A Quote from F.W. Boreham
The Jesse Mecham Show
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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Jesse ran across a quote from author F.W. Boreham the other day that resonated strongly: "We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us." Mr. Boreham described the goal of the Four Rules in one simple and effective sentence! Working the Four Rules to create a spending plan involves making decisons -- decisions about what you value and where you want to spend your money. Those decisions stack on each other and in turn lead you to financial freedom, peace, and, ultimately, more joy with your money.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, whinabbers my name is Jesse Meekham with another episode of the |
| 0:08.3 | whinab podcast and I'm here each week to obsess how loud about spending purposefully, saving aspirationally, and even giving |
| 0:16.6 | joyfully. As you know, or maybe you don't know because this is the first time you've ever |
| 0:22.4 | landed on this podcast but it all |
| 0:23.9 | comes down to just four simple habits. I heard a quote and I'm gonna pull it up |
| 0:30.5 | here from an author his name is is F. W. Borham. |
| 0:36.0 | And I have not read any of his books. |
| 0:38.6 | I just heard the quote, and I absolutely love the quote. |
| 0:41.4 | And of course, every time I hear a quote, do I think I think oh my gosh that is exactly |
| 0:47.8 | exactly |
| 0:49.1 | what we deal with when working with these rules that's that's exactly what we deal with when we're thinking about |
| 0:55.0 | spending our money. |
| 0:56.8 | It's always, always just about those four simple habits, |
| 1:01.4 | at least in my mind, and that is why I'm here and I guess that's why you |
| 1:04.8 | would say it's an obsession. |
| 1:06.8 | It's like putting on a different pair of glasses man and I can't anyway here's the |
| 1:11.8 | quote. W Borne I don't even know which book he wrote several according to good reads |
| 1:16.8 | They don't seem like they were blockbusters or anything |
| 1:21.1 | But I don't know which book this quote came from. |
| 1:24.1 | So he said, we make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us. |
| 1:38.0 | And I mean, could just probably shut the mic down now don't you think? Pretty obvious how this applies. |
| 1:40.0 | Spending is just deciding. We know that and I like deciding because it's not reacting. It's not something happening to you. It's you acting. It's you it's you imposing your will. that tiny little bit of will that you will never be robbed of, |
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