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A Boring Barber Made Me Wealthy (I’m Not Joking)
I was a strange kid.
At 14, I read The Wealthy Barber.
Not because I was ambitious.
Because something about it made sense.
I’m 46 now, and that book quietly shaped my entire life.
The lesson wasn’t clever investing or market timing.
It was boring behavior:
Save a fixed share of what you earn.
Invest broadly.
Do it early.
Do it forever.
That’s it.
I followed it through engineering school, a master’s degree, and a PhD that was, financially, a terrible decision. I will not break even on that PhD until my mid-50s.
And yet, I’m financially secure.
Not because I was smart.
Not because I picked…
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