Comments on: 5 Ways that Personal Finance Mirrors the Tour de France

By: George Matthews

George Matthews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:08 +0000

Contador kind of did what he had to. I mean Lance has 7 tour titles. Lance isn’t going to enter the tour and just help someone else win. Lance is there to win. But if you’re not the best man on the team you can’t expect to win. Contador could have sat back, but what’s Lance trying to do? I mean I think he should have quit after 6 tours. He wants to put it so far out of reach, so nobody can catch him.

By: George Matthews

George Matthews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:02 +0000

I learned too late it’s easier to be rich than poor. You can open a restaurant. Work 80 hours a week for a couple years and find good help to run the restaurant. Then run the business for 6 years until you show on the books the restaurant can earn a lot of money. Then sell it. Then open a huge restaurant. One of those that seat 1,000 people. Run that for a few years and sell it. You could have a net worth of 5tot 6 million easily in ten years and then retire. But you have to work hard and leave the wine and women alone for a while. But if all you do is just work for someone else making $500 a week you won’t be able to retire until you’re 80.

By: Rob Brakensiek

Rob Brakensiek — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:04:24 +0000

Very good points, hopefully readers will take note.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:46:52 +0000

Great analogies, I agree with all of them. Especially the start young one. I’m 22, and started getting my finances straightened out last year, and will be smart about it from now on.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:23:16 +0000

Great analogy. Another tangent would be training. Train younger and learn techniques to improve throughout the course of the race/life.

By: Gweedo

Gweedo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:40:33 +0000

Haha, I like your analogies. I’m hoping that ‘don’t underestimate your elders’ (Lance coming back and winning this thing) is another analogy we can make when this thing is over. This has been a great Tour!