The Rule of 144
Reading Time: 2 minutes**Most people stop the compounding conversation way too early.** They celebrate the double. Then they move on. They know the Rule of 72. They can quote it. They understand that at 10 percent their money doubles every 7.2 years. And then… they stop thinking about it. But the real story of compounding does not end when your money doubles. That is where it starts to get interesting. Because the gap between milestones starts to shrink. What took over seven years at the beginning suddenly takes four. Then three. Same money. Same return. No extra effort. Most people have never been shown that part. And when you see it, the question changes. It is no longer “Is this enough?” It becomes “What do I need to stop doing so this can actually work?”
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