My Thread on FIRE Went Viral (430k+ Views)

Hey there,

My Twitter thread on why "Financial Independence is a SCAM" blew up this week - over 430,000 views and counting.

Why? Because it hit a nerve.

FIRE in Simple Terms 

Financial Independence, Retire Early = Save 50-70% of your income, invest in index funds for decades, live off 4% withdrawals forever.

For a family spending £40k/year, you need £1 million. That's 22+ years of aggressive saving on good salaries.

This hit home yesterday 

Flying back from Portugal yesterday, an elderly man collapsed mid-flight. They pumped oxygen into him while we all watched.

(He recovered, thankfully)

But it hammered home my point: Why design a life where you only get freedom when you're least able to enjoy it?

The 3-Bucket Alternative

1. Tactical Cash - The Master List has dozens of ways to generate immediate cash

2. Service Business - Build location-independent income (EVERYONE can do this)

3. Freedom Phase - Automate, outsource, and scale

Yes, I Still Like Index Funds 

I still love index funds; they beat the majority of stock pickers, and I’ll be putting in a hundred quid a month for my child (arriving this summer) because TIME is your friend when you do this.

People often miss the fact that a savings account's with a high interest rate is guaranteed to lose money to inflation.

Meanwhile, find me a world index fund that's lost money over any 30-year period. You can't.

If global markets collapse so badly that index funds fail long-term, your cash in the bank isn't safe either (what do you think banks do with your money?).

With pensions being a ticking time bomb, index funds are brilliant wealth-building tools - just not the ONLY tool.

They're part of the strategy but not THE strategy - make sense?

Start With Bucket One Today 

The Master List has everything you need to begin immediately.

Not in 30 years. Today.

Talk soon,

Lewis

P.S. That Twitter thread? You can find it here if you’d like to share it!