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I recently received a great comment on my post, Why All Rich People I Know Still Have Life Insurance. It was the last line that stood out. Here's what Marc had to say. I had life insurance ($1M) through my employer back when I worked full time, but since I cut back to ~10 hours per […]
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Living in San Francisco since 2001 is a surreal experience. I arrived a year after the dotcom bubble burst, and the city felt desolate, especially downtown where Credit Suisse was headquartered at 201 Howard Street. I was coming from New York City, which felt vibrant at all hours, including at 5:15 am when I'd walk […]
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I vividly remember sophomore year of college. It was 10:30pm and I was leaving my girlfriend's apartment by car. Instead of coming to a complete stop at the stop sign, I slowly rolled on through and took a right. There was nobody on the streets, so I took a chance. That chance cost me $60. […]
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Here's something I've noticed: the loudest voices arguing against life insurance after financial independence almost always come from people who aren't financially independent yet. They're still grinding toward FIRE, optimizing every dollar, cutting costs to close the gap. Makes sense for them. But once you actually get there, the calculus changes. Every single person I […]
Do you know who will most likely survive a zombie apocalypse? Green Berets and Navy SEALs who had to suffer to earn their place. If you have run six miles a day for years, jogging thirty minutes to evade the horde because there are no Ubers is nothing. If you have carried 125-pound sandbags up […]
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