What Strokes Can Teach Us About Life

I spent a lot of time in the hospital last week.

A family member endured a stroke, and my duty was to be there for him. My job was to offer support and encouragement.

I saw this as a one-sided affair at first. But I quickly realized this experience had a critical lesson to teach me. That’s what I want to share with you today.

Strokes strip people of everything they take for granted.

Speech. Eye-hand coordination. Basic motor skills. Autonomy… Strokes reveal just how precious these things are. We can lose them at any time without notice.

Strokes also strip away all those layers of social conditioning that gradually build up on us over time.

We all are conditioned to think and act in certain ways, depending on the situation and the people we are around. That’s our social conditioning. It’s about conforming to preset expectations.

Well, that all fades away when you’re lying in a hospital bed unable to speak or move.

At least that’s my observation. What’s left is purely the human spirit that exists underneath it all. It’s beautiful to behold.

To me, this is a stark reminder of what’s truly important in this life.

Family. Friends. Shared experiences. Integrity of character. I believe these are the things that matter in the end.

But there’s one problem here…

To maximize our time with family and friends – and our ability to create shared experiences – we need a certain degree of financial stability.

That is to say, we need to have some control over our time and our decisions. The more control we have, the better.

And that’s what our newly revamped Finance for Freedom course is all about.

This is the financial education that every high school and college student should have received.

It starts with the secrets of money, and then works up to basic personal finance.

Then we dive into the principles of asset allocation. And we talk about very specific investments.

Lastly, we go over exactly how to develop what I call a “cash flow wealth strategy”.

This is all about building passive income streams. If we can work up to having enough passive income to cover all our needs and our wants, we can be free to pursue those things that truly matter in life. At our leisure and on our terms.

And in honor of what I just learned in the hospital, we’re offering the course at a steep discount this week. Anyone who purchases Finance for Freedom before Saturday at midnight will get 30% off.

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My sincere hope is that we can spread the principles of financial independence far and wide so that we all can focus on what truly matters in this life.