How would your life change if you reached Financial Independence and got to the point where working is optional? What actions can you take today to make that not just possible but probable. Jonathan & Brad explore the tactics that the FI community uses to reclaim decades of their lives. They discuss reducing expenses, crushing debt, tax optimization, building passive income streams through online businesses and real estate and how to travel the world for free. Every episode is packed with ac ...
Joshua J Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, CAP, RHU, REBC is a financial planner who teaches people how to live a rich life now while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less. He mixes creative approaches to lifestyle design, deep-dive financial planning techniques, and hard-core business strategy to equip you with the knowledge and inspiration you need to build financial independence.
Join the Mad Fientist as he interviews personal-finance icons like Mr. Money Mustache and Vicki Robin to discover the strategies they used to achieve financial independence and retire early! Learn about investing, tax avoidance, entrepreneurship, travel hacking, real estate, and all things related to financial independence and early retirement!
You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. Every decision is a trade-off against another choice. But how deeply do we contemplate these choices? Are we settling for the default mode? Or are we ruthlessly optimizing around a deliberate life? Host Paula Pant interviews a diverse array of entrepreneurs, early retirees, millionaires, investors, artists, adventurers, scientists, psych ...
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Well Kept Wallet Podcast - Personal Finance Show that Helps You Achieve Your Financial Goals


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Well Kept Wallet Podcast - Personal Finance Show that Helps You Achieve Your Financial Goals
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The Well Kept Wallet Podcast with Deacon Hayes is all about getting you from where you are to where you want to be when it comes to your career, money and lifestyle. In this podcast, Deacon will interview people from all different types of careers who love what they do for a living. The goal is to help you in your search to find a job that you love. Check out WellKeptWallet.com for more tips on how to achieve your goals in life when it comes to your career, money and lifestyle.
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377 | Glide Path to Retirement During Financial Uncertainty
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In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan discuss different ways to retain a sense of control along the path to retirement during times of uncertainty. While low points in the economy tend to cause worry, focusing on steps that can be taken to continue forward progress is what helps set the FI community apart! Join the guys as they discuss informat…
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315. 3D Finance:The Power of FinTalks w/ Amberly Grant, Mark Trautman, and Monique Smaby
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We are used to learning about finance in a 2D world. Maybe we read books, blogs, or listen to podcasts. Well, in the midst of COVID, Amberly Grant decided to start a series of zoom gatherings to talk money. She is joined by Mark Trautman and Monique Smaby to discuss the power of FinTalks.
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Friday Q&A: Target Date Fund Debacle, Making Summer Productive, Medicaid Trust, etc.
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On today's live Q&A we cover: 1:05 Should I avoid Target Date Retirement Funds due to the recent Vanguard debacle? 18:37 How can I make my children's summer vacation more productive? 53:38 Should I buy the house I'm living in? 1:00:35 Should I do a 1031 on my commercial property or simply sell it and pay the tax? 1:07:58 Should I have my mom set up…
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From $14k per year to $100M in 7 years: The Taylor Welch Story
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The thread: https://twitter.com/taylorawelch/status/1398703076094222337?s=20&t=zNtXYtMS4bmlEaqIdwGZ0A
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314. How to Become a YouTube Star and Earn Passive Income (Rewind) w/ Erika Kulberg
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Erika Kulberg started her professional career as a high powered corporate lawyer. Yet, she always had an entrepreneurial bent, and by the time she paid off her law school loans, she was ready to build a passive income empire. Listen to hear how she pursued digital entrepreneurship and became a YouTube star.…
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Ask Paula: How to Optimize Your Investments Along the Efficient Frontier (If You Dare!)
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Matt wants to optimize his portfolio and wants to know if he should invest along the Efficient Frontier – despite the fact that the asset allocation it recommends is absolutely bonkers; it’s wild and risky and tilted like nothing he’s ever seen before. Ionnie just rolled over her Roth IRA and would like to understand how to withdraw her contributio…
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Episode 269- Overcoming Distractions & Discovering What Truly Matters with Joshua Becker
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Joshua Becker, Wall Street Journal best-selling author, joins the podcast to discuss how to eliminate common obstacles to discover what truly matters in your life. Joshua is passionate about helping people recognize what is hindering their happiness and live with no regrets. We discuss problematic narratives in the Financial Independence, Retire Ea…
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376 | The Four Backstops to the Four Percent Rule | Sean Mullaney
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In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan welcome Sean Mullaney back onto the podcast to discuss the four backstops of the Four Percent Rule! While many in the FI community consider the Four Percent Rule to be a pillar for retirement planning, these relatively unknown backstops could save or enhance your retirement as you continue along the path le…
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313. The Benefits of Expensive Living (Rewind) w/ Farnoosh Torabi, Jamila Souffrant, Bobbi Rebell, and Cathleen Hutchins
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Why settle down in a high cost of living area? Farnoosh Torabi, Jamila Souffrant, Bobbi Rebell, and Cathleen Hutchins discuss the pros and cons of living in New York and Hawaii. Check out this rewind episode that is as relevant today as it was when it originally aired.
