How to Get Rich

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Intro 0:00

Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status 1:51



Make Abundance for the World 7:00



Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans 10:39



Making Money Isn’t About Luck 14:37



Make Luck Your Destiny 19:41



You Won’t Get Rich Renting Out Your Time 24:16



Live Below Your Means for Freedom 28:55



Give Society What It Doesn’t Know How to Get 31:15



The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities 33:58



Play Long-term Games With Long-term People 38:36



Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity 44:36



Partner With Rational Optimists 49:20



Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge 54:44



Specific Knowledge Is Highly Creative or Technical 1:01:04



Learn to Sell, Learn to Build 1:06:34



Read What You Love Until You Love to Read 1:12:09



The Foundations Are Math and Logic 1:16:57



There’s No Actual Skill Called “Business” 1:20:15



Embrace Accountability to Get Leverage 1:25:45



Take Accountability to Earn Equity 1:30:13



Labor and Capital Are Old Leverage 1:35:08



Product and Media are New Leverage 1:39:49



Product Leverage is Egalitarian 1:45:03



Pick a Business Model With Leverage 1:50:12



Example: From Laborer to Entrepreneur 1:55:57



Judgment Is the Decisive Skill 2:01:21



Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate 2:07:47



Work As Hard As You Can 2:11:31



Be Too Busy to “Do Coffee” 2:16:38



Keep Redefining What You Do 2:20:42



Escape Competition Through Authenticity 2:22:45



Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes 2:28:21



Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve 2:30:57



Reject Most Advice 2:35:04



A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love 2:37:59



There Are No Get Rich Quick Schemes 2:42:05



Productize Yourself 2:46:46



Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You 2:48:40



We Should Eventually Be Working for Ourselves 2:52:17



Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy 2:56:42



Envy Can Be Useful, or It Can Eat You Alive 3:00:07



Principal-Agent Problem: Act Like an Owner 3:03:36



Kelly Criterion: Avoid Ruin 3:10:18



Schelling Point: Cooperating Without Communicating 3:11:59



Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games 3:13:39



Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier 3:16:20



Price Discrimination: Charge Some People More 3:18:49



Consumer Surplus: Getting More Than You Paid For 3:19:59



Net Present Value: What Future Income Is Worth Today 3:20:47



Externalities: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Products 3:21:49



Bonus Material: Finding Time to Invest in Yourself 3:23:31

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