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You Don't Need Money to Make Money (at first)

Name: You Don't Need Money to Make Money (at first)
Uploaded: 2024-09-28T15:00:32+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this informal monologue, the speaker cautions young people against focusing on speculative investments—exemplified by buying Dogecoin—to try to…

28 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this informal monologue, the speaker cautions young people against focusing on speculative investments—exemplified by buying Dogecoin—to try to compound a small amount of capital (e.g., $1,000) into wealth. He argues that such approaches are likely to result in rapid loss of the saved money. Instead, he advises directing that capital toward personal development: learning new skills and improving existing ones. He claims that a 50% increase in skill set translates to a roughly 50% boost in annual earnings, positioning skill investment as the more reliable path to financial growth.

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Learn how to make money before you start trying to learn how to make money make money. I see so many guys, especially young guys, who are like, I've got $1,000, how do I invest the $1,000? They're trying to figure out a way to get that $1,000 to compound. They put into a compounding calculator and they're like, man, if I get 50% returns for the next 40 years, I'm going to be a billionaire. But the thing is, is that it's most likely that you're going to buy a fucking Dogecoin and then it's going to tank and then you're just going to lose your $1,000 and be like, wow, I just worked for 2 weeks or 1 month to save that $1,000 and I lost it in seconds. Alternatively, if you take that $1,000 and you put it into how do I make more money, how do I actively improve the actions and skills that I have, I promise you, if you learn how to add 50% to your skill set, it'll take whatever your annual earning is up by 50%.