Do Boomers owe you a house?


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Do Boomers owe you a house?

Warren Buffett has $145 billion dollars.

How much is he planning on giving his kids?

“Enough so that they can do anything, but not enough that they can do nothing.”

(Translation, $1 Billion per kid.)

Now your Boomer parents have way less.

But they’re sitting on giant homes.

They’ve locked in super-low interest rates.

And their 401ks are on fire.

So what does that mean for you?


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Here are this week's top reads:

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Quit your job

11 minutes | Palladium Magazine

Quitting your job without a plan is not for the faint-hearted. But if you do plunge into the uncertainty, without something else lined-up, you increase your surface area of luck. New relationships form, ideas arise in idleness and then you’re able to truly break free from the prevailing career narratives.

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Want closer friendships? Move away from your friends.

5 minutes | The Atlantic

Are long-distance adult friendships destined to fade without the convenience of quick catch ups? It turns out that going the extra mile — quite literally — acts as a forcing function to prioritize your most important relationships.

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Stop asking people ‘What do you do?’

5 minutes | The Wall Street Journal

“What do you do?” is the perfect question to summarize a person’s interest, expertise and social status. And as someone with an unconventional career path, I hate it. When we tie our identities too closely to our careers, are we squeezing out the traits that truly make us shine?

Read the article


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