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363 | First to a Million

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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media

Financialindependence, Investing, Firemovement, Passiveincome, Frugalliving, Personalfinancepodcast, Daveramsey, Careers, Business, Earlyretirement, Habits

4.85K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan and Brad talk with Dan Sheeks about exactly what a 17-year-old should know when getting started on their financial journey. A detailed synthesis of this information can be found in Dan's book First to a Million.

https://www.sheeksfreaks.com

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0:00.0

Today we're going to be speaking with Dan Sheik's the author of first to a million, a

0:02.9

teenager's guide to achieving early financial independence.

0:05.4

And it feels like a wonderful episode to neatly put a little bit of an in-cap on the last

0:11.2

two episodes that we just released, adulting a primer for success.

0:14.4

And then this past week's episode where we took a look at cryptocurrencies and how it

0:18.8

can be folded into a conversation about financial independence.

0:22.6

This episode, I think, takes that to a whole other level in that while the prior two

0:27.0

episodes were what we would want to tell our younger self from the perspective of a

0:32.5

35, 40 year old, you know, looking back.

0:35.8

It's really hard to actually figure out like a step by step plan that would account for

0:40.7

someone being a 16 year old, you know, a 16 year old going into their first semester

0:45.4

of their sophomore or junior year.

0:48.3

And the questions that they have in mind that they prioritize are so radically different

0:52.8

from what we prioritize in our late 20s, early 30s that having a whole book dedicated to

0:58.5

that, I think, is an incredibly helpful manual for us in the financial independence community.

1:04.6

Dan, with his brand new book, First 2 Million, took this task on.

1:08.4

I think he did a brilliant job.

1:10.0

We're going to be unpacking it today on the ultimate crowdsource personal financial.

1:13.4

Welcome to Choose a Fi.

1:15.4

You're listening to Choose a Fi radio.

1:30.8

If you're looking to unlock the secrets to financial independence and early retirement,

1:35.8

you're in the right place.

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