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@ReaperCapital One reason why I like junior golf matches is that it’s acceptable to drink at kids games. Can’t do that at the soccer match. I respect her.

Apparently it’s a crime for WHITE WOMEN to To have fun little businesses in Joe Brandon’s economy

I don’t keep up with hometown friends much. Heard 2 from elementary school through HS that I’ve gone on trips with and camps with died a few years ago. One suicide and one either suicide or drug overdose. All the same though

Out with my wife and mother in law. Had a few drinks and didn’t want to drive to the next event. I’m now sober because she’s such a slow driver. No dui tho.

@FickieRowlerFan ~70k initiation fee w/1750 monthly. A wee bit too much. Cannot get myself to buy.

Ive been thinking about this. Depending on how much golf you play and the current price of a round. Would joining a private club not make sense? I know initiation prices are insane, but typically you can pay it off monthly. Curious to hear opinions, Fick

@DadInvest God, yes. WTF. There is still so much money in the system on all levels.

Do you guys all feel like we’re getting rich too fast and it comes along with an overwhelming sense of dread about impending doom?

@joshmanmode_ This is something I struggle with. I love that reply and perspective. Thanks.

No problem at all. Absolutely. I did that exact thing before the YouTube stuff took off. I left my career as a pilot so I could be home and see them everyday. That decision not only allowed me to spend more time together…it also let my wife start a side hobby; something she wouldn’t have been able to do if I had been on the road all the time. I wouldn’t trade anything for more time with my kids - best decision I ever made

Daily practice. These are the best times of our lives. #dadlife

@lindsay__stamp I want a country club membership so badly but it makes no financial sense. 😭

The truth about delaying gratification is that if you do it long enough you’ll start to form a scarcity mindset where spending money on wants feels irresponsible

@PalmerLuckey @AOC “People would just want faster horses”

@AOC The idea that all billionaires got their money by exploiting peopl doesn't hold up to any scrutiny. JK Rowling wrote books about cheeky wizards. I invented a better way to make virtual reality headsets and games to play on them. We just made things people wanted.

The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers. If a billionaire amasses their wealth by underpaying their full-time workers so severely that they must rely on food assistance and government programs to survive, then no, that wealth was not earned by one individual - it was a wealth transfer subsidized by underpaid American workers and the public who get stuck with the bill for large corporations free-riding off our systems. The point is less about individual morality. It’s more about how our current economic reality of shattering inequality rewards screwing over workers and exploiting essential systems at scale. We’re talking monopoly power. Rent-seeking. Wage theft. Profiteering. Stock buybacks. Destabilizing housing markets. Companies using SNAP/EBT to underwrite their wages. Massive government subsidies or contracts to corporations following lobbying and dark money in politics with little to no oversight or accountability. Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated - these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.

Funny how you get older and the old movie characters are so much like you and get younger and younger

@drgurner What should I do with my life? Friends, parents always said sales, entrepreneurship, arts. Was scared, chose finance, make $500k. Want local politics or something where I can affect change, also want to be able to do nothing. My mind and ambition is in both sides of the spectrum.

If you're an ambitious person, your life doesn't look like most people around you... ->On the front end, it's because of the work. ->On the back end, it's because of the rewards.

@MasonOnMargin Never. I still max out my Roth 401k when it makes no sense from a taxable income pre / post tax basis.

when do y’all dial back the 401k maxxxxing to the taxable maxxxxing

@vrexec What friends? I’m at $3mm and still can’t do shit

I know friend groups who literally share their net worths on a daily or weekly basis. Is that not normal?

@YipStrickler what’s ur thoughts on posting or not posting par 3 / executive courses?

@JoeCassandra @RobertMSterling I told this to my analyst. A CEO buddy couldn’t believe I was so upfront. You’re hurting that subordinates career if you allow them to limp on.

When I was still an accountant at a firm, the managing partner was this 5'5 mid-40s woman who didn't take crap from anyone. She was a bull on one hand... then awesome to hang with on the other. One day she called me into her office and said directly, "This is not the career for you. You need to think about doing something else with your life." I think about that almost every week as she was dead- on right. And I'll always appreciate her being the bull willing to do that.

@BoringBiz_ Me. I wake up at 3:30 am and can’t sleep. Make $500k, market is $650-800k. I find joy and hatred in what I do. Anger fuels me. I am slowly dying waiting for the heart attack. What’s the point?

This is the case for a lot of highly paid corporate employees in finance and tech What you have to realize is that after a certain net worth amount, no amount of money is worth your happiness and sanity

@RobertMSterling I haven’t seen the ruthlessness. Maybe I’m getting steamrolled.

If you’ve ever worked in finance, you know women like this are a force of nature, especially at top-tier banks. They might not be the “rainmaker” bringing a deal in, but they’re often the ones making sure the deal actually gets done, the client gets their win, and the bank gets its fees. They’re smart, hard-working, usually the most focused and disciplined person in the room, and utterly ruthless. If you’re capable and you show them professional respect, they will move mountains for you. If you’re lazy, dumb, or a roadblock, though, they won’t hesitate to steamroll you and leave your body in an alley behind the building. The definition of no better friend, no worse enemy. You’d have to to be insane to pick a fight with someone like this, especially if the facts of the case aren’t completely on your side. We’re not even 24 hours into this story and it’s already clear the guy who tried dragging this woman through the mud is likely the dumbest dude who’s ever had a job on Wall Street. He truly has no idea what he’s done or what he’s in for.

@DadInvest Looking back at the interaction, did you give something away or was that their play all along?

Offered a doctor, they signed, but in contemplating it further they decided our success should be theirs alone so they’re setting up a new shop in our sub market. Can’t wait to compete!!

@Financialplgrm It’s dumb. I felt ridiculous asking it and the hiring manager didn’t even blink. I told my dad I should have asked for more based on the lack of reaction.

@Sherman_walte $750k is some serious cheddar

There are people with $300k incomes who feel broke. And people with $80k incomes who feel free. The difference is almost never intelligence. It’s structure.