The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.
The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.
Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.
This quote implies that despite appearing to be a game of luck, poker is actually a game where skill plays a significant role.
Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever.
Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don't support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.
The first rule of personal finance is that it's not personal and it's not financial. It's about your ability to make ten changes and not get too depressed over it.
Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.
Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.