The 4% rule wasn't made for early retirement. Here's a new withdrawal strategy that could allow you to retire even sooner!
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ProjectionLab is a powerful and beautifully-designed financial-planning application made specifically for FIRE people!
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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!
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In this short holiday episode, I interviewed my parents and grandparents to find out their best tips for raising money-smart kids!
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Thanks to a huge life event, I'm appreciating the benefits of financial independence and early retirement more than ever!
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To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Financial Independence Podcast, here are the highlights from my first guest - Mr. Money Mustache!
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Patrick Aime from Aime to Invest shares the important lessons he learned on his rollercoaster journey from bankruptcy to FI millionaire!
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The Escape Artist joins me on the Financial Independence Podcast to talk about pursuing FIRE in the United Kingdom!
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I joined a virtual Bogleheads meeting to talk about life after financial independence and early retirement!
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A Mad Fientist reader shares how he uses legal tax-avoidance tactics to save over ten times as much money every year!
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It's been five years since I left my full-time job so here's my fifth (and final) annual update on post-FI life!
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Learn how to retire early with kids from the dad who has 14 of them! Rob shares how his family achieved FIRE 6 years ahead of schedule.
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I finally talked to the person who introduced me to the idea of financial independence - Jacob Lund Fisker from Early Retirement Extreme!
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There's a better alternative to resolutions and goals...especially if you're pursuing financial independence and early retirement.
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Military servicemembers have access to incredible tax, investing, and travel benefits that can accelerate the journey to FI!
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The Ultralearning Experiment was a bigger success than I'd even hoped and here's what I learned from it (plus a massive announcement)!
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One of my favorite writers, Morgan Housel, shares the investing lessons he's learned from COVID-19, history, and other academic fields!
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It's been 4 years since I left my job and what a crazy year it's been! Here's what I learned from the last year of post-FI life (and the COVID crisis)
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Sticking to your long-term investing goals during turbulent times can be difficult but portfolio rules and systems can help. Here are mine...
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The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused stocks to crash. Is this a normal bear market or is it different this time? JL Collins is here with his answer.
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