This week I’m in Greece—specifically on the island of Lefkada—doing some travel writing for International Living and spending time with expats who’ve made this country their home. And every time I travel somewhere like this, walking streets layered with thousands of years of history and sitting across from people who intentionally chose to step outside the American financial bubble, I’m reminded how differently the world looks once you leave the US behind for a while.
Greece especially has a way of sharpening your thinking about money… about debt… and about what happens when governments quietly lose control of the story they’ve been telling their people. In this video dispatch, I talk about one of the defining moments of the Greek financial crisis—the moment ordinary people suddenly found themselves limited to withdrawing just €60 a day from their own bank accounts—and why I think Americans dangerously underestimate how quickly financial rules can change once confidence breaks.
Because the truth is, the warning signs are almost never invisible beforehand. They’re usually sitting right out in the open. People just choose not to look too closely because the implications are uncomfortable. And right now, as I travel through Europe and talk with investors, expats, and ordinary folks trying to make sense of the world, I keep hearing the same quiet anxiety underneath the conversations: something doesn’t feel stable anymore.
That’s really what this video dispatch is about… and why it ties directly into the conversations we’ll be having later this year at my Future of Wealth Summit in Dublin… Just a sober look at the black swans already circling overhead… and the practical steps people can take now to better protect their wealth before the world changes faster than they expect.
