{"id":1648,"date":"2026-06-20T11:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:09:45","slug":"6-choices-that-build-value-and-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"6 choices that build value and wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In \u201c6 Hacks to a Better Government,\u201d I described the best actions that individuals can take to increase everybody\u2019s freedom.<\/p>

Read more What will SCOTUS make of Trump\u2019s birthright citizenship stance?<\/a><\/p>\n

Governments are big, urgent problems.\u00a0\u00a0But even after all the takings for government spending and regulation compliance, we the people still control close to 50 percent of GDP, together with the vast majority of our many other unmeasured actions.<\/p>\n

Below, I describe the best actions that parents can get started for us and that we can keep doing ourselves to build value and wealth.<\/p>\n

I skip over many great actions.\u00a0\u00a0It helps greatly to avoid addictives, build a strong marriage, raise children, make good social choices, build new skills at work to avoid doom-loop drifting to boredom and poor performance, and make good financial choices.<\/p>\n

I focus on the choices that are the most elemental.\u00a0\u00a0Get these actions right, and we can do exceedingly well at other great actions.<\/p>\n

To make best use of our scarce time on Earth, it\u2019s best to establish good and to get increasingly good at creating value.\u00a0\u00a0We are built to create.\u00a0\u00a0Each of us is an entrepreneur, building value as we choose how we spend our time away from work, how we work, and how we shop.\u00a0\u00a0Everybody creates value.<\/p>\n

1. Learn Christianity<\/h1>\n

Christianity provides unmatched support for building healthy relationships, increasing freedom, and succeeding at entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

Several books offer starting points or re-entry points as early as in young adulthood. C.S. Lewis\u2019s Mere Christianity<\/em> in particular introduces a mature Christian\u2019s understanding of faith.\u00a0\u00a0Charles Murray\u2019s Taking Religion Seriously<\/em> passes along ideas, together with leads, on why Christianity is for smart people, too.<\/p>\n

From there, Christian faith is very well supported.\u00a0\u00a0Study Bibles and many other materials help us develop individual understanding and faith.\u00a0\u00a0Local churches help us connect with others, who help further.<\/p>\n

2. Homeschool<\/h1>\n

Schooling is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build expertise in the challenging, progressively built up, highly valuable general skills of reading, writing, and problem-solving.\u00a0\u00a0Reading can bring in crucial information on nearly all skills (even skills dominated by physical movement).<\/p>\n

Note that prerequisites matter a lot.\u00a0\u00a0To take Christianity to heart, we must appreciate that we are sinful.\u00a0\u00a0To understand history, we must understand religion, genuine Austrian economics, business, , further human behavior, and .\u00a0\u00a0To write, we must have something to say.\u00a0\u00a0To solve real-world problems, we learn to solve minimally simplified problems.<\/p>\n

Expertise is developed fastest and farthest by deliberately practicing the most difficult tasks we are .\u00a0\u00a0Learning must not be limited by age group.\u00a0\u00a0Learning must be customized to our current skill level in each area at all times.\u00a0\u00a0Learning is increased by interested, skilled trainers for as long as we can benefit from them.<\/p>\n

Until government-free schools exist again on a large scale and develop to their full potential, homeschooling does the most that schooling can do for most of us to build up our ability to add value.<\/p>

Read more The US-Iran MOU is worse than we thought<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Learn how to find existing knowledge and proven components<\/h1>\n

We build up a base of existing knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0Skilled trainers help us do deliberate practice.\u00a0\u00a0As our skill builds up, higher-skilled trainers become harder to find, and we increasingly become self-guided.<\/p>\n

Initially, we need to read entire books.\u00a0\u00a0Next, we need to read entire technical papers.\u00a0\u00a0(Everybody needs to do this, in medicine at minimum.)\u00a0\u00a0Soon, we increasingly just sample key sections.\u00a0\u00a0In time, we skim even more quickly to get overviews, and often just remember enough to retrieve this information later if it might help then.<\/p>\n

The more we build up our knowledge, the more we increase our absorptive capacity, and therefore the better we get at seeking and finding additional existing knowledge and proven components.\u00a0\u00a0These are the raw materials we use to create new thinking and new products.<\/p>\n

4. Write or build<\/h1>\n

Writing makes our thinking solid and shareable.\u00a0\u00a0Building makes our design ideas complete and producible.\u00a0\u00a0Writing and building initially yield prototypes, which is a necessary leap down the path toward .\u00a0\u00a0Prototyping and creating production products are the actions that transform our preparation and effort into value.<\/p>\n

5. Consider used products, older models, and inexpensive services<\/h1>\n

When we shop, if we allocate a small amount of our time to consider what features we value, to locate helpful knowledge, and to choose actions that approach optimal, we can earn excellent returns on our time.\u00a0\u00a0The more costly a product is, the greater the returns from this due diligence.<\/p>\n

Even housing is just a place where we spend some time resting and entertaining.\u00a0\u00a0A car or truck is just a tool we use a few minutes a day.\u00a0\u00a0No matter the product, when we compare how much we value the product to how much we value the alternative uses of our time, we nearly always find that nearly any old product will do just fine at providing the narrow utility we want to get from that product.<\/p>\n

Typically, older products will satisfy our overall desires the best.\u00a0\u00a0Compared to new construction, existing homes usually can be bought at discounts.\u00a0\u00a0Compared to new cars and trucks, used cars and trucks with low mileage and long remaining service lives can be bought at serious discounts.\u00a0\u00a0Older models of computers and phones were the newest models very recently, and they will get kept and will work very well for many years.<\/p>\n

Introductory rates, such as for cellular service, home internet service, and streaming services will end fairly soon.\u00a0\u00a0What matters are the rates that come after.<\/p>\n

6. Save<\/h1>\n

When we spend less now, we can be freer now, or we can spend more later, or we can be even freer later.\u00a0\u00a0The less we spend now or later, the more we can spend soon enough, or the freer we can be all along.<\/p>\n

Learn what works, and build better.\u00a0\u00a0Make your time provide what you value.\u00a0\u00a0Help yourself create more.<\/p>\n

James Anthony is a chemical engineer and the author of <\/em>The Constitution Needs a Good Party and rConstitution Papers.\u00a0\u00a0For more information, see jamesanthony.us. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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