why i stopped listening to personal finance "gurus" | issues with personal finance advice | rin ahra

[@brycedinger46]

This is so incredibly accurate, thanks for the quality content.

[@masoodsiddiqui6955]

Spot on! I fell into the personal finance influencer trap as well, until I opened my eyes and saw them for what they were...

[@Joseph2day]

The real simple trick is to always live below your means any way possible, and invest sanely. If someone is in the average to below average wage bracket then it is very difficult, but if you do not figure out a way to live below your means you will always be poor. I think it is valuable to listen to youtube gurus once in a while, but only with a skeptical mind. There is a lot of good advice mixed in with the garbage, try to learn which is which. My best trick though is to learn to not want to be "Rich". I have learned to value being financially secure as more important than being rich. If you can find a happy life that cost much less than you make, then I think you have one at life. The way I do that last part is that I literally ask myself, self what free and very inexpensive things do you like to do for entertainment. I do more of those fun things than fun things that cost a lot of money.

[@alfredhitchcock45]

They can still profit by bragging about their crazy lifestyles, and no longer about sharing trade secrets

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Even Warren Buffet who advised Index Funds does not invest in index funds

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Finance is simple and boring And to churn daily content You’re going to have to say the same things over and over again