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We’ve been taught that saving money is responsible:

But what if the way most people save is actually making them slightly poorer?

In this episode, Tyler challenges one of personal finance’s most sacred ideas: that keeping large amounts of money sitting in savings is the safest thing you can do.

Because safety and stagnation are not the same thing.

In this episode, Tyler covers:

Tyler also makes a more personal argument:

That many of us inherit financial beliefs built around scarcity, caution, and delayed gratification — even when we no longer need them.

The core idea:

Money is meant to support your life, not become the thing preventing you from living it.

Invest broadly.

And maybe, every once in a while…

Eat the shrimp instead of the mashed potatoes.

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