For every 5 dollars you make, save at least 1, preferably 2. Build up a good emergency fund (6 months of living) and invest the rest. If your job does 401K matching, put in the minimum amount to get the max match and put the rest in a low index fund. That and buying a house are the simplest ways to build wealth
Don't try to make your passion a living........ find something people will pay you decently for that you are good at, then pursue your passions in your free time
Be emotionally honest with yourself. If a chick makes you angry, be angry. If you are jealous of somebody, admit it (to yourself). That's the only way to master and process emotions. A lot of dudes pretend to be emotionless because they are afraid of their emotions. Then their emotions end up controlling them
Sometimes you have to cut off friends and family
If you are in a dead end city, leave
Only take advice from people with worthy experience. For example if a dude is telling you that you have to be your own boss, but he is not his own boss, you can pretty much disregard anything else he has to say
if I had done that 20 years ago I could have retired by now.
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