“Everyone wants to save the world…they just disagree on how.”-  Maximus, Fallout Season 1 Wealth isn’t just about returns. Behavioral incentives define abundance. Wealth creation is evident in how people invest and in the methods warring factions attempt to rule the post-apocalyptic world in the hit Amazon series, Fallout. Every Fallout faction claims this motto…

Similiar rules govern fitness and finance. Building systems instead of chasing intensity makes all the difference. The goal for both your body and finances is to make them anti-fragile systems. Growing stronger through controlled stress to avoid collapse under reckless intensity is the North Star for amplifying wealth and optimal health. As people age, they…

Inconvenience isn’t fatal. Market fears often exceed reality. Replacing facts with noise is an awful way to manage your money. In October of 1962, the world teetered on the brink of catastrophe. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a defining moment in the realm of absolute risk. Soviet nuclear missiles turned up in Cuba. The U.S….

Spend money to improve your life, not to make it look better to others. Too often in a world dominated by social media, visibility is mistaken for security. Rich-looking lives are often financially brittle. A month ago, a good-looking young guy popped into my Twitter feed. There was a video of him sitting on Santa’s…

Default to accountability. Self-awareness is the golden ticket to controlling your destiny. This tenet holds for both NFL management and retirement investors. The NY Giants just completed another godawful season, going 4-13. Amazingly, this was an improvement over the previous year’s 3-14 debacle. A combined two-year record of 7-27 led to wholesale fumigation of the…