Nitu Mohanka argues you're not paying for purchases with money, but with your finite time. Trading hours for depreciating goods means losing both time and wealth. Instead, invest in assets that appreciate: your mindset, skills, and growth.
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I'm going to get so much hate for this, but I have to tell this. You are not paying with money, you are paying with your life. Here's what most people don't realize. You trade your time for money, but once the time is gone, you can't get it back. Then you take that money and buy things like a car, a bag, shoes, clothes. Now you have lost the time and the money, and what did you get? An asset that's losing value over time. That's the trap. You traded something priceless for something depreciating. You are literally paying for that asset with your time. Poor mindset thinks, I can afford things. Rich mindset asks, what did this really cost me? Because wealth isn't about what you can buy, it's about what you keep and grow. Stop trading your life for things that lose value. Start using money to build things that multiply—your mindset, your skills. That's how you escape the cycle.