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10 Years of Money Wisdom in Under 28 Minutes

7 condensed principles from Sam and Shaan's decade of learning — on investing, spending, earning, and avoiding the traps that keep smart people poor.

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With Shaan Puri

"We've spent 10 years studying rich people. The patterns are embarrassingly consistent. Most people just don't want to hear them."
Shaan Puri, on the episode

Sam and Shaan condense a decade of conversations, research, and personal experience into their most distilled financial wisdom. No guests — just the two of them working through what they actually believe about money, wealth-building, and the mistakes they see founders and smart people make over and over.

Tactic 01

Your Biggest Financial Decision Is Who You Marry

Sam brings this up first because it's the most impactful and least talked about. A financially aligned partner means shared savings rates, shared risk tolerance, no lifestyle inflation fights, and no one pulling in the opposite direction during hard financial periods. A misaligned partner quietly caps your ceiling. He's seen founders build great businesses and still end up broke because of divorce and lifestyle mismatch. 'The spreadsheet doesn't lie. Who you marry is a bigger financial decision than any investment you'll ever make.'

The play

Have an explicit money conversation with any serious partner: savings rate expectations, lifestyle targets, risk tolerance, debt philosophy, what wealth means to each of you. Do this before you're financially entangled, not after.

Tactic 02

Live Dramatically Below Your Income During Your Building Years

Tactic 03

Concentrated Bets Make Rich People. Diversification Keeps Them Rich.

Tactic 04

The Salary Trap: Optimize for Ownership, Not Income

Tactic 05

The Highest ROI Spend Is on Your Health and Thinking

Tactic 06

The Real Asset Is Your Network's Trust

Tactic 07

The Comparison That Kills You Is the Local One

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