Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

Legacy Airline Captain and millennial self-made millionaire. United States Joined October 2011

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

6 months ago

Most people don't want to be millionaires; they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy. Being financially rich and having the ability to live like a millionaire are fundamentally two very different things.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

a year ago

There are only a few moments in life that will define everything that comes after. Do not fail to recognize when they arrive.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

2 years ago

The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end, that’s all there is.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

2 years ago

Wealth is just the accumulated leftovers after you spend what you take in. And since you can build wealth without a high income but have no chance of building wealth without a high savings rate, it’s clear which one matters more.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

2 years ago

You health, your mental health, and your close relationships are things you have to cultivate; they will bring you more peace and happiness than any amount of money ever will.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

3 years ago

When it comes to relationships, find someone you can go on a vacation with. Trips are basically pretend-honeymoons, so if you can't survive them without wanting to kill each other, then you should probably just break up.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

I wish I’d discovered a crunchier chip, found a lighter light beer, or had an even smarter smart phone. What do you think any of us will look back at our lives and regret more: The things we didn’t buy or the places we didn’t go?

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

Stuff. We love stuff. And there’s some really great stuff out there. But I doubt that any of us will look back at our lives and think: “I wish I’d gotten a slightly sportier SUV; bought an even thinner TV; or found a trendier scent…

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

I learned that it pays to hang around with people better than you are because you will float upward a little bit. And if you hang around with people that behave worse than you, pretty soon you'll start sliding down the pole. It just works that way.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

You would probably pick the one you responded the best to, the one who has the leadership qualities, the one who is able to get other people to carry out their interests. That would be the person who is generous, honest, and who gave credit to other people for their own ideas.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

If you can't communicate, it's like winking at a girl in the dark--nothing happens. You can have all the brainpower in the world, but you have to be able to transmit it. And the transmission is communication.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

If you can increase your potential 10%, 20% or 30% by enhancing your talents, they can't tax it away. Inflation can't take it from you. You have it the rest of your life.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

4 years ago

Ultimately, there's one investment that supersedes all others: Invest in yourself. Address whatever you feel your weaknesses are, and do it now. Nobody can take away what you've got in yourself--and everybody has potential they haven't used yet.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

Through pure knowledge, we can achieve happiness and increase our decision-making capability. It’ll give us more time to read. It’ll make us more knowledgeable in how we and other people operate. It’ll increase our effectiveness and the returns that we need to be financially free

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

As long as the increase in effectiveness is higher than the reduction in drive, you’re well-off. Do you want to be the best in the world by working the hardest? Or do you want to be the best in the world who works the least for it?

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

Having a peaceful mind, being a happier person, relying less on momentary pleasure, and being calmer in general will allow you to have the frame of mind where you make better decisions that will actually increase your effectiveness.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

Buffett makes one decision a year - two at most. Most of the time, he’s sitting around, reading books, thinking hard, reading S-1s, playing bridge, traveling, golfing, etc. Obviously, hard work is not the solution. Good decision-making and high leverage is the solution.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

The quality of your decision-making is more important than anything else. If Warren Buffett makes the right decision 85% of the time and his competitors make it right 65 or 70% of the time, Buffett’s gonna win everything. That’s the source of his strength - good decision-making.

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Pilot Patrick @pilotxpatrick

5 years ago

In the modern age, the quality of the decision you make is everything because we’re all leveraged. We all leverage through code, community, media, capital, labor, etc. If you’re a smart person, every decision you make these days are leveraged in some way.