203 Early Retirement And Housesitting: Interview With Sarah Burch
In this interview, Sarah tells her early retirement story and talks about life after quitting the rat race. We discuss why she has chosen housesitting both as a lifestyle choice and as a great...
View Article204 Making Sense Of Frugality And Minimalism
This episode is about making sense of two important concepts: frugality and minimalism. Frugality means to be economical or sparing with regard to money, but this definition prompts the question: what...
View Article205 The Most Powerful Planning Tool I Know
This episode is about the most powerful tool that I know for planning anything. A process map is a tool for visualising a workflow. It's also called a workflow map or a network diagram—there are many...
View Article206 Luck In Business
Are successful entrepreneurs just "lucky"? This episode is about the role of luck in business. Here are some of the ideas discussed:The main job of the entrepreneur is to minimise chance and...
View Article207 Who Will Buy Your Business?
If you are an entrepreneur, you might want to sell your business one day (or at least have that option). There are many issues to tackle in order to make selling a real possibility. For one thing, you...
View Article208 Creating Purpose, Structure, And Community Outside A Job
If you want to quit your job to pursue a more freedom-oriented lifestyle (such as entrepreneurship), there are many challenges to overcome. Some challenges are practical, such as replacing the job...
View Article209 Tax Strategies And Financial Freedom Part 1 (Interview With Joshua Sheats)
Tax is the biggest expense category for most people. It is crucial for everyone interested in financial freedom to understand tax and develop a tax strategy. Yet many of the leading books on financial...
View Article210 Tax Strategies And Financial Freedom Part 2 (Interview With Joshua Sheats)
This week's episode is part two of an interview with Joshua Sheats, host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast. Joshua shares his insights on tax strategies for those pursuing financial freedom. In...
View Article211 How To Think For Yourself Part 1: Introduction To Truth And Certainty
You can't be free unless you can think for yourself. If someone else is doing your thinking for you, then it's not your life that you are living.When you know how to think of yourself, you cannot be...
View Article212 How To Think For Yourself Part 2: Science And Rationality
Last week I suggested two key challenges to resolve if you want to think for yourself:How do you tell truth from falsehood? How do you know what you can be certain of? This episode is about how the...
View Article213 How To Think For Yourself Part 3: Logic And The Courage To Follow It
Part 3 in the series on how to think for yourself is all about logic. Here is how you reach true conclusions about any question in life: start with undeniable premises and use valid logic. Logic— used...
View Article214 From Drama To Empowerment: Discussion With Hannah Braime
In this week's podcast episode, special guest Hannah Braime talks about how to free yourself from a life of drama and move to a life of empowerment. Hannah is a coach, author, and host of Becoming Who...
View Article215 Extreme Decluttering
“Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.” Charles WarnerOver the last three years, I've reduced my possessions to only those things that will fit inside one suitcase and...
View Article216 Financial Independence Strengthens Your Moral Backbone
A listener shared these reflections with me:"I like to think I'm a moral person but many times in my career (and in the careers of friends), I've been forced to choose between unethical behavior and...
View Article217 Panama: Our Adventure Begins
This episode is a discussion with a special guest— my wife Hannah Braime, who is the host of Becoming Who You Are. We've just moved to Panama and we love it here already. In this episode we talk about...
View Article218 Choosing A Job-Free Lifestyle
In many previous episodes of this podcast, I've explored different ways to live a job-free lifestyle. I've interviewed extreme savers, unjobbers, lifestyle entrepreneurs, and startup entrepreneurs....
View Article219 How To Do A Monthly Financial Review
It took me a long time to work out how to stay on top of my finances. After a lot of trial and error, I developed the habit of doing a monthly financial review. This is what enables me to confidently...
View Article220 What To Expect From Investing
Many people find getting started as an individual investor daunting. This podcast episode is about how little I knew about investing when I got started. I describe what I came to expect from investing...
View Article221 Early Retirement Lifestyle Part 1 (Interview with Justin From Root Of Good)
There are many practical steps required to reach financial independence, which we've discussed a lot on the podcast. However, there are also some interesting psychological challenges to early...
View Article222 Early Retirement Lifestyle Part 2 (Interview with Justin From Root Of Good)
This episode is part 2 of the interview with Justin from Root of Good. Justin talks about how the goal of early retirement differs from mainstream ideas of "success". He provides suggestions for those...
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