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Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

543: What is Financial Independence? The Basics of FI Explained in Plain English by J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly explains exactly what financial independence is in plain English. Episode 543: What is Financial Independence? The Basics of FI Explained in Plain English by J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly (FIRE). J.D. Roth has been reading and writing about personal finance for a decade. Today he’s financially independent, but ten years ago, his money life was a disaster, with over $35,000 in consumer debt. He started turning everything around in 2004. By being the boss of your own life, you, too, can be the master of your own financial fate. The original post is located here: https://www.getrichslowly.org/financial-independence Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 543.

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What is Financial Independence?

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The Basics of FI explained in plain English, by J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly.

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And I'm Dan, the guy who's here each weekday reading to you from some of the best blogs on personal

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