Awaken Your Financial STAR Quotes

“Understand
Your Investments...
Regularly
review your statements
and choose
a strong, independent custodian.
Incomprehensible explanations or
inconsistencies are huge red flags.”
― Edward M. Brady, Awaken Your Financial STAR: A Field Manual for Building Real Wealth in an Uncertain World

“Focus on today,
savor your successes, and
laugh at your losses.
Be present with purpose.”
― Edward M. Brady, Awaken Your Financial STAR: A Field Manual for Building Real Wealth in an Uncertain World

“Once I realized that money is just a tool, I stopped blaming it for human behavior… True wealth is not just a number... It’s being able to breathe. It’s having choices… Two people with the same net worth may have totally different life experiences: one may be enslaved to the toys they have accumulated, while the other is free to live with purpose.”
― Edward M. Brady, Awaken Your Financial STAR: A Field Manual for Building Real Wealth in an Uncertain World

“Most of us were not taught about money. We were taught how to work hard, be grateful, and be “good,” but not how to build freedom. Wealth and power may expose our weaknesses, and many of us (including me) absorbed the idea that wanting those things made us selfish and shallow. I grew up hearing that money corrupted people. Perhaps you felt the same tension: desire mixed with fear of what money might do to you. However, not having money is not a virtue; it is a vulnerability. Whether rich or poor, we are responsible for our actions. Money amplifies our capabilities.”
― Edward M. Brady, Awaken Your Financial STAR: A Field Manual for Building Real Wealth in an Uncertain World

“The math works for everyone, but not everyone likes math.”
― Edward M. Brady, Awaken Your Financial STAR: A Field Manual for Building Real Wealth in an Uncertain World