Chapter Summary: Fastlane Distinctions A first-class ticket to the Sidewalk is to have no financial plan. The Sidewalk’s natural gravitational pull is poverty, both in time and money. You cannot solve poor financial management with more money. You can be income rich and still ride the Sidewalk dirty. Lifestyle Servitude on the Sidewalk grows from excess consumption seeded by instant gratification, image management, and debt. If wealth is defined by income and debt, wealth is an illusion because it is vulnerable to potholes, detours, and “bumps in the road.” When the income disappears, so does
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