The Epiphanies Make or Break Your Retirement As a retired infectious disease doc who spent decades pattern chasing, I know exactly how seductive a good “aha!” moment feels. You’re staring at labs that don’t add up, then—click—everything lines up. The […]
A Physician’s Guide to the New Wealth Extraction Machine As a practicing physician, I’ve watched too many colleagues pour six- and seven-figure portfolios into “sophisticated” products that sound great over a quick lunch with an advisor, or throw money at […]
I have 340 blogs written over the years. Which ones should you read first? It depends on your path and persona. Three Distinct Reader Personas: Path 1 (“Build the Machine”): Physicians 5+ years from retirement—focus on accumulation, investing fundamentals, […]
The opposite of scarcity is enough The opposite of scarcity is enough. Not abundance. In retirement, it is okay to be enough, and it is okay to have enough. Enough is the goal in retirement rather than abundance. Scarcity […]
Imposter Syndrome and Retirement “Face it Til You Make It” is the cure for imposter syndrome. It is an obvious variation of fake it til you make it. We all face high-stress situations when we feel inadequately prepared. Imposter […]
Go-Go, Slow-Go, and No-Go Phases of Retirement The “marginal decade,” coined by Dr. Peter Attia, is the last 10 years of life. During this period, physical and cognitive function decline rapidly, and the incidence of chronic diseases increases exponentially. […]
Getting Rich Vs. Staying Rich You get rich differently than you stay rich. Some get rich with concentration, and some stay rich with diversification. Concentration when you are young is your human capital. It can be your W-2 J.O.B. […]
Like every other aspect of physician life, almost perfect is good enough Some of us strive for the optimal solution in retirement planning. But what if you cannot achieve that optimal solution and instead settle for reality? Let’s look at […]
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty? A footnote in a book alerted me that uncertainty may be better translated from German in Heisenberg’s Principle. Should it be Stock Market Indeterminacy? Or Stock Market Indeterminability? Let’s look at Stock Market Uncertainty and see if it, […]