#119 Investing Expert: Your Step-By-Step Plan to Build Generational Wealth | Vivian Tu from BigDeal

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#119 Investing Expert: Your Step-By-Step Plan to Build Generational Wealth | Vivian Tu

1 hour 4 minutes Posted Feb 5, 2026 at 9:30 am.

Introduction

The Buy Now Pay Later Trap: How Creative Debt Keeps You Broke

It's Harder to Be Young Today: The Math Behind Generational Wealth Inequality

Temptation Touch Points: The Pixel Tracking System Designed to Drain Your Wallet

Willpower Is a Losing Game: Why Financial Discipline Beats Motivation

Wall Street's Biggest Lie: Rich People Talk About Money All the Time

Old Money vs New Money: Social Capital and the Unspoken Club

Financial Choreography: How Rich People Strategically Move Money Through Life

Main Street Millionaire Live: Your Path to Business Ownership

Prenups Are Insurance, Not Distrust: The Government Default Agreement

Equitable vs Equal: The Math of Splitting Expenses in Relationships

Budgeting Needs a New PR Team: The 50-30-20 Framework That Actually Works

Automate Your Savings: The Paycheck Portal Hack That Builds Wealth Invisibly

Emergency Funds and the Levers: How Much Cash Should You Actually Keep

Calculate Your F You Number: The 4 Percent Rule for Financial Freedom

The Four-Square Money Talk: What to Know Before You Marry Someone

Well in Doubt: Building Your Personal Endowment for Life

Your First Ten Thousand Dollars: The Exact Allocation Strategy

Passive Income Is a Lie Unless You Own Something

Money as a Mirror: Why Your Financial Reality Reflects Your Self-Belief

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Money advice is broken. It’s either shamey, gatekept, or written for people who already have money. Vivian Tu built her career proving there’s a better way. After learning how money actually moves inside Wall Street at JPMorgan, she left the system and taught millions how to win at it anyway through Your Rich BFF. No jargon. No guilt. Just systems that work.

Vivian is a former Wall Street trader turned financial educator and founder of Your Rich BFF, one of the largest personal finance platforms in the world. She’s known for translating complex money rules into clear, actionable playbooks for people who were never taught how wealth is built or protected.

She breaks down:• Why buy-now-pay-later isn’t convenience, it’s a quiet wealth killer• How to calculate your “walk away” number and what it actually unlocks• Why budgeting fails when it’s about restriction instead of design• The invisible tactics advertisers use to drain your financial discipline• How wealthy families transfer money intentionally while everyone else leaves it to chance• Why housing, wages, and timing really are stacked against younger generations• The only kind of income that compounds without burning you out• How to handle your first $10K without overthinking it• Why prenups are protection, not a lack of trust• How to split money with a partner in a way that’s fair, not equal

This isn’t theory or hustle culture. It’s applied finance from someone who’s seen how the game is played behind closed doors and decided to explain it in plain English. If money has ever felt overwhelming, confusing, or emotionally loaded, this conversation rewires how you think about it and what’s actually possible.

Check out Vivian's new book Well Endowed: The Secrets to Strategic Spending, Building a Financial Foundation for You and Your Family, and Creating Lasting Generational Wealth and follow her at @YourRichBFF on all platforms.

***Also hi I’m Codie and I run an investment and advisory firm that helps you buy and build businesses. Every year we do one 3 day virtual workshop to help you find, finance and learn to do deals live. Come learn what Wall Street (and your boss or competitors) hope you never learn. https://contrarianthinking.biz/MSML_BDYT26

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