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077 | Advanced Travel Rewards From 3rd Generation FI | Marla Taner
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077 | Advanced Travel Rewards From 3rd Generation FI | Marla Taner

077 | Experienced travel hacker and world traveler Marla Taner shares story of reaching financial independence, and her best tips for getting to Hawa…

076R | Race or Journey?
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076R | Race or Journey?

076R | Brad and Jonathan brainstorm ways to implement local adventure into their own lives and the lives of the ChooseFI community. Also, achat about…

076 | Planned Spontaneity | Mrs Adventure Rich

076 | Planned Spontaneity | Mrs Adventure Rich

076 | Mrs. Adventure Rich talks about making the choice to live an adventurous life, her family’s pursuit of financial independence, and finding a ba…

075R | Mainstream Adoption
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075R | Mainstream Adoption

075R | “Personal finance is becoming financial independence.” Financial independence doesn’t necessarily mean retiring early; it means allocating you…

075 | The Unfair Advantage of the Individual Investor | Brian Feroldi

075 | The Unfair Advantage of the Individual Investor | Brian Feroldi

075 | Brian Feroldi talks through the advantages and disadvantages of individual investing, the realistic expectations for performance, and his strat…

074R | ChooseFI Scholarship
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074R | ChooseFI Scholarship

074R | An update the community on recent activities, discussion about the opportunity cost of college and potential alternatives, a ChooseFI scholars…

Marla Taner – Striving for Happiness After Early Retirement

Marla Taner – Striving for Happiness After Early Retirement

My good friend Marla Taner joined me on the Financial Independence Podcast to go deep into some early-retirement topics that aren’t often discussed. …

Should I Choose a Roth vs. Traditional IRA and 401k for Early Retirement?

Should I Choose a Roth vs. Traditional IRA and 401k for Early Retirement?

#128: Antonia, 27, wants to retire in 15 years. She's trying to figure out whether to contribute to pre-tax or after-tax retirement accounts. Most f…

074 | Ryan Carson | Learn to Code | Treehouse

074 | Ryan Carson | Learn to Code | Treehouse

074 | Ryan Carson’s tech-education company, Treehouse, teaches computer coding as a trade skill, giving students an opportunity to enter the work for…

073R | How to Make Money Online

073R | How to Make Money Online

073 | How do you make money online? We discuss the 7 most common ways to make money online, plus a review of Monday's interview with Jamila Souffrant…

073 | Jamila Souffrant | Fail Forward
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073 | Jamila Souffrant | Fail Forward

073 | Jamila Souffrant tells us about college internships, buying real estate right out of college, a few failed business ventures, and her decision …

072R | The Five Most Important Financial Conversations you need to have with your Child

072R | The Five Most Important Financial Conversations you need to have with your Child

072R | Lively discussion about cryptocurrencies as investments, review of last week’s MidAtlantic Camp FI, and several exciting contributions and que…

276: Early Retirement ($10k/Month) by Age 35 with Bryce Stewart

276: Early Retirement ($10k/Month) by Age 35 with Bryce Stewart

Why work at a lame job until you’re too old to enjoy the life you’ve been given? If you are looking to get out of the rat race earlier, this is one e…

072 | Bitcoin| What Am I Missing? | Myles Wakeham

072 | Bitcoin| What Am I Missing? | Myles Wakeham

072 | Bitcoin, should you Buy it? Myles Wakeham tells us how he discovered Bitcoin, how and why cryptocurrencies have to value, and gives us a nuance…

071R | The Real Value of Soft Skills
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071R | The Real Value of Soft Skills

071R | Brad and Jonathan compare their college experiences to Chris Hutchins’ from the Monday episode, they discuss the importance of owning your own…

071 | Silicon Valley FI | Chris Hutchins | Grove
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071 | Silicon Valley FI | Chris Hutchins | Grove

071 | Chris Hutchins, founder/CEO of Grove, a new, optimized financial planning company based in San Francisco, talks about how a life and career of …

070R | Left Behind
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070R | Left Behind

070R | Updates from Brad and Jonathan, review of Vickie Robin’s episode, discussion of how ChooseFI aims to handle politics, and more updates from th…

070 |Your Money or Your Life | Vicki Robin

070 |Your Money or Your Life | Vicki Robin

070 | Author and FI pioneer Vicki Robin discusses the cultural development of overconsumption, how much is enough, and what else, besides good invest…

15: The Pillars of FI, Pt. 2: Designing the Life You Want with Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa from Choose FI

15: The Pillars of FI, Pt. 2: Designing the Life You Want with Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa f…

This is the last half of the epic interview with Brad and Jonathan from Choose FI. Continuing where we left off from last week, we finish up the Pill…

069R | How to Start a Blog
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069R | How to Start a Blog

069R | We discuss why and how of starting a blog or website. What you’ll hear on today’s show: Review of Monday’s episode How Michelle lives her lif…