My life has been filled with rejections, and I've finally come to embrace rejection as a natural part of life. To me, being rejected is akin to the urgent need to visit the bathroom after indulgi...
Happy new year everyone! For 2024, my theme of the year is, “One last year of intense focus.” This marks my 15th year running Financial Samurai, coinciding with both my children starting full...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/2024-financial-samurai-goals-one-last-year-of-focus/
I've been writing year-in-review posts for over a decade now. It's a rewarding way to document what went well and where I can improve. While 2023 brought more failures than wins, being alive and ...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/2023-year-in-review-more-fails-than-wins/
At the end of every year, I highlight the best posts and podcasts on Financial Samurai. Determining the “best” of Financial Samurai is both objective and subjective. For those new here, I sta...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/the-best-of-financial-samurai-2023-posts-and-podcasts/
While watching some competitive 5.0 tennis, a top 1% level, I suddenly started to reflect on why the window of opportunity that many of us have is smaller than we think. From 2015 until 2021, I p...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/your-window-of-opportunity-is-smaller-than-you-think/
Instead of sharing the usual things I'm thankful for (health, family, being Asian, etc.), I thought I'd share some unusual things I'm thankful for this year! 2023 was supposed to be a return to e...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/unusual-things-thankful-for/
If you want to succeed long-term, make sure you are working mostly for intrinsic rewards not extrinsic rewards. I believe the right balance for success is to have >70% intrinsic motivation and <3...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/to-succeed-intrinsic-over-extrinsic-rewards/
Good fortune tends to come to those who save and invest over a long period of time. However, sometimes your good fortune goes beyond expectations. In such scenarios, you may experience money guil...
You know that panicky, sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you realize you're in deep trouble or you made a mistake? You're so SOL that you don't know what to do. It's Sam's wife Sydn...
https://www.financialsamurai.com/when-in-trouble-remember-full-benefit/
After every tennis match I lost in high school, my father would console me by saying, “You just weren't good enough.” Those words stung each time I heard them. But they were true. Over time, ...