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Almost everyone knows their annual salary, but 8 out of 10 people don’t know how much money they spend. Once you think about it, that’s incredible. This level of unconscious spending is the reason so many people live in financial fragility toda
You may have read this on my newsletter, but this episode is my story of how I reached financial freedom at age 42 in 2014. The average American works 90,000 hours in their lifetime. I worked 30,000.In my 20 years of working, I only averaged $
Most people’s money problems are actually a lack of fundamental direction in their lives. I believe anyone in the middle class of America reach financial independence, if they know what they really want out of life. My dear friend Annie Bicker
In this episode, FF1 grad and licensed therapist Lindsay Kandra talks about the how capitalism exploits the body's reaction to stress. We talk about economic insecurity, the stress cycle, and how they lead to hyper and hypo vigilance. Today's u
This lesson is an important one: the one where we move from talking about all this personal finance stuff to figuring out how do we actually do it? FF1 alumni Rachel Whaley comes in and talks about setting up systems to do the work for us. She
As one FF student said, "any debt based financial transaction is a poor person giving a rich person money." It's also Present You asking Future You to pay for current consumption. If you are in debt, you literally owe life hours to someone else
“You must combine optimism with brutal honesty and a willingness to take action.” - Admiral James Stockdale Many people don't pay attention to their personal finances because they don't want to participate in capitalism. But there is no not-pa
Spending is not only about personal finance, but also environmental destruction. FF1 alumni Kurt talks about the connection between personal consumption and climate change. People who believe in climate change have higher carbon footprints than
“Knowing what you want is the ultimate life skill. It is worth more than talent or hard work. It is almost worth as much as luck. Have it, and disappointment is still probable, but on your own terms. Lack it, and you will be done to and acted u
“You’re never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.” - Flora Rheta SchreiberCommitment is an act, not a word. Further, I would argue that commitment eventually becomes not even an act, but a state of being. It’s
The “Millionaire Next Door” is a national study of the 3.5 million households in America with a net worth of over $1 million. 80% are first-generation wealthy, i.e. they did not inherit it. A significant percentage of them are “blue-collar weal
The intersection of race, status, and consumption is sensitive and complex. Because I teach personal finance, I’ve wrestling with what I think of all this for years. In this episode, I bring in Jessie Dunley Jr., a Black alumni of SOFF, to talk
Emma Dotta is the youngest person to have ever taken FF1, which means that she was able to pick up financial ideas and habits very early on in her life. In this episode she talks about how she reduced the major slices of a personal budget: hous
Spending isn't only a financial problem, it's an environmental one. In this episode, FF1 grad Kurt talks about the connection between personal consumption and climate change. People who believe in climate change have higher carbon footprints th
"What is enough?" is the animating question of the entire Financial Freedom 1 course. I explore the idea of lagom, the Swedish word meaning "just the right amount with Danielle LaSusa, PhD in philosophy, coach, and writer of a book on the meani
Personal finance is common knowledge: spend less than you earn. Everyone knows this. But why don't people do this?FF alumni Hanna Dornhorfer took Financial Freedom when she was 25. Five years later, she and I explore the question why she was
What budgeting tool do you use? Learning about personal finance is idle chatter unless you actually do the work. FF alumni Whitney talks about tracking expenses, the four principles of You Need A Budget (YNAB), and how it relates to consciousne
Financial freedom is when passive income equals monthly spending. This episode is an intro to the math of personal finance. FF alumni Paul Spencer and Kim LaFever reached financial independence five years after taking FF1. In this episode, we
A change in your finances requires a change in how you see yourself. Contamination vs. redemption stories. FF alumni Naomi Veak talks about how both sobriety and personal finance changed her life. She talks about how confronting her trauma and
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