For the next 6 months, invest in yourself this way, and your life will never be the same again in 2025:
• Read daily
The more you read, the more you will advance professionally.
Reading helps you:
- Stimulate the brain
- Improve literacy
- Reduce stress
- Increase knowledge
- Enhance focus and concentration
The ability to succeed in life is determined by how much you read.
Nov 11 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
18 Timeless Lessons from the Book The Psychology of Money:
• No One’s Crazy
People's money decisions are justified by taking the information they have at the moment and plugging it into their unique mental model of how the world works.
Origins and upbringing shape money decisions.
We do crazy things with money.
But no one is crazy.
Nov 6 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
From 18 to 30, here is the best financial advice no one will ever teach you:
• Do not buy a new car
A car is a depreciating asset.
Ultimately, you pay more in taxes, fees, and interest.
New cars lose roughly 20% of their value in the first year, while some lose up to 50%.
You should invest your money in assets rather than park it in a garage.
Nov 5 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
By the age of 30, you must master these financial formulas to be financially better off than 99% of people:
• Cash flow
It shows your savings given your earnings and expenses.
A positive one shows that you live below your means.
A negative shows you spend more than you earn.
• The rule of 72
It calculates how long your money will take to double at any given rate of return.
For instance, if your investment has a return of 4%, it will take 18 years for your money to double (72/4 = 18).
Oct 31 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Rich parents raise rich children.
Here are some of the lessons that broke parents never teach their children that rich parents do:
• Assets vs Liabilities
Poor individuals often fail to recognize that liabilities can deplete their finances without generating any income.
Wealthy people invest in assets that produce income, understanding that all paths to wealth pass through assets.
Oct 24 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Microsoft Excel can make you $10,000 a month.
If you have:
1. Wi-Fi 2. A laptop 3. Skills in Microsoft Excel
Here's how you can start a side hustle that will make you wealthy:
Side Hustle: Data Entry
Thousands of data entry specialists are making $10,000 a month.
In 2024, you can leverage AI to automate tasks and streamline your workflow.
Here’s how to utilize this new AI tool in spreadsheets and Excel to save both time and money:
Oct 23 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
10 Lessons From The Almanack of Naval Ravikant:
• Wealth
Becoming wealthy is a learnable skill.
Creating wealth is more important than a status symbol.
Money is a tool that you exchange for products and services.
Wealth is created by providing value to society.
Something society needs, but it doesn't know it yet.
Oct 22 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
If you want to understand and analyze a cash flow statement, read this:
The cash flow statement summarizes the cash generated and spent over a specific time (for example, a month, quarter, or year).
It shows an organization’s ability to operate in the short and long term based on the amount of cash flowing into and out of it.
Oct 21 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Habits are the compound interest of personal development and growth.
Here are 12 habits of highly successful people to develop if you want to change your life's trajectory:
• Read a Lot
Your brain is a muscle; use it or lose it. Reading has the advantage of stimulating your brain.
Because successful people see books as a gateway to knowledge, they read books that are going to help them grow their minds and improve their lives.
Oct 17 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
If you don't know how to read and analyze an income statement, read this:
An income statement summarizes the total impact of revenue, expense, gain, and loss transactions for a specific time period.
It is also referred to as:
• Statement of operations
• Statement of earnings
• Profit and loss (P&L) statement
It shows how profitable a business is.
Oct 16 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
If you don't know how to read and analyze a balance sheet, read this:
A balance sheet is a snapshot of a business at a specific point in time. It serves two purposes.
Internally, it provides information about the financial health of a company.
Externally, it depicts the business's resources and how they are financed.
Oct 7 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
15 books that everyone should read at least once in their lives :
• Think and Grow Rich
Lessons
• Success starts with a burning desire for a specific goal.
• Use positive affirmations and visualization.
• Surround yourself with a mastermind group of people.
• The Psychology of Money
Lessons
• Your experiences shape your financial decision-making.
• Financial success is more determined by how you behave than what you know.
• Effective money management is simple: Earn. Spend less than you earn. Invest.
Oct 2 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
By the age of 20, learn these financial rules to become wealthy in your 30s and 40s:
• Rule of 72
It calculates the number of years it takes your money to double, given a rate of return.
You need to divide 72 by the interest rate.
If your investment returns 4%, it will take 18 years for your money to double (72/4 = 18).
Oct 1 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Hard Life Lessons I've learned in my 30s that I wish I'd known in my 20s:
• Happiness
It does not come from material possessions
Our quest for and acquisition of material possessions will never completely satisfy our yearning for happiness.
Happiness is derived from within.
Sep 24 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Broke parents raise broke children.
Here are some of the lessons that wealthy parents teach their children that poor parents do not:
• Assets vs Liabilities
Assets = what you own.
Liabilities = what you owe.
Poor people do not realize that liabilities cost them money and don't generate revenues.
Wealthy people invest in assets that produce more income.