Darius Foroux

The next promotion. The next vacation. The next weekend. The next notification. We live our lives as if we're in a waiting room for this big event that never actually starts.

When I started writing over a decade ago, I was eager to connect with other authors. I read books about how important it is to build a network.

He was talking about getting the fundamentals right before anything else. The same applies to money.

The world is getting crazy. AI is going to take everyone's jobs. People don't want to work anymore. Everything is expensive. Politicians are evil.

I recently shared an article on the basics of building wealth . A list of fundamentals to come back to when you're starting out or when you feel stuck.

When I'm in a meeting or a conversation, I drift the moment things go on too long without something interesting. My mind wanders. My hand moves toward my phone.

Money that came in without being tied to my time or energy. Income I didn't have to show up for. The kind of financial life where you don't have to worry.

by Nietzsche had been on my reading list for years. I finally got to it recently.

Her close friend works as a waitress at a restaurant. Hard worker, nice person. One evening she made a mistake at a table of seven people. She served six dishes and one had to wait a little longer.

Why am I not more successful? Maybe you thought you'd have kids by now. Or a business that prints money. Or a name people actually recognize.