Hippie Green Beret
The Path to Freedom & Unconventional Wealth
When I was a Noob in basic training the Army bared its soul. Taking care of your feet is super important. They drill it into you. Change your socks. Powder your feet.* So in their unbeknownst-to-me-yet-wily-ways, we were offered free foot powder. And the docs mumbled something about a double blind test. Everyone was tired …
Let’s talk money. Let’s say you’re you, and you invest with the brokerage firm that you use. And let’s say you invest twice a month, on the 1st and 15th, every month, because you set up your financial plan on automatic like a boss. What actually happens to your money?? Years ago, I was sitting …
If you wanted a base of physical strength, to be tough and strong and fit and balanced, and only had one olympic lift in your arsenal, what would it be?? Well, it wouldn’t be curls. Or forearm curls. Most folks chose bench press. Build the Base If you want to be a beast, you’d want …
Graduate School. California. Brewskies and Beach Bonfires. Getting to hang out with my Green Beret buddies I hadn’t seen since the wars started. Graduate school was glorious, except for the fact that I hadn’t written an academic paper in 12 years, and was stressed out for six months until I learned to write again. But …
Let’s talk about back up plans. I was in the business of contingency planning because things go wrong. And when they go wrong, they can go really wrong, really fast. So, how do you go about planning your backup plans? Keep them simple. Everyone needs to know what they are. Make them easy to remember, …
If you can convert your wage slave income into an asset that isn’t taxed, you’ve figured out part of the game… https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Wage-Slave-by-Zoranzi/56006485.LVTDI Are we all Wage Slaves? I sometimes hallucinate and think that securing a high paying corporate job so I can make a lot of money equates financial success. And for some folks it …
What sets Green Berets apart from the rest? Other than rugged good looks, great hair, and the distinctive headgear hanging out of your cargo pocket taunting everyone else*? I mean, there is all the extra training, special equipment, and mindset combined with the mystique of a barrel chested freedom fighter who defies all odds. Then …
The Cadillac Fund is a way to organize your portfolio to systematically capture the market in a diversified, low cost way, that benefits you, and gets you on your way to being a member of the creditor class. The Cadillac Fund is not sold anywhere, not marketed by brokers, or a get rich quick scheme.* …
Have you ever noticed that no one really talks about money… except when it revolves around consumption? Take for instance… hmm, lets say… advertisements. What’s the purpose of advertisements? Are they some sinister ploy of those in power using Freud’s theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy? But …
Here’s the deal. After all that work of building my Janky Portfolio, reading everything I could, and then doing it FOR REAL (buying said stocks, bonds, funds, REITs, etc. and running experiments), I am still learning. And looking under the hood, here’s the best-of-the-best of what I learned: If you want to be a bad …