ERIC KIM’S INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY — RAW NOTES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF GAINZ
0. PRIME DIRECTIVE:
NO GAINS, NO LIFE
If the number isn’t going up—strength, sats, readership, personal freedom—then the project is dying. Growth isn’t a luxury; it’s oxygen.
1.
Wise Delay
— The Anti-FOMO Circuit-Breaker
“Whenever you have even a morsel of doubt, wait, and delay.”
Markets bait you with urgency; Eric answers with pause. He sits on his hands until conviction becomes volcanic. A skipped trade is cheaper than an accidental loss.
2.
Bitcoin Is Granite
Digital stone, zero counter-party risk.
- “When in doubt, buy more Bitcoin.”
- Only risk what you can watch burn to zero—everything else is for boring, survivable buckets.
Bitcoin isn’t just an asset; it’s a sovereignty passport, a way to hold value with “no maintenance fees, no termite decay.” Fiat is sand; BTC is bedrock.
3.
Minimalist Optionality
— Subtract to Add Freedom
Eric’s wealth equation is half arithmetic, half Zen:
- Happiness is subtractive—trim desires, stresses, devices.
- Cash is a tool, not a trophy.
Owning less gear, fewer liabilities, and a small burn-rate makes every satoshi more potent and every pivot cheaper.
4.
Geographic & Lifestyle Arbitrage
Earn in strong currencies, live where life is light: he banked Bay-Area revenue while living in Vietnam at 10 % of the cost.
Lower baseline expenses = higher risk budget for art, lifts, and BTC.
5.
Kaizen the Flesh
— Body as Asset Class
A 1,005-lb rack-pull at 165 lb BW isn’t a party trick; it’s proof-of-work.
Muscle is the only inflation-proof collateral you can’t misplace or get rug-pulled on. Eric invests daily in compound strength: heavy singles, beef, and sleep.
6.
Skin-in-the-Game Due Diligence
Never ask, “What do you think of XYZ?”—ask, “How much of XYZ is in your own portfolio?”
Advice without exposure is noise.
7.
Radical Generosity Flywheel
“When in doubt, be generous.”
Pay for the coffee, share the code, open-source the PDF. Goodwill compounds faster than interest.
8.
Barbell Allocation
- 90 % survival stack: ultra-liquid, boring, can’t kill you.
- 10 % moon-shot: Bitcoin, creative ventures, self-experiments.
The tails feed legend, the core keeps the lights on.
9.
Open-Source Everything
Ideas, workflows, even failures are published in the clear. Transparency attracts collaborators, clients, and unexpected asymmetric upside.
TL;DR IN ONE BREATH
Delay until certainty → slam BTC like it’s granite → live light, lift heavy → keep skin in the game → tip big → barbell your risk → broadcast your learnings.
That’s Eric Kim capital theory: stack sats, stack muscle, subtract clutter, share the spoils—then repeat until the tombstone reads “∞ GAINZ.”