THE LESSONS SCHOOL FORGOT; Contents; About the author; Preface; Part I Revolution; Chapter 1 A lesson about school; STEM is not enough; Time to unlearn; The history of the present; Why change hurts; Incentives shape behaviour; Hack the system!; Chapter 2 A proxy for happiness; The education tightrope; The paperwork; Formal now or formal later?; Pull up your roots; Chapter 3 The future is informal; Discover the entrepreneur within; Self-reliance needs a comeback; The pace of change is super-radical; It's time to just make stuff up again; The formal institutions really don't get it
Definitions really matterSuccess is a choice; You're smarter than you think; My school report; Chapter 4 The future of work; Your job is already gone; An independent future; The labour escalator; The hierarchy of human needs revisited; Ignore your weaknesses; Strength-finding hacks; The grade 3 hack; The 10 per cent rule; Quit quickly; Follow your effort; Economics is always major; Part II Revenue; Chapter 5 The truth about money; Are you being or organising?; Why ESTEEM matters; Divide and conquer, economics style; Learning to do both; The jobs and growth hoax; Chapter 6 Money isn't money
Delivering against a future promiseThe three types of money; 1. Earned money (wages or salary
low return); 2. Invested money (equity and property
medium return and risk); 3. Invented money (entrepreneurship
highest return); From ownership to access; Wages, profits and tax; Chapter 7 The seeds of greatness; Spent money vs invested money; Where did it go? The necessities confusion; Society says spend; Finance is a game; The three places money can be stored; 1. Cash; 2. Property; 3. Equity; Where to allocate our dollars
The 30 per cent splitIt's bigger than you; Chapter 8 The future of money; The company isn't real; The 'turnaround' hoax; The future value equation; Unions
the false friend; Chapter 9 The best way to invest money; Time and money
the two investments we make; The basics are beautiful; The main challenges to investing; 1. Probability; 2. Price; 3. Patience; Mistaking gambling for investing; The success bias; What makes investments go up in value; Introduction to index investing; Introduction to residential property investing; Financial independence; The financial wealth success ratio
A story about the starsA story about the rich; How to hack your ratio; Know your ratio; Other advantages of the wealth equation; How to build passive income; Capital always wins; Part III Reinvention; Chapter 10 Portfolio living; How to become ... anything; The 10-meeting method; Prove it!; The most valuable thing I've ever done; The portfolio of you; You are an entrepreneur
right now; Venn living; Speed, momentum and success; The feedback loop; Chapter 11 Freelancing is rad; A win-win solution; You're worth more than you think
freelance pricing; Portfolio theory and the projecteers
