27/08/2025
The biggest lie you've been told: save your way to wealth.
Here's something I don't usually talk about...
A few years ago I went down a DEEP rabbit hole. I started questioning all the "smart money" advice I was taught:
Diversify.
Max your 401k.
Buy rental properties.
Dollar cost average into index funds.
Here's what I realized:
This advice isn't wrong. It's just outdated.
There are 2 types of people:
1) Savers:
Keep cash.
Lose 7-10% yearly to inflation.
Wait for "someday."
2) Accumulators:
Buy assets.
Watch them grow.
Hold forever.
The wealthy don't save money. They accumulate ASSETS.
Here's my strategy (while keeping my 9-5):
1) build a cash-flowing business
2) invest in my own education
3) buy Bitcoin
Every dollar gets reinvested into these 3.
Why Bitcoin?
• you own the base layer of the digital economy
• it's the only asset with absolute scarcity (21M forever)
• institutions are buying BILLIONS worth monthly
• $1 million per Bitcoin is conservative (and they know it)
Why a business?
• infinite upside
• creates cash flow to buy more assets
• the internet has made it "easier" than ever
• building something from nothing is addictive
I'm not some guru who "escaped the matrix."
I'm just someone who realized an uncomfortable truth:
Income alone won’t secure your future.
Most people will dismiss this.
"Too risky." "I'll start later." "Bitcoin's a bubble."
(Meanwhile their S&P returns barely beat inflation while their savings melt 7-10% yearly.)
Start with $50. Or $100. Or whatever you can.
Just start.
Don't stay on the hamster wheel.
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PS. Not financial advice. Just what I wish I knew 5 years ago.
