It's been eight years since I left my full-time job, and here's what I learned from the last three years of post-FI life! Read more → The post …
Bill Perkins, author of Die with Zero, joins Chris Hutchins on the All the Hacks podcast to discuss memory dividends and how to spend money! Read mor…
I collected all of the best advice from my three interviews with the author of The Simple Path to Wealth, JL Collins! Read more → The post The …
Parker Hewes, author of Lifelong Youth, shares the 8 health behaviors that are essential for longterm health and wellbeing! Read more → The pos…
If you want to create your ideal FI lifestyle by investing in real estate, learn from Jillian and Chad why "Small and Mighty" may be best! Read more …
The 4% rule wasn't made for early retirement. Here's a new withdrawal strategy that could allow you to retire even sooner! Read more → The pos…
ProjectionLab is a powerful and beautifully-designed financial-planning application made specifically for FIRE people! Read more → The post Pro…
Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You to Be Rich joins me on the podcast to teach overly-frugal FIRE people how to spend and actually enjoy it! Read more…
In this short holiday episode, I interviewed my parents and grandparents to find out their best tips for raising money-smart kids! Read more → …
Thanks to a huge life event, I'm appreciating the benefits of financial independence and early retirement more than ever! Read more → The post …
In 2021, I decided to stop doing annual updates. At that time, I thought I had FI figured out and was just living a “normal” life (so no need to talk…
Mad Fientist
09/03/2024
Saving up a bunch of money gives you power - power you can use to make your life better and your journey to financial independence quicker. The only …
Mad Fientist
07/08/2024
If you want to use money to make you happier, stop thinking about what you can buy with it. Instead, think about how you can use it to remove the thi…
Mad Fientist
06/17/2024
Out of all the episodes of the Financial Independence Podcast, this is the one I wish I heard when I was on my journey to financial independence. Bil…
Mad Fientist
05/02/2024
To celebrate the release of JL Collins' new book, Pathfinders, I collected all the best advice from his Financial Independence Podcast interviews! …
Mad Fientist
12/05/2023
Health is similar to finances in that there are many overly-complex things people say you need to do, but there are just a few simple things that act…
Mad Fientist
11/06/2023
On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Chad Carson from CoachCarson.com! Chad just released a new book, The Small a…
Mad Fientist
08/23/2023
On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I welcome back Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You to Be Rich! I needed someone to come on th…
Mad Fientist
02/17/2023
Over the last few years, I interviewed members of my family to find out two things: How I became the Mad Fientist (i.e. where did I get my extreme i…
Mad Fientist
12/14/2022
Cody Berman and Justin Taylor, hosts of the FI Show, have both achieved financial independence but they've taken drastically different paths to get t…
Mad Fientist
10/01/2022