Category: Live Your Rich Life

Why do you want to be rich?

I wrote my NYT bestselling book I Will Teach You To Be Rich to help people learn to live rich lives. But sometimes, teaching people how to get rich gets me a bad rap. I’ve been told, “you just want to make money.” Or “money isn’t everything.” And these people do have a point. But actually, I’d ...

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How to Stop Worrying About Money

If you want to stop worrying about money, the first step is very simple. You need to get your finances in order. I'm talking about paying off your debt, saving for emergencies, and investing (even if it's only $50 per month). If you have an automated system you can trust, most of your financial worries will go away. But what ...

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Today is my birthday!

Today is my birthday. On my birthday, I always ask my friends to share their birthday wisdom. Everyone has something interesting to share after a full year. So this year, my advice is: LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. If you’re in any kind of journey -- a business journey, financial journey, fitness journey, even relationship journey -- do ...

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Where I stand on Black Lives Matter

Gif taken from Instagram This blog isn’t just about money or business. It’s about choosing what’s important to us. And it’s about speaking up when we see something wrong. George Floyd’s murder is not an isolated crime. It is the latest example of systemic and structural oppression in this country, weaponized to take one man’...

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We’re donating $25,000 to help people during coronavirus

Short post today to let everyone know I Will Teach You To Be Rich is matching donations to help people in need — up to $25,000. Donate to make sure people have enough food to eat during coronavirus. A few weeks ago, I told you that in times like this, we have to acknowledge reality, make a plan, and move. ...

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Ramit’s Fireside Chats

“Fireside Chats with Ramit” — every night, until this is over. I’ll be covering a topic you request on money, business, and psychology, and answering your questions via livestream on my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/ramit/.

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Coronavirus: Hope, Inspiration, and Information

I believe 3 things are true right now: I believe coronavirus is going to get much worse before things recover. I also believe that in times like this, panic is bad, but overreaction is good. Finally, I believe we need to help our employees, our customers, and our community. Here’s my plan to do that. Our employees: Last week, ...

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Coronavirus: Panic is bad, but overreaction is good

How do you handle a crisis? The IWT philosophy is to front-load the work, prepare for the best — and worst — and have a plan so we can thrive no matter what. So what do you do? When it comes to important things in life, this is my approach: Panic is bad, but overreaction is good. In important decisions, I believe ...

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The Ladder of Freedom

One night, I was walking home from the gym in NYC and had to stop and take a video of this. See the full video on Instagram, @ramit I call it HELLSCAPE ON EARTH. Looking at this building full of people working at 7pm, what do you feel? I feel TRAPPED. Ever since I was a kid, I never ...

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Economic Class in America: A New Framework

The way we think about economic class in America doesn't make any sense. In the past, there was the “poor,” the “middle class,” and the “rich.” But there’s just one problem: EVERYONE THINKS THEY’RE MIDDLE CLASS! Look at this comment from an investment forum: “We're 62 and 59, Semi-Retired...at around $4.5M... (Note: We most definitely don't ...

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