Läste precis ett intressant tips från Jared Dillian, en trader som jag följer. I en av sina artiklar “Take the pain out of your next big purchase” så skriver han så här:
Say you want to buy a Porsche. Great! How much money should you have in the bank before you buy? You need 10 times the amount it costs. That’s right—if you are buying a big, expensive toy for yourself, you should have 10X the cost already saved.
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I like buying fancy stuff. There’s a watch I want to buy, and it’s expensive. Sure, I could just buy it. But that’s no fun. Instead, I save every week because I set financial goals.
My goal is to save 10X the price of the watch. When I get there, I will buy the watch and have a lot of money in the bank. Whenever you want to buy something extravagant—totally stupid but awesome—save 10X the cost of the item before you buy it.
Why? Because when you do buy it, it will be painless. It will not be a stretch. People stretch to buy things.
Jag vet inte hur det för dig, men det här talade rakt i min värld. Jag älskar sådana här spel och tumregler. Särskilt i områden som t.ex. för en bil, klocka eller saker som man villhöver.