The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security by Scott Galloway

BATB score: 4/10 🙄

a complete waste of time after page 42 onwards

Best to: needle in a haystack must search far and wide for the good bits in a bunch of wikipedia word vomit

Best as: there’s only two good bits

(1) Pick the right industry under the best macro trends for booster shine: “Look for the beach with the biggest waves. Market dynamics trump individual performance, so give yourself the best chance by going where the opportunities are the greatest.”

(2) Dump your poor friends for rich friends: “you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. You must choose whether to be loved by these friends and remain the same person, or to become a better person at the cost of those friends.”

Best for: maybe Scott Galloway should stick to speaking; never was a fan

Best quotes: “Outliers make for great inspiration but lousy role models.”

“Wealth is a means to an end: economic security; wealth is the absence of economic anxiety. Freed of the pressure to earn, we can choose how we live.”

“Happiness isn’t having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got.”