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Ch2 | Treasure Management

by Larry Chiang on December 11, 2012

By Larry Chiang

A key concept in WTDTYASBS most critical chapter on cash and money and treasure is the concept of playing with “House Money”.

Gambling with house money is gambling with winnings. This key is a critical pattern I recognize. Doing well while you’re under massive debt is difficult because of the pressure.

I sell credit cards to undergrads.

As CEO, I’ve led an org to become #1 in selling credit cards because I advocated a consumer advocate truth: there is a right side and a wrong side to the interest rate equation. Paying interest is bad. Getting paid interest is good.

At the heart of this challenge is one thing that few can do. It is under consume.

The old way is to allocate 70-20-10. Spend 70%. Invest 20. Tithe 10

New way is 50-30-20.

It’s not just me saying this. My mentor said this. And you’ve heard:

“Keep your powder dry”

“Soon we will have our revenge on the Jedi”

“The key to this game is your capital reserves. If you don’t, you can’t piss in the tall weeds with the big dogs”

People that do it wrong say

“You can’t spend it when you’re dead”

“YOLO”

“You’re only young once”

Remember, debt makes you dumb and getting treasure helps you have a chance to be smart. Look at Mark Cuban’s blog. He may not have been a scholar at the state school he studied at but his blog has genius stuff and supreme insights https://www.blogmaverick.com

There is a method to increasing your treasure. It’s

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