If I do not do sensible things about investments I shall spend my old age in a workhouse, where nobody will understand my jokes.
Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.
Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.
You don't build wealth with credit card rewards and airline miles. You can't beat the credit card companies at their own game.
If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five.
I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely.
Most people have it all wrong about wealth in America. Wealth is not the same as income. If you make a good income each year and spend it all, you are not getting wealthier. You are just living high. Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.
