140- A Conversation on Economic Opportunity, Race Privilege, and the FIRE Movement with Brian from Done By 40
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Journey to Launch podcast Brian from Done by Forty and I are talking about the secret behind accomplishing Financial Independence & Retiring Early (FIRE), economic opportunity, and the power of an education.
We get very honest about the role of income and how important it can be on your FIRE journey. Brian is not afraid to talk about privilege, race, and their impact on wealth. We dive into it all and more on the podcast. You'll also learn some valuable tips to help you lower your expenses and how to get a free education.
In this episode you will learn:
- The key to accomplishing FIRE
- How to get a free degree
- Tips to raise your income and improve your odds of getting a new job
- The one thing Brian thinks you should go into debt for, and so much more
Special thanks to our podcast sponsor, Empower. Get $5 into your account when you download the Empower app and reach your savings goal. Enter code JOURNEY at signup here.
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Brian recommended two good reads in the episode:
48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal by Dan Miller
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
If you want more tips on how to get a free education, check out episode 128- Self Education and Ultralearning as a Means to Reach Your Financial Goals & More with Scott Young
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Journey to Launch Podcast, a conversation on economic opportunity, |
| 0:06.7 | race, privilege, and the fire movement with Brian from Dun by 40. |
| 0:11.4 | T-minus 10 seconds. from Done by 40. The Gurney to Launch Podcast with your host Janila Sufraud as a money expert who walks |
| 0:20.3 | her talk. |
| 0:21.3 | She helps brave journeyers like you get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:28.0 | Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in... |
| 0:32.0 | Five, four, three, three, three, three, to financial freedom in five four three two one |
| 0:41.0 | hey hey journey years welcome to the Journey to Launch |
| 0:44.2 | Podcast. I am Jamila, your chief launch officer taking you to |
| 0:50.0 | financial freedom and independence and as I do every week I'm bringing you what I hope you feel to believe is a very insightful encouraging and just |
| 1:00.0 | conversation that helps you |
| 1:02.0 | Further give you feel for your rocket to financial freedom and independent. |
| 1:06.2 | Okay, before we hop into the episode, I want to tell you about today's sponsor, Empower. |
| 1:11.7 | One of the most asked questions from listeners that I get is how can I save more |
| 1:16.2 | and reach my goals and I usually reply with you have to make it easy and automated as much as possible. |
| 1:22.1 | So I'm always on the lookout for solutions for you. easy and automated as much as possible. |
| 1:22.8 | So I'm always on the lookout for solutions for you to do just that, make saving easy and |
| 1:27.2 | automatic. |
| 1:28.2 | Today's sponsor Empower that's E M-P-O-W-E-R is an awesome mobile app that makes saving and managing your money the easiest thing you can do all day. |
| 1:38.8 | For starters, Empower has an automated savings feature. |
| 1:42.3 | You can simply tell the app your weekly |
| 1:44.0 | savings target and every day Empower studies your income and spending and |
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