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How to Get Rich (2023)
This could have been good
The bad:
If the documentary had regular Americans instead of people with a high income who just mismanages their money the documentary would have been much better. People who actually needs help to make their ends meet and not just people who throws money around like there is no tomorrow.
Also there are too many unnecessary and lengthy scenes. Too much focus on the personal stuff and emotions. 50% of each episode could have been cut in my opinion and I would not necessarily replqce then with other clips and scenes.
The good:
I love that the host focuses on both litteral wealth (the becoming rich part), but also equally makes people thing about feeling rich in their everyday lives as they hopefully accumulate wealth over time and become rich in the end.
This show could be good if it did not try to be like a reality show and be so polished.
I will not finish the show, but I will give the next season a shot and hope that it has improved.
Get Smart with Money (2022)
I barely watched it even sped up to 1,5x
The good:
- It is well edited. Especially the intro I found.
- It has a few good, but general advice like only spend money on what you need and try making your interest or what you are good at your job and maximise your earnings that way, focus on cutting costs on the big thing first like housing and invest on a regular basis on an index fund (the last one is a great advice IMO. I generally use ETF's in a world based index with a low monthly fee).
The bad:
- One adviser recommends doing side hustles and gig work. Surely this point must be sponsored by big business. Maybe you could in the short term work extra to pay of dept, but it should not be a long term plan. Also if your regular work pays better than gig work then do more hours if possibly at your regular job.
- The documentary seems very setup and controlled. I wouldn't be surprised if many were paid actors and a lot of the footage was reshot many times to make a polished and visually nice looking documentary.
- A lot of emotional fluff. I am not American so I am not used to all these emotional segments in TV shows and documentaries.
My recommendation: Not a must see, but if you do watch it do it so sped up 1,5x and be ready to use the skip 10 seconds button. Especially during the emotional fluff bits.