As a man, after you cross 30, sit down and study the patterns in your family. Look at what distracted, delayed, or derailed the men before you. Look at what destroyed them. Your father, his brothers, your uncles, older cousins etc... is it booze, is it gambling, is it women, is it recklessly siring everywhere, is it poor financial decisions, did they struggle with deep anger issues, domestic terrorists, did they practice witchcraft and all that.
Sit down and study those patterns,, then make intentional decisions to break those cycles. Remember some of these things are normal vices. Look for a recurring or deep recognizable patterns that are plastered all over men in your family. What brought them down. Do you see a pattern? Now that!
As Joshua Selman always says “As a man, number one thing that will help you live to your potential is knowing what can bring you down”. And you may not run away from your family tree. Refuse to be a victim of repeated patterns. Because they are there.
Whether you know it or not. Whether you recognize them or you don’t. They exist. They didn’t have the knowledge and resources we now have. Honor your progeny. Break out of them. Be made of Gold.
Go ghost. Stack money. Hit the gym. Build income streams. Build structure. Build your mind . Then, find a peaceful partner and build a family together. Be a man who is obsessed with fitness, finance, and family. Nothing else.
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point.
You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another — intensity defeats extensity every time.
Man to man:
Go to the gym,
Even if you’re tired.
Start that business,
Even if you’re poor.
Invest in education,
Even if you’re broke.
Approach that girl,
Even if you’re shy.
Do that work,
Even if you’re unmotivated.
You are a man,
Find a way to get things done.
Travel As much as you want. As often as you can.
Ride a plane.
Take a train.
Explore new places.
Try new foods.
Meet new people.
Remember that there is so much more to life than repeating the same day over and over again.
Frugality is a trap. You don’t get rich by cutting lattes, you get rich by building leverage. Focus on scalable income, not pennies saved. People waste years budgeting instead of creating. Time is your most expensive currency. Spend it multiplying, not minimizing.
You always make terrible decisions when you feel lonely, angry, or bored; wait till you’re calm and content, a lot of decisions don’t need to be rushed.
Having a strict savings plan will save you.
If you earn daily, save daily.
Earn weekly, save weekly.
Earn monthly, save monthly.
No matter how little it is, it'll save you in the long run.
If you don’t have 3-6 months of living expenses in savings, you have negative money. You can’t afford to be giving money away to anyone. This is financial advice.