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I don’t think Mr. Morrow chose to be our economics teacher. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War who retired from the military to teach and help coach our wrestling team. Rumors swirled among my classmates that he was once part of the Green Berets.

Mr. Morrow’s class seemed like an unlikely source for life-changing financial advice; personal finance was not part of the curriculum. But one day he made one of those sidebar comments filled with wisdom that teachers tend to share. His guidance was simple but captured many of the fundamental elements of wealth building, and so it exploded like a stick of dynamite.

He told us, “I am so jealous of you. Every one of you can be a millionaire by the time you retire if you start investing one hundred dollars a month.”

BOOM! With that one statement, Mr. Morrow yanked the elusive goal of becoming rich out of the “impossible” category and set it right in front of me—with little cost or complexity. He understood that anyone can become rich!

At the time, I was working in the drive-thru at the local Hardee’s. Even though I was financially challenged (read: poor), I remember thinking that even I could save $100 a month. It wasn’t until later that I realized Mr. Morrow was introducing us to the all-powerful force of compounding growth and the simple truth that small decisions today can have huge impacts in the future. He was also enforcing that the essential habits of being consistent and disciplined are rewarded many times over. Ever since, I have called this fundamental element of wealth building “The Morrow Moment.”