There’s the traditional financial model: work until you’re 60 and retire. Then came new age models like FIRE. In this article, I’m sharing my own financial model.

I recently read Stretch by Scott Sonenshein on the value of stretching our resources instead of chasing after more.

Scott was particularly interested in “why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much.”

Rich people buy objects. Wealthy people buy assets. But also, there’s so much more than that. Here’s my list of what makes someone truly wealthy.

I recently read We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers. I wanted to share some of the profound takeaways from the book, including excerpts.

I recently Googled “financial benchmarks for performance” and found quite a few rules but none of them resonated with me: You can measure your net worth against your parent’s at a similar age. You can compare how you’re doing compared to your peers (but that’s just a guess).

Some people get an ick feeling about the word retire. If you’re like me, maybe you envision yourself working/creating to some extent forever, but on your own terms. You can think of FIRE as the pivot point to when you can do whatever you want because income is flowing to you effortlessly whether you work or not. With FIRE, you can’t “run out of money.” Your wealth becomes self-regenerating.