to get equity?
Start thinking like an owner.
Take on more tasks.
Ask what work you could do to get equity. Then crush it.
#3 Have your liabilities become assets
Home? Scrnsht of my 1st @airbnb in Austin, now renting ALL my houses.
Car? Just added mine on @turo
Surfboard? Renting mine on @thequiverhq
Goal - have ALL liabilities (cars, homes, boats, etc) pay for themselves.
Home? Scrnsht of my 1st @airbnb in Austin, now renting ALL my houses.
Car? Just added mine on @turo
Surfboard? Renting mine on @thequiverhq
Goal - have ALL liabilities (cars, homes, boats, etc) pay for themselves.
#4 Have a plan for your money
No one will care about your finances as much as you do, so watch em.
I like @mint for a cheap easy solution.
I treat money as a game. Keep score.
No one will care about your finances as much as you do, so watch em.
I like @mint for a cheap easy solution.
I treat money as a game. Keep score.
#5 Taxes = Assets
There's a US code where 30 days after nuclear fallout you have to pay taxes. The IRS doesn't play.
Study:
Long-term capital gains vs income tax?
1031 exchanges in RE?
Why do CEOs take a $1 salary & rest options?
WTF are oppty zones?
There's a US code where 30 days after nuclear fallout you have to pay taxes. The IRS doesn't play.
Study:
Long-term capital gains vs income tax?
1031 exchanges in RE?
Why do CEOs take a $1 salary & rest options?
WTF are oppty zones?
If you truly want an education, you better go out and get it yourself.
If you wait for others to fill your head, you're probably not gonna like what ends up there
If you wait for others to fill your head, you're probably not gonna like what ends up there
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