PART 3 · CHAPTER 21 · What To Do About It

Building Things That Compound

Trade hours for assets. The early years are for planting things that keep paying long after you stop touching them.

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WHAT THIS PAGE CONTAINS

A title, the published opening thesis and the chapter's section headings. The argument, evidence, examples and full prose remain in the book.

The chapter's route

  1. 01Income Ends When You Stop
  2. 02The New Asset Classes
  3. 03Owning Beats Renting
  4. 04Make Today Keep Working Tomorrow
  5. 05The Printing Press Was Not Just Faster Writing
  6. 06Small Assets Become Large Systems
  7. 07Build for Use, Not Display
  8. 08The Portfolio Mindset
  9. 09Maintenance Is Part of the Asset
  10. 10The Human Part of Compounding
  11. 11The Early Advantage
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