Welcome to The Wealth Letters, a crowdsourced guidebook on how to live the good life -- Collected from the Titans of success to everyday people like you & me.
This is the Manifesto of The Wealth Letters. The vision. The goal of this project.
I’m Jordan, the creator/curator of this project. I am a father, husband, Christian, and window washer. Yup, I clean windows for a living, which is why I am not the expert you should be listening to on finding true wealth, wisdom, & meaning…but that’s the beauty of it…I don’t have to be the expert (and you don’t need to be either).
But, in case you would like the findings from a father, husband, Christian, and window washer who lives in the North Tundra of Minnesota, a great place to do that is by reading or listening to The Wealthy Window Washer.
Enough about me, what do YOU GET?
As readers of The Wealth Letters, we (you) get to look over the shoulders of people from all walks of life on how they found true wealth, wisdom, & meaning in their lives.
The Wealth Letters will utilize “The Wisdom of Crowds” to crowdsource the universal recipes for a life of true wealth, wisdom, & meaning.
This theory is based on Surowiecki’s book The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations.
The Harvard Business Review distills Surowiecki’s findings down to:
“Asking many people for their opinions and suggestions, and then combining them to form the best overall decision. Evidence suggests that the combination of multiple, independent judgments is often more accurate than even an expert’s individual judgment.” - Minson & DeWees
For The Wealth Letters to truly be a universal guidebook, we must ensure this project is credible & reliable by following Surowiecki’s characteristics of a “wise crowd” from his book which states:
1. The crowd should be able to have a diversity of opinions.
2. One person’s opinion should remain independent of those around them (and should not be influenced by anyone else).
3. Anyone taking part in the crowd should be able to make their own opinion based on their individual knowledge.
4. The crowd should be able to aggregate individual opinions into one collective decision.
So then, who is the “crowd” going to be?
This collection will, of course, include the writings from the well-knowns, the high earners, high-esteemed Titans of success we have come to know.
But, it will also include the lesser-knowns, the unknowns, the every-day people quietly building or have built a life of true wealth (i.e. all walks of life).
The purpose is to document and showcase universal keys to finding a wealthy life that we can emulate; that we can take pieces of and apply to our own unique lives to create our own “true wealth.”
Notice that true wealth is in quotes. Yes, this will include money, of course, because that's what we all think of when we think of wealth! But, it also will include other areas of life that will encompass true wealth (physical, emotional, social, spiritual).
Although these letters & essays may not be written directly to us in their original form, I challenge readers & listeners (you) to frame them as though you are the recipient.
Be willing to be vulnerable and open your mind to ideas and suggestions that have proven worthwhile in another’s journey. Do not blindly accept any and all advice given, but rather take in the information and distill it down to if & how it can be applied to YOU and your unique self.
“Michael Jordan said that he imitated Dr. J. Kobe Bryant studied and imitated Jordan. But, they mixed in their own uniqueness.” - David Senra (Founders Podcast)
The insights shared are universal. They do not discriminate. Not everything in every letter or essay will be able to be directly applied to your life, but there will be pieces in every writing that can be.
Harry Duran, podcaster and writer at A Life Worth Living, makes a point on taking insights & suggestions from others when he says:
“Take what resonates, and discard the rest. It's a reminder that not every message is meant for you at this exact moment. Some need to sit in your consciousness for a few days, months or even years.”
Charlie Munger, famous investor and right-hand man to Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet has found success through reading and distilling from those who have already figured it out:
“It was slow going at first, but after a number of years, and thousands of books read, I started to see how different areas of knowledge interplay with each other, and how knowledge, like money, can compound; making one more aware of the world in which he or she lives.” - Charlie Munger
This project looks to provide the information from those who have done it, or are doing it. Then, it is up to you and me to take the information and apply it to our unique selves.
Who is this for?
This project was originally started for my two baby girls to be able to read before they leave our household as a handbook for how find true abundance, wisdom, & meaning in such a noisy world (i.e. the good life).
But, I want this project to reach not only myself, my daughters, my family & friends; but maybe even beyond my closest sphere.
My aim is that this guidebook can be dissected, fact-checked, emulated, and applied to our lives to find true abundance, wisdom, & meaning (the good life). I think that upon reading the collection, you will realize that true abundance, wisdom, & meaning are what we are all trying to find.
What is true abundance, wisdom, & meaning?
That is the question, and we will crowdsource a guidebook for how to find that answer.
And as a bonus for me, this project will be a testament as to why my wife wonders why I spend so much time in my "office" (she wonders if I have a serious going problem and that I should go get checked out).
My best thinking is done in this office of mine, but I do need to be more aware that I probably have spent a little too much time in my office when my legs go numb.
Alas, onward with the project! A good place to start would be reading a few of the more popular letters:
You can access all letters of the collection from people of all walks of life in the archive.
Thank You for Your Support!
In order for this guidebook to reach more people, I need your help.
Would you consider:
Sharing this guidebook with a friend who might benefit from it?
Sharing this project with the people you would LOVE to learn from?
Sharing your own Wealth Letter and being featured in the guidebook?
If that sounds interesting to you, here is a link to write your letter for the guidebook.
If you would like to voice record your wealth letter, you can do that easily by clicking here (your voice recording will then be sent to me directly).
Your ideas and feedback are always welcome!
Please reach out via email: support@thewealthletters.com or drop a comment below!
I look forward to hearing from you,
Jordan
START HERE: The Wealth Letters Manifesto
Great idea for a substack. Sharing with friends