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My First Million · July 11, 2024 · 50m
The Wealth-Building Playbook Nobody Talks About
Sam and Shaan share the wealth-building strategies they actually use: buy cashflowing businesses, invest in tax-advantaged vehicles, compound through ownership (not salary), and avoid the lifestyle inflation that destroys most high earners.
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Sam: most high earners never build wealth because lifestyle inflation consumes every raise. The hedonic treadmill turns a $200K salary into a $200K lifestyle, leaving nothing to compound. Breaking the treadmill is the single most important wealth-building skill.
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Shaan: the only wealth variable fully within your control is your savings rate. Market returns, business outcomes, and investment timing are all outside your control. The stoic wealth builder maximizes the controllable variable.
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