When I was in college a wise man told me that the stock market is the greatest wealth creator of all time and if you start today and do the right things now, you can grow your money so much that you never have to worry about money ever again.
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​I was just out of college and was struggling to get a job. I knew I wanted to start saving as soon as I could so that I didn’t have to work my entire life.

But what I really wanted was to figure out a way to build my wealth so that I could travel the world and do the things I loved as opposed to be a slave to the system.
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​I tired a lot of different ways to grow my money that didn’t work. I tried day trading, paying professionals, buying specialty stocks, researching companies myself, trading stock options, buying fancy alternative investments all with no success.

Everything I tried ended up costing me more money than I had to spend. Each new experiment I tired got me deeper and deeper in debt.

At about that time I saw some people who had built up huge investment accounts and they were free from the dead end corporate 9 to 5 jobs. They woke up when they felt like it and didn’t have to answer to anyone.

So I decided to open a new brokerage account to create my new future Million Dollar account. The problem was that I didn’t have any investment training or background. So I turned to books, videos, and professional investors.
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​I ended up funding my investment account with all my life savings which was barely one month’s rent. I spoke to a professional Stock Broker for a hefty fee, but hey I’m willing to pay a lot for someone to help me make millions right?

So then I invested in 7 different stocks based on Wall Street professionals recommendations. One of these recommended BUY stocks was a real estate company that paid 17%. Sweet!

I was finally having success and then then almost overnight that company went bankrupt. The stock went to ZERO. Reluctant to call with my tail between my legs, I called back for more Professional advice and spoke to a different Professional, and with that came more hefty costs.

I was told to now sell the previous stocks and buy other stocks, tho old ones were out of fashion, here are the new up-and-comers.

I regained hope but couldn’t help but think: man these transaction costs are adding up quickly, but this is what you do, pay professionals to make you millions.

Then it only got worse. The tech sector got hit hard. Here we go again.

The costs and the slow dwindle of my life’s savings went down and down.

The so called Wall Street pros failed me miserably.

Almost overnight I lost it all. This meant I had to work overtime to make back what I lost. I felt shame and lost hope.
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​I eventually stopped watching my stock account because it kept going down and down each day.

About a month later I stumbled across writings that were scattered in the dark corners of the web. I uncovered strategies and writings from the best investors of all time. Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, The founder of Vanguard-Jack Bogle, Nobel Prize winners and other multi millionaires.

Then it hit me: The wisest and most successful investors in the world all discovered for themselves that a simple timeless handful of certain stocks is the key to long term success in building wealth. I came across this specific writing from one of the most successful investors of all time:

"Successful investing is all about common sense. As Warren Buffett has said, it is simple, but it is not easy. Simple arithmetic suggests, and history confirms, that this winning strategy or small group of stocks with enough time, the miracle of compounding can turn a small investment into an absolute fortune."

​I got so excited. A burst of energy went through me from head to toe. I was shaking with excitement. I could finally build that million dollar portfolio I always dreamed about. I finally found the greatest stocks to buy. And ultimately, I could finally stop worrying about money.

I realized from this experience that the secret to building a million dollar portfolio wasn’t hiring professionals but owning a certain group of stocks in a low cost tax efficient way.

This simple solution has beaten almost all of the Wall Street professionals with way less fees, less energy and less effort. A timeless evergreen strategy meaning it stands the test of time and is perfect for all investors beginner or pro.

I got so excited by the secret I had discovered I wanted to tell everyone I knew.

I dove deep into historical returns to see if this solution truly stands the test of time. I found that some periods were better than others but the long term track record was incredible.

I discovered that today’s winners are tomorrow’s losers.

I uncovered that costs and taxes are extremely important and can be the difference between hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions of dollars.

I learned that the right behavior and emotion is the difference between success and failure.

I learned that only 3 funds out of 355 going back to 1970 have outperformed!!! That’s point 0.008 percent. Basically zero.

Ultimately I learned how to turn a loser’s game into a winner’s game.

Over the next several years I’ve been fortunate enough to see this solution in action. Covering financial crisis, housing bubbles, trade wars, global conflicts, recessions, bad economies, booming economies, pandemics, you name it. Despite all of that, I officially can say today I have over one million dollars in my investments.

As exciting as that is, I’ve also shared these frameworks with dozens of others young professionals. I’ve seen Mr Jack who implemented this strategy who grew $25k to $1.4 million. I’ve seen countless ordinary folks from ordinary towns build massive accounts.

After I learned about investing in this strategy, I have reached the million dollar account. I now can afford to quit my dreadful job and go do the things I love like traveling and spending more time with family and friends.

But what is even cooler than that is I never have to worry about what to invest in, I never have to worry about money. On top of that, I’ve watched as hundreds of other young professionals gain the knowledge and power to be able to set themselves free from the rat race.