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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Garrett Gunderson: "If You Don’t Have an Investment Philosophy, Someone Will Sell You Theirs.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Best of 2025: Garrett Gunderson challenges conventional investing wisdom, revealing how financial institutions profit from confusion, commissions, and outdated assumptions. Through personal stories and sharp insights, he explains why cash flow, liquidity, and an individual investment philosophy matter more than chasing returns—and how to rig the financial game in your favor.

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0:00.0

you have your own unique investor DNA. There's some investments that are good for some of you in here

0:05.2

based upon your knowledge, based upon your interest, based upon your passion, based upon what drives you,

0:10.7

based upon your focus. And there's other investments that for the other person would be completely

0:15.2

different. And yet the world wants to treat us all the same. For some of you, the very best thing

0:20.7

you could do with your money is pay off a loan. For some of you, the very best thing you can do with your

0:21.3

money is pay off a loan. For some of you, the very best thing you can do with your money is build up

0:26.1

some savings and liquidity. It is so under-emphasized in the world of finance, savings and

0:31.7

liquidity, because there's no commission for it.

0:50.3

Welcome back to the quote of the day show.

0:52.9

I am your host, Sean Croxton of Sean Croxton. We got Garrett Gunnerson on the show to wrap up our

0:57.1

Best of 2025 series, even though we're in 2026. But today's feature quote is this. If you don't

1:06.2

have an investment philosophy, someone will sell you theirs. There's this big fatty book that I picked up,

1:16.6

six years ago. It's like 600 pages plus. It's by Tony Robbins. It's called Money Master the Game.

1:25.9

I'm going to guess that 9.5 out of 10 people who bought that book, and there's a lot of

1:30.0

people who bought the book, because I think it was the number one bestseller.

1:33.1

But I'll guess that 9.5 out of 10 people who bought it didn't read it.

1:37.7

And the reason they didn't read it was because it's 600 pages.

1:41.0

It is a beast of a book.

1:43.0

But I read it.

1:44.7

And what I learned blew my mind, especially in maybe chapter two or chapter three.

1:51.5

Because Tony breaks down the fees.

1:54.7

People don't realize how much the fees are eating away at your retirement.

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