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It doesn’t matter how much you make
It matters how much you keep
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It matters how much you keep
Let me explain
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We are going to look at the income of
and 
Both of our examples are 40 years old and have had the same income since age 25
is a business owner and makes $200,000/year!
is a school teacher and makes $50,000/year!
Let’s look at their habits
We are going to look at the income of
and Both of our examples are 40 years old and have had the same income since age 25
is a business owner and makes $200,000/year! is a school teacher and makes $50,000/year! Let’s look at their habits
At the looks of it
Most people would think that is super rich
She drives a nice BMW
She lives in the fancy house
She goes on multiple vacations each year
She wears the latest designer clothes
But she saves $0 because the stock market is “too risky”
Most people would think that
is super rich She drives a nice BMW
She lives in the fancy house
She goes on multiple vacations each year
She wears the latest designer clothes
But she saves $0 because the stock market is “too risky”
As for
He decides to live a modest lifestyle
He drives a Honda
He lives in a house that doesn’t stretch his budget
He goes on a vacation, but he budgets for them
He decides to shop at H&M rather than the designer stores
He invests 20% of his income
He decides to live a modest lifestyle
He drives a Honda
He lives in a house that doesn’t stretch his budget
He goes on a vacation, but he budgets for them
He decides to shop at H&M rather than the designer stores
He invests 20% of his income
So you have 2 different people:
Society thinks is rich (she is, but only in income) because she has the fancy car, nice house and vacations!
Society thinks is poor because he drives a Honda, wears “cheap” clothes, lives off of 80% of his income!
But wait, there’s more
Society thinks
is rich (she is, but only in income) because she has the fancy car, nice house and vacations!Society thinks
is poor because he drives a Honda, wears “cheap” clothes, lives off of 80% of his income!But wait, there’s more
spends 100% of her $200,000 income since age 25 spends 80% of his $50,000 income and invests 20% ($10,000/year with 8% annual return) since age 25They are both 40 years old now
has $0 to show for her retirement has $288,364 in his retirement account
Remember, they are age 40 now!
Look at this...
’s $288,364 will grow into $1,911,561 by age 60 if he continues his savings rate
For to have that same amount of money by age 60, she’ll need to start investing ~$3,300 per month....
It is IMPERATIVE to start ASAP
Look at this...
’s $288,364 will grow into $1,911,561 by age 60 if he continues his savings rateFor
to have that same amount of money by age 60, she’ll need to start investing ~$3,300 per month....It is IMPERATIVE to start ASAP
Even though earns 4 times more in income per year than
She has $0 to show for it in her retirement accounts
It doesn’t matter how much you make
$1,000,000
$100,000
Or $10,000
If you spend all you make; you are BROKE
earns 4 times more in income per year than She has $0 to show for it in her retirement accounts
It doesn’t matter how much you make
$1,000,000
$100,000
Or $10,000
If you spend all you make; you are BROKE
I hope this thread was an eye opener!
High income ≠ wealth
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High income ≠ wealth
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Thanks for reading this thread
Much love!
@DecadeInvestor
