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Your Path to Wealth
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Your Path to Wealth

1. Start

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Specify what wealth means to you 🔬
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Read books and reflect on your money perception 📚

2. Choose Your Path

  • Choose Investing and/or Entrepreneurship as the cornerstones of your path to wealth.
  • Know what to focus on (Investing/Entrepreneurship).

3. Develop Your “Zone of Genius”

  • “Zone of Genius” = Intersection of your talents, passions, and the value you’re able to provide to society.
  • Both in your job or as an entrepreneur, developing your “zone of genius” and operating in it as much as possible is crucial.
  • Because in it you provide the maximum amount of unique value to society.
  • How much value you bring to society, determines how wealthy you can get.
  • It’s also essential for your happiness and fulfillment in life 🧘

4. Execute

  • Don’t overwhelm yourself. Break down the necessary steps on each path into achievable subunits - lump and slice 🔪 (how?).
  • Win without talent or luck (how?).
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Establish the right perspective towards your wealth journey and set your expectations straight 👀

5. Hold Course & Let Compounding Work

“Play iterated games. All returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.” - Naval Ravikant

6. Build Generational Wealth & Give Back

  • If you have children, teach them the foundations of wealth creation 👪
    • Be a role model in all aspects regarding wealth creation.
    • Teach them the importance of personal growth & life-long learning.
    • Have open conversations about money.
    • Teach your children about managing and investing money wisely.
  • Give back 🤝
    • Even though it might not feel this way, success on each path doesn’t solely depend on you.
    • Success on your wealth journey often depends on many factors that are dependent on other people and/or are influenced by luck or your circumstances.
    • Sharing the fruits of your wealth creation with others in need and helping others along the way is a decent way to appreciate this fact. Give back.

© Chair for Strategy and Organization, Technical University of Munich

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