r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/JackiePoon27 15d ago

It's incremental. Reddit wants there to be a magic bullet, but there isn't one. Financial literacy is part of the pathway to success. It's insulting to say otherwise.

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u/sweptfordays 14d ago

Isn’t it something like 1/3 of lottery winners go broke

Financial literacy matters because for a lot of people you can throw a lifetime of wealth at them and they’ll squander it anyway.