Garrett Gunderson
American financial author and entrepreneur, author of Killing Sacred Cows
Garrett Gunderson (American financial author and entrepreneur, author of Killing Sacred Cows) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Personal finance, Investor DNA and focused investing, Self-improvement.
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Personal finance
Gunderson argues that a person's business is the solution to inflation, tax hikes and interest rate changes, and that gold-and-dollar-collapse talk is a distraction.
“The reality is your business is a solution to solve inflation. Your business is a solution to solve tax hikes”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 51:04
Gunderson argues the wealthiest people manage and mitigate risk rather than take it, appearing risky only because they act.
“Actually, the wealthiest people are amazing at mitigating and managing risk, not taking it. It just looks like someone's taking risk because they're taking action”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:17
Gunderson argues that it does not take money to make money, but relationships, ideas and value exchange.
“Well, it doesn't take money to make money. It takes relationships and ideas. It takes value and exchange”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:17
Investor DNA and focused investing
Gunderson recounts that early lucky real estate wins led him to overexpand because he confused luck with skill.
“I just started doing deal after deal after deal without being selective enough because I confused lucky with good”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 15:07
Gunderson says he is not an index fund investor because he does not want his money outside his own influence.
“I'm not an index fund guy. I think that most of the stock market are companies that I don't really care about and don't necessarily want to support”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 10:31
Gunderson argues most people diversify prematurely and that risk lies in the investor rather than the investment.
“most people prematurely diversify. It's about focus with investor DNA. So risk is in the investor, not the investment”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 7:35
Self-improvement
Gunderson describes his acceleration path of co-creating, eliminating escapism, delegating roles and collaborating.
“And so it's co-create, eliminate, delegate, and collaborate. That's the acceleration path”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 29:32
Gunderson recommends starting each day by investing in oneself through exercise, education and enlightenment.
“my suggestion is people start their day with investing in themselves in at least three ways. Exercise, education, and enlightenment”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 18:33
Small business tax strategy
Gunderson claims the average business owner overpays taxes by about $11,000 per $250,000 of revenue.
“the average business owner overpays taxes by about $11,000 per quarter million dollars of revenue”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 58:46
Artificial intelligence
Gunderson predicts that as AI spreads, human interaction and intimacy will be valued much more highly.
“people want more one-on-one interaction or human interaction with people. So, intimacy is going to be valued at a whole different level”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 48:37
Nutrition and diet
Gunderson says hiring a cook at $35 an hour is financially affordable for an entrepreneur because it frees hours of his time.
“It seems extravagant for people. A lot of times I think about hiring a cook, but it's actually mentally extravagant, but it's financially pretty affordable”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 44:27
Entrepreneurship
Gunderson argues entrepreneurs often falsely tell spouses they work for them, calling entrepreneurship a kind of trauma response.
“Entrepreneurship is kind of like a trauma response. And we're trying to fill this void of like, are we good enough yet?”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 35:49
Cash flow versus capital accumulation
Gunderson claims financial institutions preach these myths so they can profit from others' money while telling them to wait decades.
“it's just what institutions like to preach to people because then they get to take someone else's money and make money on it”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 4:28
Appearances
The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett GundersonProven Podcast · Jun 3, 2026 · 60 min
Charles Schwartz and Garrett Gunderson discuss money myths, focused investing, self-investment, relationships, daily habits, health routines, and recommended books.
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- Charles Schwartz · 1 shared episode