PinnedMeet Personal Finance Writer, Ben Le FortWhere you can find my best work. — 3 ways you can follow my writing in 2022 #1 —Get notified when I publish a new article. #2 — Subscribe to my Substack and have a bonus article delivered to your inbox. #3 — Pick up a copy of my books, “The Financial Freedom Equation.” and “The Rational Investor.” Bonus: Follow me on Twitter for bite-sized financial tipsMoney1 min readMoney1 min readMeet Personal Finance Writer, Ben Le FortWhere you can find my best work.3 ways you can follow my writing in 2022#1 —Get notified when I publish a new article.#2 — Subscribe to my Substack and have a bonus article delivered to your inbox.#3 — Pick up a copy of my books, “The Financial Freedom Equation.” and “The Rational Investor.”Bonus: Follow me on Twitter for bite-sized financial tips----12
Published in Making of a Millionaire·9 hours agoMember-onlyThis Is Why Taking Risks Terrifies YouHow negativity bias impacts your finances and how to overcome it — “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” — Shirley MacLaine Welcome to another installment in my ongoing series called “Money On My Mind,” where I publish articles to help you deal with the psychological aspects of managing money. Check out past editions of the series here. We continue…Money5 min readMoney5 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Updated 1 day agoMoving to a Small Town Nearly Ruined Me Financially.Plus Big Names With Big Layoffs & 5 Money Milestones Worth Celebrating — Welcome back to the revamped MOAM weekly newsletter, where you get the three best recent money articles published on Making of A Millionaire delivered straight to your inbox. If someone forwarded you this newsletter, you can click here to subscribe Money Simplified Subscribe now to have more tips on how to use money to live your best life delivered to your inbox.benjaminlefort.medium.comInvesting3 min readInvesting3 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·2 days agoMember-onlyHow Tunnel Vision Leads to Poor Money DecisionsHow to avoid the pitfalls of confirmation bias when making money decisions — “Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie.” - Criss Jami This is another installment in my ongoing series called “Money On My Mind,” where I publish articles to help you deal with the psychological aspects of managing money. …Money10 min readMoney10 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·4 days agoMember-onlyHow To (Slowly) Build Passive WealthAn overview of “The Rational Investor” — The following is adapted from the introductory chapter of my Book, “The Rational Investor.” You’ve probably heard of passive income, but you may not have heard of the term passive wealth before. Passive wealth is when you have an investment strategy that is so simple and requires so little of…Money5 min readMoney5 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Jan 25“You Live In This Nice House, and You Still Drive THAT Car?”How owning a home impacts investments and achieving a 5-year plan in 6 months — Welcome back to the revamped MOAM weekly newsletter, where you get the three best recent money articles published on Making of A Millionaire delivered straight to your inbox. If someone forwarded you this newsletter, you can click here to subscribe Money Simplified Subscribe now to have more tips on how to use money to live your best life delivered to your inbox.benjaminlefort.medium.comMoney2 min readMoney2 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Jan 24Member-onlyThis Is the Most Important Financial Decisions in LifePart 1 of a 10 part series covering the decisions that make or break your finances — Not all financial decisions are created equal. Whether you cook at home tonight or go out for dinner means nothing compared to a decision like whether you decide to rent or buy your home. There’s a prevailing school of thought that if you take care of the little problems, the…Money11 min readMoney11 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Jan 22Member-onlyHere’s What Financial Trauma Does to Your BrainOvercoming past financial trauma is essential to a healthy, prosperous relationship with money — Trauma is the emotional response to a deeply upsetting event. It can break down your mental resiliency and leave you feeling helpless. There are many different kinds of trauma, including financial trauma. …Money9 min readMoney9 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Jan 19Member-onlyGetting Rich Slowly > Getting Rich QuickBuilding wealth slowly changes who you are — Having $1 million dumped in your lap could be the worst thing to ever happen to you. Living without enough money is hard. But what’s worse than that is getting a taste of financial freedom only to have it snatched away from you. That is what happens to lottery winners…Money4 min readMoney4 min read
Published in Making of a Millionaire·Jan 18A Pathetic Example of Living Beyond Your Means That We Have NormalizedPlus, How Wall Street Uses Complexity to Exploit You & a $100K part-time creator strategy — Welcome back to the revamped MOAM weekly newsletter, where you get the three best recent money articles published on Making of A Millionaire delivered straight to your inbox. If someone forwarded you this newsletter, you can click here to subscribe Become A Money Master benjaminlefort.medium.com A Pathetic Example of Living Beyond Your Means That We Have NormalizedMoney3 min readMoney3 min read
