Instead of sharing the usual things I’m thankful for (health, family, being Asian, etc.), I thought I’d share some unusual things I’m thankful for this year! 2023 was supposed to be a return to easy living. Alas, I don’t feel very relaxed. The combination of keeping Financial Samurai going and being a dad is grinding […]
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If you want to succeed long-term, make sure you are working mostly for intrinsic rewards not extrinsic rewards. I believe the right balance for success is to have greater than 70% intrinsic motivation and less than 30% extrinsic motivation. If most of the reason why you are doing something is due to extrinsic motivation, you
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Good fortune tends to come to those who save and invest over a long period of time. However, sometimes your good fortune goes beyond expectations. In such scenarios, you may experience money guilt. Money guilt arises when you don’t feel like you deserve your good fortune. With literally eight billion people in the world, why
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You know that panicky, sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you realize you’re in deep trouble or you made a mistake? You’re so SOL that you don’t know what to do. It’s Sam’s wife Sydney here, and I recently found myself in a bind. Right after I booked flights to Japan, I
When In Trouble, Remember FULL BENEFIT! A Passport Debacle Read More »
After every tennis match I lost in high school, my father would console me by saying, “You just weren’t good enough.” Those words stung each time I heard them. But they were true. Over time, my dad stopped coming to my matches because I told him the pressure of his gaze wasn’t helpful. With no
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In one of my recent newsletters, I supposedly wrote something absurd. It didn’t occur to me I was being absurd until a reader called me out. Read for yourself the introduction before I got into stocks, the economy, and more. Happy Father’s Day to those of you who are fathers and still have fathers. And
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I realized something important after writing about the best reason to retire early. Money doesn’t buy everlasting happiness. However, having more money can reduce stress and anxiety. The goal of achieving perpetual happiness is not realistic. Happiness ebbs and flows. It’s more exciting to be an 8 out of 10 on the happiness scale because
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It’s been over five years since the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to reflect on such a strange time period. One of the main reasons why I retired at age 34 was to hedge against an early death. When I was nine, my grandfather died from cancer and I clearly remember seeing my mother distraught for
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Are you interested in learning about the secret to perfect happiness? The answer is to make over $500,000 a year, a top one percent income. Earning $500,000 is the start of the top 1% income threshold in America. In an amazing Gallup poll highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, it says that 100% of those
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F you money. FU money. F*ck you money. It’s all the same. F You Money is having enough money to tell others to F Off without fearing financial repercussions. I’m sure some of you have dreamt of telling your annoying micromanager to F Off. But you can’t because you still want that raise and promotion.
Once You Have F You Money, It’s Hard To Tell Others To F Off! Read More »
