Past success always seems easier than it was because you now know how the story ends. We are bad at imagining how change will feel because there is no context in dreams. Every past market crash looks like an opportunity, but every future market crash seems a risk.
There are only a handful of financial rules, ideas, and observations that really move the needle -- and explain the majority of what you need to know to do better with your money.
I could have narrowed this down to 10, but I had fun with this thought experiment, so here are my top 30 rules of the money game.