Another philosophical post on what seem to be misaligned values in Silicon Valley. We seem to judge people’s glory and success on how much money they’re able to raise from venture capital – not how much money they actually manage […]
Hiking the Tour de Mont Blanc with friends this week. Has brought up some interesting opportunities to examine my personal spending habits. The group goes out for dinner every night, and I’ve abstained from partaking every night. They’re under the […]
There’s a delicate balance in life. On one hand, you have to seize all the opportunities you truly want in life, without being weighed down by half-assing all the things you don’t really want to do. It’s hard to strike […]
Recently helped friends get over $100,000 in free flights in a few hours thanks to JetBlue… Kind of hard to believe, even for me. But brings to bear a pretty good maxim I’ve learned over the years in both getting […]
Jotting this one down to write when I can remember what the hell I meant by this Oh, apparently I meant “Money is a means to an end, not an end in of itself.” Ok, good. Scrapped: I ended up […]
Free flights and free cars and free food and free phone plans and free housing are all well and good…but it’s important to remember that the game is a means to an end, and not an end in of itself. […]
I’m testing out a new life philosophy. The philosophy goes like this: If you aren’t financially independent, in the sense that you are capable of living comfortably off your accumulated net assets and their reasonably projected growth over time for […]
Just about every other travel blogger out there will tell you never to hold on to your miles because they have a horrible rate of depreciation over time. See: http://milenomics.com/2013/11/time-decay-miles/ and http://thepointsguy.com/2015/07/points-miles-bad-investment/ I’m going to argue a contrary point: you *should* hold […]
/rant ahead. tread with caution This is a fundamental paradigm shift in thinking, though in practice it may seem superficially similar to the normal person who spends money. The primary difference is to always think in terms of ROI, or […]
Credit to Simon Black for this one: http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/credit-suisse-with-just-10-youre-wealthier-than-25-of-americans-18072/ Going to take it a step farther and talk about the four quadrants of life. But first, context: apparently 10% of the North American population is in the lowest decile of wealth in […]