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Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·7d ago

Alec Litowitz joined a hedge fund with $100 million in assets and six employees. He had never made a trade in his life.

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Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·8d ago

Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower when a hijacked plane hit ninety feet above him. He didn’t see any of it. Michael has been blind since birth.

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Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·13d ago

“So to me, this is not a money management question.” That’s what I told a listener partway into this episode — right after she told me she’s 42, makes $140,000 a year, and has $686,000 saved.

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Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·14d ago

Nine days after catastrophic floods, two men trapped 557 feet underground in a hydropower tunnel were found alive — one of the rescuers wasn’t even wearing shoes.

Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·22d ago

“Joe, I want to first talk about the elephant in the room.” Before we get into any retirement math today, I need to talk about something personal: the disaster that just hit Nepal, my home country.

Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·25d ago

Today we’re revisiting an episode from February 2025, examining an understanding of wealth that goes beyond the financial. A friend once asked Sahil Bloom how often he saw his parents.

Afford Anything®by Paula Pant·23 Aug 2026

Luke Burgis built his first company by stocking vending machines. He was 23. He and his business partner put pita chips and granola bars in machines that had only ever held Snickers, and called it...