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What Not to Do

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What Not to Do
Investing for People Who Think Investing Isn't for Them
6 MINWhat Not to Do
What you'll learn
  • →Identify the four things that lose money for almost everyone: day trading, crypto speculation, options, meme stocks.
  • →Understand the math: the boring path returns ~7% a year over decades; the exciting paths return -100% for most people.
  • →Recognize that the boring path wins because it doesn't require you to be smarter than everyone else.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

Make a list of any "investments" you've made in the last 5 years that weren't index funds — crypto, individual stocks, options, NFTs, anything. Calculate what they're actually worth now vs. what you put in. The data is the medicine.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
Reflect

“What exciting financial story have you been chasing that has been costing you the boring growth that actually works?”

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