The Quick Hacks to Success
I have another bad couple of months, I won’t be able to pay my rent. I have nothing saved for my retirement, and I have noth- ing in savings. I have nothing to fall back on!” So I would en- courage you, no matter what your income, to make it a habit of stashing something away every single week of your life, even in the bad weeks. It’s not about the money you’re stashing away as much as it’s about the feeling of confidence that helps you make better decisions moving forward. Have you ever heard the saying “Scared money makes no money”? For me this is true. If you have no money stashed away, you’re going to make decisions very cautiously, avoiding risk to feel safe. Because of this you might miss out on taking an ed- ucated gamble that could lead to a big payoff. If you have no money stashed away, you’re going to stay at that job you hate because you have no cushion. But if you stash money away for three or four years and your boss comes in and finally treats you so badly that you can’t take it, you at least have the option to quit. But if there’s no money, you’ll swallow your pride and take the abuse. I don’t care if you save $10 a week, $100 a week, or $1,000 a week—whatever amount you can put away, do it. It will give you more than just a savings account. SPOIL YOURSELF RANDOMLY This might seem to contradict my previous point. But hear me out; you can save and spoil yourself. You just have to choose wisely about how you spoil yourself. I don’t have hundreds of cars and thousands of shoes, because to me, that’s a waste. But I do spoil myself and my family with the things that really matter to us and that we derive value from. For example, I know I spend three times as much as the av- erage person on our household groceries because everything in my house is organic. I don’t want my family eating food chock- full of chemicals. I will occasionally take the family on incredible trips, stay at the best places, and we pamper ourselves. I love experiencing
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