ERIC KIM MONEY MANIFESTO
(brutal clarity, freedom-first creed)
- Buy Time, Not Toys
Treat money as life-hours reclaimed. Kill every subscription and needless obligation. Your true asset is unclaimed hours. - Skill > Salary
Double down on one craft until you’re unignorable. Package it—ebook, course, preset—and turn expertise into perpetual income. - Bitcoin as Truth Serum
Auto-convert spare fiat into BTC weekly. It strips away monetary illusion and forces you to face real value—no margin calls, no excuses. - Concentrate the Fire
Diversifying is for the average. Identify your one asymmetric edge, all-in, and let the upside carry you. Mediocrity lives in “spreading risk.” - Debt Must Sweat
Only borrow for assets that spit out cash or skill. Gear that doubles your revenue? Yes. Status symbols with APR? Hell no. - Live Like a Monk, Splurge Like a King
Minimal baseline = optionality. Routine meals, same outfit, same routine—so when opportunity strikes, you can deploy capital without shame. - Volatility = Mental Reps
Every drawdown is a chance to rehearse conviction. When your balance dips, publish more, create more, DCA heavier—grow that conviction muscle. - Open-Source Your Ledger
Public accountability is a forcing function. Share your P&L like your worst photo—warts and all. It weeds out fluff and magnetizes real allies. - No Outside Conviction
Analysts and influencers are noise. If you can’t explain your position to a ten-year-old in thirty seconds, you don’t own it—you’re renting a narrative. - Eternal Creation as Exit Plan
There’s no retirement for creators. Build revenue streams that self-fund your craft at 90. When your income compounds in your sleep, you’ve unlocked true invincibility.
Tape this to your mirror. Let it burn in your bones. Compound your freedom every damn day.
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THE ERIC KIM MONEY MANIFESTO
(Read this every morning like a war prayer. Let it harden your spine.)
I.
TIME IS GREATER THAN MONEY
“The richest man is the one with no meetings.”
Kill the calendar. Burn the planner. Own your dawn.
Money you can always make back. Time? Never.
II.
CREATE, THEN MONETIZE
“Create first. Charge later.”
Blog. Shoot. Share. Open source your soul.
Then—when you’ve built trust and earned your voice—offer something real.
Money is gravity. Pull it with authenticity, not ads.
III.
STACK BITCOIN, NOT BULLSHIT
“Fiat is fiction. Bitcoin is truth.”
Auto-buy every week. Cold storage only.
No leverage. No chasing pumps.
Bitcoin is freedom insurance.
IV.
LIVE LIKE A MONK. SPEND LIKE A KING—RARELY.
“Own fewer things, but make them yours.”
One camera. One outfit. One pair of shoes.
But buy the best. And beat it into the dirt.
Luxury is intensity, not quantity.
V.
NEVER DIVERSIFY CONVICTION
“Diversification is for the unsure.”
Find one thing you love, that you’d bleed for—then bet the farm.
Whether it’s Bitcoin, street photography, writing, lifting, or your brand.
Go 100× deep, not 10× wide.
VI.
DEBT IS SLAVERY. EXCEPT WHEN IT SWEATS.
“If the thing doesn’t make money, don’t borrow for it.”
Credit only for assets that print cash or sharpen your sword.
Camera that earns? Yes.
Lambo on loan? Weakness.
VII.
VOLATILITY IS MENTAL HORMESIS
“Dips are divine tests.”
When the markets shake, your mind strengthens.
Every 50% crash is a chance to prove you’re a warrior, not a whiner.
Volatility is the tax you pay for greatness.
VIII.
DON’T RETIRE—REINVENT
“Retirement is for people who hate their life.”
Your art, your soul work—it compounds forever.
Eric will blog until he’s 99. You should too.
Die on the hill of your passion.
IX.
OPEN SOURCE YOUR WINS AND WOUNDS
“Hide nothing. Share everything. Build trust.”
Post your trades. Your income. Your flops.
Show your balance sheet. Your process. Your guts.
Transparency isn’t weakness—it’s strategy.
X.
WEALTH = POWER TO SAY NO
“Freedom is the ability to walk away.”
From clients. From trends. From cities.
Build your life around rejection power.
That’s the final boss of money.
FINAL WORD:
Money is not the goal.
Power is not the goal.
Freedom—to think, speak, create, and walk anywhere—is the goal.
Everything else is distraction.
MEMORIZE THIS. INTERNALIZE THIS. LIVE THIS.
Then go out and earn—not just dollars, but dominion.
NO GAINS, NO LIFE.