How To Make Money..."Do Not Buy A House!" 10 Ways To Make REAL Money: Ramit Sethi
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- 20 Jul 2023
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KEYPOINTS
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Do not buy a house as default wealth move — owning can be a bad financial decision; run numbers, do not moralise property.
Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You To Be Rich) says far simpler investments often beat the success myth of homeownership. £100 teaching examples redirect to behaviour. Rich life is possible from any origin/income if defined.
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Conscious spending plan > guilt budgeting — e.g. 5–10% take-home guideline slices; 20–35% guilt-free spending on what you love.
Cocktails, shirts, friends, yoga — planned joy beats failed austerity. Less than 1% of people are clear on what their rich life looks like.
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Spending problems do not vanish if income doubles — 'I just need to earn more' is the universal dodge.
Systems and psychology outrank raw raise chasing. Automation and negotiation still matter as levers among ~10 concrete tactics.
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Investing behaviour beats product fetishism — target-date/one-fund autopilot diversifies and ages allocation.
75-year-old vs 25-year-old should differ; one fund can handle the glide. Check rarely.
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Automation and raises negotiation as primary income/system levers.
Documented 20k+ success stories brand claim. Conscious plan plus auto-invest compounds.
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Culture lies: house = success. Financial reality may disagree.
Simpler investments exist. Decision quality over status signalling.
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Define rich life in concrete experiences before optimising accounts.
Clarity <1% problem. Money serves the definition.
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Guilt-free spending is a feature, not a bug, of sustainable plans.
Starvation budgets rebound. Joy percentage keeps adherence.
EXAMPLES
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<1% clear on rich life definition.
Clarity crisis stat.
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5–10% / 20–35% conscious spending guidelines.
Allocation heuristics.
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Income-double does not fix spending psychology.
Universal excuse busted.
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One-fund age-gliding diversification.
Simple investing default.
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House-as-best-investment cultural script challenged.
Core contrarian opener.
OTHER RELEVANT
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Write your rich life in sensory detail; build a conscious spending plan with guilt-free %.
Automate investing; negotiate pay; stop waiting on a house to feel successful. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip. Hold the guest's named mechanisms and numbers; apply one concrete change this week rather than collecting another abstract tip.
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If spending is the wound, treat systems before side hustles.
Use boring one-fund defaults.
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Run a buy-vs-rent spreadsheet with full costs before moralising property.
Keep joy spending so the plan survives.