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Invest Anywhere: 4 Benefits and 5 Challenges of Long-Distance Real Estate Investing
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Welcome to our First Friday bonus episode. Once a month, Afford Anything presents a special feature called Invest Anywhere, in which we teach our audience how to invest in real estate from thousands of miles away. We kickoff today’s episode by discussing current market conditions. Yesterday the Fed raised interest rates by another 50 basis points, …
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312. A New Approach to Building Wealth w/ Vincent Pugliese
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You ever wonder why your business or personal ventures are unsuccessful? According to my guest, Vincent Pugliese, it may be because you are lacking wealth in a very important category: connection. His book, The Wealth of Connection, tells us why.
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Ask Paula: Should I Take a Higher-Paying Job if I Can’t Save As Much for Retirement?
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#378: Anonymous is 25. She has a job offer that comes with a substantial raise. Hooray! Buuut … there’s a problem. If she accepts this job offer, her new employer won’t allow her to contribute as much money to her company retirement accounts. How should she think about the trade-off between increasing income and funding her retirement? Meanwhile, D…
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Episode 268- How To Design Your Intentional Life & Pursue What You Really Want
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In this solo episode I discuss the importance of starting within ourselves when it comes to our life and financial journeys. Challenging the dreams and goals we’ve created or wish to create is the first and most vital part of being intentional with designing a life you want to live. While numbers are certainly important, at the end of the day, they…
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311. How to Make Your Job Disposable w/ Trip of a Lifestyle
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Is your job disposable? Could you leave it at any time? Why not? In this episode we talk with Steven and Lauren of Trip of a Lifestyle about the advantages of not relying on work to experience ultimate freedom.
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375 | What is Savings Rate and How to Calculate It?
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In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan continue along their, "Financial Independence A to Z," journey by examining savings rate and the many different ways it can be calculated! One of the pillars that sets the FI community apart is the emphasis on saving money in order to unlock more in your life. So, by having the right tools needed to calcula…
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310. From Legally Blind Athlete to Entrepreneur w/ Aaron Golub
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We all can look back at the struggles in our lives and see how far we have come. Aaron Golub was determined to play football although he is legally blind. On this episode we talk about his successes and failures and what it taught him about entrepreneurship.
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How to Avoid Jail/Court for Domestic Disturbance and Underage Relationships (Inspired by the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial)
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Episode 267- Building Multiple Streams Of Income, Diversifying Your Passions, And Knowing Your Why With NFL Player Brandon Copeland
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Brandon Copeland, NFL player, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, joins the podcast to discuss his journey towards multiple streams of income and the importance of knowing your why in life. Through his dream of giving back to his community and having his money make more money, Brandon has been able to get out from under the “fickle” nature of profess…
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How I Discovered The 4 Percent Retirement Rule, with Bill Bengen
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#377: Today’s episode is sheer retirement nerd bliss. We talk to the creator of the 4 percent retirement safe withdrawal rule, Bill Bengen. If you’re new to retirement planning, you might not yet grasp the gravity of this. Let’s cut to the chase: the 4 percent rule is one of the most revolutionary, groundbreaking insights in the field of retirement…
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Aime to Invest – From Bankruptcy to FI in 8 Years
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On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I speak to Patrick Aime from Aime to Invest! Patrick’s journey to FI is an incredible one. He… Moved from his home in Rwanda to attend high school in Europe and college in America Stayed in America after college and started working in the feast-or-famine world of sales Started his own compan…
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309. This Team Teaches Novices How to Real Estate w/ Craig Curelop, Bryan Balducki, and Alexa Ferguson
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Have you ever wondered how to get into real estate but were afraid of making mistakes. If you are lucky enough to live in Denver, you can engage the FI Team. This group of real estate agents will teach you how to achieve financial independence through rental real estate.
