Author Website Update for Week of August 18, 2025
"By David J. Waldron" will be on pause next week. Here's why, plus how to access the top book chapter archives in the meantime
‘Health’ comes before ‘wealth’ in the dictionary. Real life isn’t much different. No matter our financial situation, if an issue can be fixed with money, it’s probably not a serious problem. If an issue can’t be solved with money, then we likely face a significant problem.
My wife will be coming home this weekend after a successful open-heart aortic valve replacement surgery. She is doing well; however, she faces an intensive recovery and rehabilitation period.
Regarding the quote from my books at the top of this email, her unfortunate chronic health conditions—Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and its numerous complications—are not caused by lifestyle choices that can be cured, but are due to unlucky, irreversible genetics.
To support her during a successful at-home recovery following her latest T1D complication, I am pausing new chapter and revised update book activities for the week of August 18, 2025.
In the meantime, feel free to explore “By DJW’s” archives of new and updated book chapters.
Browse chapters or click “Top” to read the most reader-engaged posts according to Substack’s algorithm.
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Free subscriber access offers previews for new and updated book chapters.
Founding (lifetime) and Premium (annual) subscribers get full access to all my books’ chapter text and audio content.
Although free subscribers don’t get full access to the chapters’ text and audio on Substack, links are provided to worldwide booksellers where they can purchase print, ebook, or audio editions of all my self-help books on investing, career building, and goal setting.
Bonus: Founding (lifetime) and Premium (annual) Quality Value Investing subscribers also get a free full-access subscription to my author website on Substack.
Whatever you choose, remember to prioritize health over wealth, since we apparently can’t take material possessions with us to any promised land.
See you again the week of August 25.
Best regards,
~David
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