3135: Do What You Hate to Do What You Love by Chris Reining on Financial Independence

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3135: Chris Reining challenges the popular career advice to "do what you love" by showing how it's often wiser, and more sustainable, to do what you hate so that you can eventually afford the freedom to pursue what you love. With humor and insight, he illustrates how financial independence is really about creating options, not chasing passions that can’t pay the bills. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://chrisreining.com/hate-love/ Quotes to ponder: "Do what you hate to do what you love." "Financial independence isn’t about having money it’s about having options." "The most dangerous thing I see people do is quit their job to do what they love." Episode references: Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/ So Good They Can’t Ignore You: https://www.calnewport.com/books/so-good/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	Do What You Hate to Do What You Love by Chris Rining of Chris Rining.com.
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