Brian Smith

You can buy a lot of things with money some buy things, others buy security, and freedom

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@myersbradley Your find holds a lot of corporate bonds
What to you think will happen when corporations do poorly?

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@njshoreinvest Is there a number where you would stop buying crypto?

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@DocPriyamMD Zcam works right?

[Sam Parr @thesamparr]

The great American roadtrip…I think every young guy needs to do one. It's our rite of passage.

When I was 24 I was celebrating my first sober year and previous year’s business success.

So I decided to spend 6 weeks riding my motorcycle across the country by myself.

I started in San Francisco, went all over Colorado, then Tennessee, onto North Carolina.

On the way home Texas, Arizona, New Mexico.

I stayed in motels, couch surfed, and camped. And met so many people. The entire trip cost maybe $2000 (or less).

The entire trip took 45 days and was 9000 miles.

Some highlights:

- I got pulled over by a cop when I was unknowingly going 90 MPH for miles. He saw my grandfather's photograph in my saddlebag (he was a cop, we had just met in Oklahoma and he gave me his photo, so I kept it so I could see it while driving) the officer let me go with a warning and said "it pays to have a pig in the family."
- Stayed at the famous “clown motel” in Las Vegas.
- Tons of random convos with people at gas stations
- Using a couch surfing app and meeting people from all walks of life

The trip changed my life.

It sounds corny, but wandering around the country has a cool way of showing that your life defaults - like how you live, where you live, how you respond to things – those are choices you make. And being on the road, by yourself, meeting different types of people…makes you realize that.

Plus, I met my wife a week after I got back and was able to impress her with cool stories.

So if you’re reading this and you’re in your early 20s, do it.
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Some of the best pics below

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@EdLatimore The most accurate description is probably “uneven progress in a high-tech, high-stress world” rather than a true dystopia. So the answer is: it can feel dystopian, and some systems are dystopia-like, but the world as a whole does not fit the strict definition. From AI

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@EdLatimore The world is much better in the areas most people care about: survival, income, literacy, and access to basic services. 200 years ago most humans lived in extreme poverty, life expectancy was around 30–40 years, and literacy was rare; today those numbers are dramatically better.

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@EdLatimore Not even close
World poverty is at all time low
War deaths at a all time low
Get off twitter

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@themoviedadsc I agree
It would more fun for me if it was more complicated

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@f350_ftw @GiaMMacool What are you talking about that’s not a bad looking car and only 64k

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@MiniRetireMatt Vacations are earned not borrowed

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@TheAlphaThought Small cap value ETF VIOV
Is up 14% yr to date

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@homerepaired Check out VWALX if you want no federal taxes on those interest payments and 4% return

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@Dr_Contango @Wiserfool2 @homerepaired No state tax but federal

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@DudespostingWs Every man deep down wants to be a Hero

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@njshoreinvest If your in sales you have to save 30% of you money
If that eats up your entire bonus
so be it

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@GenXmillionaire About 10%
AVDV small cap value etf

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@WOLF_Financial Yup that’s why S&P 500 works winners keep winning losers fall off

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@themoviedadsc I think something like 40% of all first time home buyers got help from parents

[Brian Smith @goingfire]

@myersbradley It can from the fact that sick people are forced to retire early