You’re Standing in Front of an Open Door: The Mega Backdoor Roth 2026
The mega backdoor Roth exists because the tax code has a gap in it, and the gap is large enough to drive a significant amount of money through. Most high…
You’ve Already Done the Hard Part. You’re Just Selling It Wrong.
I spent some time last year looking at the LinkedIn profiles of people who’d left VP and Director roles at companies like Salesforce, HubSpot, and various Series B startups —…
The Call That Sounds Like Your Mother
A researcher at a cybersecurity firm in London ran an experiment last year that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. She took three seconds of audio from her…
The Solopreneur Dream Was Real. The Ceiling Was the Problem.
About two years ago I hit a wall that I suspect a lot of people running one-person operations recognize immediately when they hear it described. Revenue was growing. The work…
The Chatbot Was Never the Point
I’ll be honest — I spent most of 2023 genuinely impressed by ChatGPT. The ability to ask a question and get a coherent, researched answer in seconds felt like a…
The $100K Illusion: What Middle Class Actually Costs in 2026
A friend of mine moved from Hyderabad to San Francisco for a job paying $115,000 a year. He called me three months in, genuinely confused. “I’m making more money than…
You’re Spending Half Your Workday on Work That Isn’t Work
I started tracking how I actually spent my time about eight months ago. Not what I thought I was doing — what I was actually doing. I used a simple…
The Market Crashed. You Didn’t Sell. That’s the Whole Point.
Most personal finance arguments about dollar-cost averaging miss the point so completely it’s almost impressive. They debate whether DCA beats lump sum investing. They run backtests. They build tables. They…
The Passive Income Myth: What the Influencer Economy Won’t Tell You
The passive income myth has its own economy now. Courses on how to build passive income. Masterclasses on dropshipping, print-on-demand, Amazon FBA, Kindle publishing, affiliate marketing. YouTube channels dedicated to…
Freelancing in 2026: Why the Stability Argument Just Inverted
Freelancing used to be the thing you did when nobody would hire you. Or the thing you did at night, quietly, because your employer had a moonlighting clause and you…
