A Wealth of Common Sense by Ben Carlson Summary
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In "A Wealth of Common Sense," Ben Carlson demolishes Wall Street's complexity myth. While billionaire Ray Dalio praises complex strategies, Carlson reveals a counterintuitive truth: the simplest investment approaches consistently outperform. What if financial success requires less effort, not more?
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Why Your Investment Strategy Is Probably Too Complicated
Your portfolio contains seventeen mutual funds, eight individual stocks, two alternative investments, and a cryptocurrency position you barely understand. You check it three times daily, read market commentary obsessively, and lose sleep when headlines turn negative. Meanwhile, your neighbor owns three index funds, checks his account quarterly, and sleeps soundly. Who do you think will be wealthier in twenty years? The uncomfortable truth is that investment success rarely comes from doing more-it comes from doing less, but doing it consistently. Complex strategies create an illusion of control while actually increasing the odds of costly mistakes. Markets crashed in March 2020. Investors who panicked and sold locked in devastating losses. Those who maintained discipline and rebalanced into stocks captured the subsequent recovery. What separated these groups wasn't intelligence or market knowledge-it was focus. One group obsessed over uncontrollable variables like pandemic trajectories and Federal Reserve decisions. The other focused exclusively on controllable factors: their savings rate, asset allocation, and rebalancing schedule. This distinction determines investment outcomes more than any other factor. You cannot control interest rates, inflation, geopolitical events, or market sentiment. Worrying about these elements wastes mental energy that could be directed toward productive activities. Instead, control your savings rate, minimize costs, maintain appropriate diversification, and manage behavioral errors. When you create systematic processes for these controllable elements, market volatility becomes background noise rather than a crisis requiring constant attention.
The Strategy You Can Actually Follow Beats the Perfect One You Can't
Why Smart People Make Terrible Investors and the Limits of Intelligence
The One Decision That Determines Everything
The Uncomfortable Truth About Getting Rich Slowly
Building Wealth That Actually Matters
Money as a Tool for Living
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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