Welcome back to the Boss Bay podcast. All right, I am so excited about today's guest, David Back, because I discovered his work through one of his books, Smart Couples Finish Rich, and it completely changed the game when it came to mine and Stephen's finances. So I went on to read many of his books. I got to know him in person. He is incredible and he's such a powerhouse when it comes to all things finances and money.

And interestingly with this episode, I was like, wait, I'm getting an hour of his time. I'm going to get coached on some money stuff.

So I share a lot of mine and Stephen's financial philosophies and the way we think about money.

And I asked him some of the

burning questions that I really don't have a definitive answer to, like should we be buying

or renting? So we get into all of those details inside of this episode. And before you dive in,

I want to remind you that I have a book coming out so, so soon. It's called the Freedom

Based Business Method and it is designed to. It's called the freedom-based business method and it is designed to

help you build an incredible freedom-based business from scratch. We go through every single

principle and tactic you need to actually make it happen. So if you're ready, head to bossbabe.com

forward slash buy the book or check the show notes. Let's dive in.

I feel like I'm just like a complete movie all over again.

That's beautiful though.

Yeah, it's lovely. Well, I'm so glad you're here. I feel like we have so much to talk about.

So yeah, last time I saw you, was it five years ago, six years ago?

2019, because I was just getting ready to launch the latte factor.

Then I was getting ready to move to Florence, Italy, and take a nine-month sabbatical.

Yes, okay, tell me about it all.

Well, my God, there's so much to talk about, but, like, I mean, what's beautiful about this conversation is you're coming back from taking a break. And so I want to hear about your break, too, because as entrepreneurs, it's just critical to take a break. I mean, you were just joking. I don't know if you're putting the clips, but like, you feel brand new, right? You're having to remember how to do things. And I went to Florence Italy to take a nine-month break with my family. I wanted to move my kids abroad to experience living in Europe before they went to

college. And so I convinced my wife to like, let's go live in Florence, Italy for nine months.

Let's put the two kids in international school.

And let's just experience living in Europe. And nine months turned into, I'm now here seven

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