Finance personality and YouTuber Ramit Sethi — author of the 2009 best-seller “I Will Teach You to Be Rich” — recently posted a slew of advice to his channel on the video-sharing platform kicking off with a bit of shade thrown at other financial gurus (namely, “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary) regarding the oft-dispensed advice of ditching the $5 lattes if you want to become wealthy. Sethi noted that this wisdom is often issued by rich people attempting to shame their audience, then pivoted to say he was ...

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