Followed the debt elimination playbook to the letter—worked. But when it came to Bitcoin, memecoins, and precious metals? Took a different path. Went against the conventional wisdom on those bets. And here's the thing: the alternative choices ended up printing harder. Sometimes the apprentice outpaces the mentor on the scoreboard. Turns out selective listening combined with doing your own research on digital assets and alternative stores of value can reshape the wealth equation in ways traditional finance advice doesn't always capture.