Minutiae and toothpaste

December 29, 2005 · 4 comments

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Spend all day deciding which toothpaste to get?

Or…just brush twice a day and floss?

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1 Mike December 29, 2005 at 2:05 pm

I like colgate

2 Chris Yeh December 29, 2005 at 7:31 pm

Is this an investment analogy? As John Bogle has shown, most people are best off putting their assets into no-load index funds and focusing instead on building wealth through their work or cutting their expenses.

Chasing excess returns is like believing you have a system to beat the slot machines.

3 Ramit Sethi December 29, 2005 at 7:38 pm

Chris, obsessing over the toothpaste brand is an example of minutiae. Check out the original essay: We Love to Debate Minutiae

4 The Comedian March 9, 2006 at 1:39 pm

The cheapest ADA approved one usually winds up in my cart, unless I can find one with a free soft-bristled tooth brush at a good price.

Label-whoring toothpaste is pitiful. If they sold it in a white box with a blue stripe (a la Repo Man) I’d be all over that.

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