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1. Almost everybody sucks at money. This includes the middle class, the poor, the financial advisors, most of our stock market traders, gurus, and those we consider rich people.
2. Getting rich enough to retire takes only 10 years of proper planned hard and smart work.
1. Almost Everybody Suck...
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Some of the points in this thread are related to Counter-positioning, my favorite of Helmer's 7 strategic powers:
"A newcomer adopts a new, superior business model which the incumbent does not mimic due to anticipated damage to their existing business."
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If You’re a Startup Tryi...
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**Obliquity**, a concept with a hat-tip to the book of the same name by John Kay, is a powerful strategy in problem-solving. As anyone with teenage children already knows, the most effective way to solve issues is rarely to tackle them head-on other than when they are trivial or as a refuge of last resort. Kay’s book contains examples of how complex and intractable problems were solved by working on a related issue. Working obliquely also means less public commitment to solving a particular problem and more time to watch for unintended consequences. It also gives more space for solutions to emerge rather than be manufactured or imposed.
Design principles for managing complexity
Cynefin.io
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