We all want to do something of value, right, to like find some passion, some project.

I think we're all looking for some meaning.

I have this information that can like help people live better lives and just be happier

and not as angry and not as frustrated, right?

And like if they could just make a couple little changes in their life and like I've made

the choice that, you know, this is important.

This is, this is worth doing.

Welcome to the real estate and financial independence podcast.

I'm your host, Chad Carson.

You can also call me coach. And this is a show all about helping you get out of the financial grind, so you can do more of what matters. Whether you're a brand new listener or a long-time listener, it's always an honor to have you back for another episode. The title of today's episode is the secret superpower of Phi, and that stands for financial independence, of course.

This is a conversation with Brad Barrett. He's the co-host of the popular ChooseFI podcast.

And Brad's been a friend of mine for a long time, and we have a conversation not about real estate

specifically, about financial independence. And the topic of his show, they get in all sorts

of things related to financial independence. But we talk of his show, they get in all sorts of things related to

financial independence. But we talk about these tools and these skills that you're building

around owning your money and mastering your money and mastering the process of investing and

saving and getting your mindset right around money as a superpower. Now, what does the superpower

help you accomplish? Well, it can help you

accomplish anything you want within reason, right, in terms of a lifestyle. And we talk about our

own stories. I dug into some questions I didn't know about Brad about how he got started and journeyed

from choosing a place to live and some simple decisions like that. He lived in Richmond,

Virginia, the story of him

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