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How to look broke & be rich
When I worked at a large IT advisory firm in London, there was a guy on my floor named Will.
Cheap suit. Messy hair. Wrinkled shirts. Beat up shoes.
And he had one of those old brown messenger bags that your history teacher rocked in high school.
We called him “the Postman.”
Will didn’t look ambitious at all. He didn’t talk big. He didn’t try to impress anyone in meetings. While others competed for airtime and visibility, Will just sat there, took notes, and went back to his desk.
At the end of the year, it turned out that he won an award. Not just any award.
The guy tripled his sales target and had the highest performance in the entire division.
For a few days, all eyes were on him. People suddenly wanted to know his secret. He shrugged it off.
“I got luck, I guess.”
He was so good at deflecting attention. And within weeks, everyone had moved on to the next loud personality.
How to get in the top 1% in 12 months
Most people want the lifestyle of the top 1% without actually becoming a person who belongs there.
They look at the bank accounts, the freedom, and the calm of successful people and think, “I want that.”
Then they look at their own life and can’t help but think that they should be further ahead. They are tired of struggling year in year out, with nothing to show for.
Their bank account, house, social life, and habits… it’s the same as last year. And yet, they want to have the life of a top 1% person.
The Wrong vs. Right Way to Use AI
We’re all figuring out how to use AI in daily life. Some of us are enamored by it. Others are still ignoring it, almost three years after the launch of ChatGPT!
Both are mistakes in my eyes.
AI is a tool. As with any tool, the operator makes the difference. Give a carpenter a hammer and you’ll get a house. But if you give me a hammer, I ain’t building anything.
Since late 2022, I’ve used AI every single day though. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t.
I’ve also seen where people go off the rails, sometimes in ways that can hurt their careers or even their mental health.
That’s why I believe there’s a wrong way to use AI, and there’s a right way. Let’s get into it.
This Took Me 14 Years to Understand
I finished grad school 14 years ago. Since then, I worked hard to earn money.
I woke up every day with a fresh start. At that time I also had student debt so I had a long way to go.
My goal was always to become a millionaire. It’s something our society has always considered a marker of financial success. If you have a million bucks, you’ve made it.
We all know that’s no longer true because society has changed a lot over the past decade. We’re living in the age of decadence. People just want to live luxurious lives, which requires a lot of money. But that’s the topic for another essay.