Four Pillar Freedom

@mbontrager5 The site should be back online now. Thanks for the heads up!

@4PillarFreedom What happened to your website? This is my go-to article to share with others.

The Math That Explains Why Net Worth Goes Crazy After the First $100k fourpillarfreedom.com/the-math-behin…

Charlie Munger: The First $100,000 is a B*tch fourpillarfreedom.com/charlie-munger…

VYM vs. VIG: Which Dividend ETF is Better? fourpillarfreedom.com/vym-vs-vig-whi…

How Often Does the Stock Market Deliver “Average” Returns? fourpillarfreedom.com/average-return…

Summary of So Good They Can’t Ignore You: “Find your passion” is bullshit. Identify the thing you’re naturally good at and then work hard to acquire mastery in it. You’ll make more money and naturally become passionate about that thing since it’s fun to be great at something.

This is a great visualization flowingdata.com/2025/04/08/sp-…

You only have to find one specific way to get rich. Make sure it aligns with your natural talent, apply leverage, and be obsessive, and you can get wealthy in 5-7 years. The amount of niche, obscure fields you can pursue to get rich is countless.

Household income percentiles in the United States: 50th percentile: $80k 60th percentile: $101k 70th percentile: $127k 80th percentile: $165k 90th percentile: $234k 95th percentile: $316k

Visualizing the Net Worth of Americans by Age fourpillarfreedom.com/visualizing-th…

A list of things I will teach my future kids about wealth-building:

The Math That Explains Why Net Worth Goes Crazy After the First $100k fourpillarfreedom.com/the-math-behin…

Two worthwhile reasons to get rich: 1. Have plenty of free time to watch your children grow up. 2. Spoil your parents.

Visualizing Financial Independence With Tiny Blocks fourpillarfreedom.com/visualizing-fi…

What is Barista FIRE? fourpillarfreedom.com/barista-fire/

How Often Does the Stock Market Deliver “Average” Returns? fourpillarfreedom.com/average-return…

Saving Your First $300k Takes Roughly the Same Amount of Time as Saving the Next $700k fourpillarfreedom.com/saving-your-fi…

The Math That Explains Why Net Worth Goes Crazy After the First $100k fourpillarfreedom.com/the-math-behin…