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When You Have a Proper Financial System, There’s No Reason to Log into your Accounts Daily

6 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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Ramit Sethi argues that logging into financial accounts daily is a 'major, major red flag' indicating obsession with trivial sums, lack of a coherent financial system, and a defensive (micromanaging) approach to money. He contrasts this with the need to 'play offense' to live a rich life, implying proactive systems and higher-level financial focus are preferable.

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Logging into accounts every day is a major, major red flag. It tells me so much about someone. It tells me that someone is probably obsessed with $3 questions instead of $30,000 questions. It tells me they probably don't feel in control of their money, and it tells me they probably don't have a financial system, and instead they feel the need to micromanage every single thing all the time. People who log into their accounts every day are playing defense with their money, not offense. And to live a rich life, you have to play offense.