The Investment Mentality

The way you think about the world influences the way you live in it. But what happens when the beliefs and assumptions guiding your decisions are wrong? In this episode, Sim explores mental models, what they are, why they matter, and how they influence the way we navigate life. He discusses Charlie Munger's latticework of mental models, why outdated ways of thinking can hold you back, and how to audit your own assumptions to make better decisions. You'll also learn how to start building your own collection of mental models so you can think more clearly, recognize opportunities, and avoid costly mistakes. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. 100 Mental Models Explained - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ 

In this episode, Sim exposes the silent, gravitational pull of the "cultural mean"; the default societal baseline defined by median wages, mounting debt, digital addiction, and overall stagnation. Modern life is explicitly engineered to cater to this cultural mean, trapping ambitious individuals in comfortable mediocrity. Learn how to escape it in this episode. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. Dopamine Detox: An Essential Neural Reset for the Modern World - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/dopamine-detox-neural-reset/ 3. Can’t Hurt Me - https://link.amazon/B0bDT7sax  

In life, the main ingredient behind success and life satisfaction is self-discipline.  That's obvious. What's not obvious is why it's realistically the only thing in life that will save you.  In this episode, Sim revisits this topic and explains why this is and what to do to move forward. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. How to Develop Rock Solid Self-Discipline - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/self-discipline/ 3. There Is No Shortcut to Success (You’ll Have to Take the Long Way Around) - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/shortcut-to-success/ 4. What Happens When You’re Consistent Every Day for 10 Years? - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/being-consistent-every-day-for-a-decade/   

Many people try to control things they have no control over in life. As a result, they waste a lot of time and generate a lot of mental anguish as a result.  To remedy this, Sim recommends focusing on "purity of execution", a concept which involves bringing your best self to the challenges and opportunities that life presents.  This episode is dedicated to helping you do just that. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living - https://link.amazon/B049GRITn 3. The One Thing - https://link.amazon/B0ghXjXcC 

In your life, you are always either spending or investing. Do you know which one you do most of the time? In this episode, Sim breaks down the investment mentality, a different way of looking at the areas of health, wealth, and relationships and how to think about these moving forward. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. Awakened Imagination - https://amzn.to/4qwtOVH

If you want to live a successful and prosperous adult life, there's only 3 real buckets of your life that you need to develop. In this episode, Sim breezes over what they are and offers some quick tips on starting to develop them. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/   

In today's world, there's one persistent convention that will absolutely ruin your overall levels of productivity, happiness, and life satisfaction.  Sim talks exactly about what that is and how you can mitigate its influence in your life. Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. Dopamine Detox: 7 Strategies to Reset Your Brain: https://www.unstoppablerise.com/dopamine-detox-neural-reset/  3. Freedom - https://freedom.to/ 

We live in a world full of rampant propaganda and disinformation.  People controlling other people, institutions, organizations, and corporations of all kinds controlling people; governments controlling people. People "casting spells" on each other by way of the tongue, as Don Miguel Ruiz would say in The Four Agreements. Because everywhere you turn, there's a script or series of scripts not designed to make you thrive - but to keep you compliant.  In this episode, Sim peels back the curtain on 6 of the biggest "psy ops", cultural scripts that may be running you in the background of your awareness. Each of these 6 intertwine yet have their own distinct flavor. Which means they'll destroy you in different ways - if you let them. Listen to this podcast episode to learn how to take back your power. -- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. Dopamine Addiction - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/dopamine-addiction-npc-loop/  3. Prediction Markets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_V7m_lnybY   

The economic macro-environment of 2026 is one defined by an global economy flirting with recession. On one hand, you have the gains generated by the emergence of AI keeping the economy afloat. On the other hand, you have an economy defined by rising inflation, stagnant wages, and a contracted labor market. In this episode, Sim presents the case for playing financial defense in a world where where your financial standing can quickly be eroded.  --- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/  2. Life Architecture: How to Design Your Ideal Life in the Modern World - https://www.unstoppablerise.com/life-architecture-and-lifestyle-design/  3. When Can You Retire? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIT6MR4FT84  4. The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing: https://amzn.to/3TqxMmj      

Are you waiting for permission to live? If so, you'll be waiting for a long time.  In this episode, Sim explains why waiting for permission to live is a dangerous trap and how to unwire yourself from this mindset if you're trapped in it. --- Resources Mentioned: 1. 7 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Change Your Life in 90 Days - https://improve-your-life-in-90-days.subscribepage.io/