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374 | Tools to Simplify Budgeting and Tracking Finances
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In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan discuss a variety of tools that can help you stay on-top of your budget. Whether you create your own tracking systems or don't have any expense tracking systems in place yet, there likely is a tool mentioned in this episode that can help you get one step closer to your financial goals! Remember, keeping you…
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Friday Q&A: What to Invest In, 5 Months Abroad, Moving From Real Estate to Index Funds, Etc.
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On today's Q&A show we cover: 1:16 Should we go abroad for 5 months and have an adventure? 14:04 What should I invest in? 33:25 When would it make sense to move from real estate to index funds? 47:17 Should I leave the job I just got? 1:00:23 What do I need to know to know about traveling with a baby? 1:16:34 Should I invest my old 401k in Bitcoin?…
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308. The Creator of the Sharper Image Wants to Make You a Sharper Investor w/ Richard Thalheimer
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He created one of the largest magazine and in shop sales businesses of consumer electronics. Now Richard Thalheimer wants to teach you how to make outsized equity returns with options investing. Should we listen as index investors?
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Ask Paula: How Should My 64-Year-Old Mom Handle a Toxic Boss?
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Meghan’s mom is 64 years old and suffering under a toxic boss. It’s tough to switch jobs at her age. How should she think through the next steps? Ellen has a 20-year-old son with physical and developmental disabilities. Her other child, age 21, will need to look after him for the rest of their lives. How should she handle their inheritance? Joe wan…
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Episode 266- Launching Financial Grownups & Teaching Your Children About The Importance Of Money With Bobbi Rebell
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Bobbi Rebell, Certified Financial Planner, podcaster, and author of “Launching Financial Grownups,” joins the podcast to discuss how to help your almost adult kids become money smart. We discuss everything from Bobbi’s early career as a journalist to her swift pivot into entrepreneurship and the passion behind her new book, teaching parents that it…
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373 | Natural Remedies, Startup Economics & Financial Literacy A to Z
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In this weeks episode, Brad and Jonathan discuss some natural remedies your may find useful in your life, the economics behind the modern startup scene, and most importantly the basics pillars of financial literacy! Join the guys as they share their philosophy towards tackling financial literacy and why it is such an important topic to study. By kn…
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307. Can You Teach Financial Wellness w/ JL Collins, Jessica Collins, Doug Nordman, and Carol Pittner
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Can you truly teach financial wellness? Even if someone is not ready to hear? We discuss with father and daughter duos JL and Jessica Collins, and Doug Nordman and Carol Pittner. Hear the trials and tribulations of well intentioned dads and their much smarter daughters.
On today's Q&A show we discuss: 1:30 What to do when in Malta? 9:47 How do I get a better life insurance policy after losing weight? 21:56 How do I choose between my current job and a new job offer? 29:50 How to save extra tax money by giving appreciated stock to your church/charity 36:45 I was going to quit my job and take a sabbatical until I saw…
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306: How to Prepare for a Windfall w/ Matt Richter
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Matt Richter won six figures on the Swiss version of the gameshow Who Wants to be a Millionaire. This early windfall at the age of 21 taught him much about money management and how to deal with windfalls. You might not win a gameshow, but anything from a raise to an inheritance can leave you wondering what to do.…
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My Hero, Bill Gaither...and the Career and Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Him
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Bill Gaither is a hero of mine, primarily for his career. He has been singing, performing, and writing songs for nearly 70 years. And he is still at the top of his game. Let him inspire you too. Wintley Phipps, Amazing Grace https://youtu.be/qNuQbJst4Lk Gaither "Easter" Music Playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgubmqMAVkRapOBksWczdAN2RxIW9…
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The 2X Rule (and Other Wealth-Accelerating Advice), with Nick Maggiulli
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#375: Here’s the deal: The majority of people who write about personal finance repeat the same tired aphorisms and cliches. “Millennials aren’t investing enough,” they’ll lament. “Millennials are amassing wealth at a slower pace than previous generations!” But when you ask for their source, they turn up blank. Each writer points to a headline, whic…
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Episode 265- How A Career Break Turned Into Moving Abroad & Financial Independence With Lawyer Turned Expat Roshida Dowe
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Roshida Dowe, founder of Shida’s on the Loose and expert on helping would-be-adventurers come out of hiding, joins the podcast to discuss how she was able to pivot from lawyer to expat by paying down debt and taking the leap into solo travel. Roshida left her career, home, and daily responsibilities for the life of her own design and shows us how w…