You still need to have financial discipline on how you're buying, selling, moving, etc.

Keep your job and develop discipline in saying no by saying no to everything.

Leveraging WLI as a place to store excess cash, generating better returns/dividends than a savings account, AND taking a loan out for ANOTHER investment vehicle WHILE retaining your accounts interest/dividends seems like an advantageous setup for someone with the capital and discipline to do so.

Love them, discipline them, put expectations on them, and follow through when consequences are necessary. 

The hardest part is just being disciplined enough to send letters out and follow up.

I got the sense that he has an ethic of service and is out to make a contribution, also as someone with military background (discipline) and active faith (trustworthiness).

It takes 5 years to get good at any discipline.  

The problem isn't lack of opportunities, especially in the USA - it's lack of discipline, willpower, and the ability to postpone gratification that is the problem.

Now we’re not all Warren Buffets, but I also take him at his word that he and Charlie Munger are not actual geniuses either - it’s mostly knowledge, discipline, and patience.

My point is that if you're going to invest in something understand it enough to know what are the risks to look out for, and be disciplined, don't follow the herd.I learned many lessons, and I believe it will serve me in my current and future investments.