Moment 148: Guarantee Financial Freedom! The 4 Numbers You NEED To Be Tracking: Ramit Sethi

Asked what he means by the "language of money," Ramit Sethi compares it to learning to drive. Most people learn the rules of the road, such as when to use a turn signal, but he argues that most do not have "even the equivalent knowledge of money." In his framing, the basics are a short set of questions: what share of income you save and why, what share you invest and why, and when you will reach milestones such as $100,000, $500,000 or $1 million. He adds a further question that he treats as central: what that money will actually get you. He questions whether simply having a million dollars in the bank means anything unless you can say "What does it get you specifically?"

once you understand those numbers, it's like understanding the speed limit.