13 Clever Money Lessons My Pain in the Ass Boss Taught Me

This guy was the devil’s uncle and he can teach you a lot.

Tim Denning
Ascent Publication
Published in
8 min readDec 12, 2020

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If the devil had an uncle then this guy would be it.

Despite the obvious leadership lessons he taught me about how not to lead humans, he taught me a lot about money. The moment he became my boss I knew it would be over quickly. Over the short time I spent working for him, I took notes of all the money lessons he imparted on me before I became the dearly departed.

The cleverest money lessons come from financially rich people who are poor in all other areas of life. Money can show you the ugly side of life which you can learn from. Here’s what the devil’s uncle taught me.

Invest in yourself above all else.

That’s why he was an ass. All the money he made from holding various senior leadership roles was invested in meat pies, beer and real estate. Not a dollar was spent on self-education.

He had the self-awareness of a 5 year old. He was emotionally unintelligent. His jokes were uncomfortable. His communication style was that of a little boy playing in a sandpit and wanting to destroy all the other children’s sandcastles.

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Tim Denning
Ascent Publication

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