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If You’re Not Fifteen Minutes Early, You’re Already Late

If You’re Not Fifteen Minutes Early, You’re Already Late

There are very few rules in life that are universally true, but here’s one I would bet my portfolio on: if you’re not fifteen minutes early, you’re late.Not “kind of late,” not “traffic…

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If You Don’t Research People, You’re Walking Into Every Room Blind

If You Don’t Research People, You’re Walking Into Every Room Blind

One of the easiest ways to separate yourself from the pack — in business, in life, in anything — is embarrassingly simple: Do your homework on the people you’re about to meet. That’s…

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Why I Don’t Follow the 4% Rule

Why I Don’t Follow the 4% Rule

You’ve probably heard of the 4% Rule — it’s the retirement world’s holy grail. The idea is simple: take 4% of your portfolio each year, adjust for inflation, and statistically, you won’t run…

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