Kiana Danial is a social media finance educator, personal finance expert, and the author of Triple Compounding For Dummies, as well as previous “For Dummies” books on forex and cryptocurrency. She went from accidentally making $10,000 trading forex during the 2008 crash to working on Wall Street, losing everything on one bad trade, and ultimately building a multi‑income‑stream business teaching people how to invest wisely without treating the markets like a casino. In this episode, she breaks down her “triple compounding” framework and why most traders and would‑be investors are skipping the most important step: investing in themselves first.

On this episode we talk about:

How Kiana accidentally made $10,000 during the 2008 market crash while studying electrical engineering in Japan

Why she left forex trading after one over‑leveraged trade wiped out years of profits

The truth about retail forex, “copy trading,” and why most people lose money

What “triple compounding” really means: you, your business/income, then external assets

Why investing in skills, identity, and income comes before stocks, crypto, or any market

How entrepreneurs making seven figures can still end up broke if they don’t compound correctly

The trap of hoarding small nest eggs vs. using them to upgrade your earning potential

Why saving $0.06 per gallon on gas matters less than learning a skill that adds $100k+ to your income

Top 3 Takeaways

The first and most important investment is you—your identity, skills, mindset, and financial literacy—because without that, you will misuse any strategy or asset class you touch.

Triple compounding stacks three layers: invest in yourself, then in a controllable income engine (job or business), and only then in external assets you cannot control (stocks, crypto, real estate, etc.).

If it took you years to save $10k, your problem is income, not portfolio allocation; focus on increasing your earning power before obsessing over whether to get 8% vs. 10% in the market.

Notable Quotes

“If this were truly an automatic 10–15% per month, why isn’t Warren Buffett doing it?”

“You can’t make money you don’t have work for you—you have to raise your income first.”

“It took eight years of compounding skills to become an ‘overnight success.’”

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