92: An Introduction to Financial Independence with Chris Mamula, Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Investing, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Personal finance is easy, right? You read a blog or listen to a podcast and just follow everything they did. Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy. Except that’s not how the world works. What brought success to one person may bring misery - and ultimately failure - to someone else. Personal Finance is P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L! Of course that said, there are some general principles that apply to everyone: Spend less than you earn Invest wisely Increase your income Track your spending Be money conscious Chris Mamula, Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa are the authors of ChooseFI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence, a new book for ChooseFI Publishing. They join us today to share the basics of Financial Independence, and to remind us that Financial Freedom is available for everyone. Topics: What their book is all about The framework they applied to the concept of financial independence Deconstructing rules and create new mindset Things they questioned that started to fall apart How to frame the conversation to attract and get more people interested on financial independence The concept of spending less money Principles on how to cut your expenses Learn the rules of money and math How to earn more income How they approach on investing The final step towards financial independence And SO much more! Links: Mr. Money Mustache Mad Fientist YNAB Mint Frugalwoods BiggerPockets Money Podcast 10: Designing a Frugal But Luxurious FI Life by Age 32 with Liz Thames BiggerPockets Money Podcast 86: Choosing the Right Investment Type for Your Goals with David Stein Budgets Are Sexy Twitter - Dad Jokes Scott's Instagram ChooseFI ChooseFI Podcast Eat The Financial Elephant Can I Retire Yet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast,
0:02.0	Showed Number 92 with the guys from Choose F. I, Brad, Jonathan, and Chris.
0:07.0	You could not have increased your income overnight,
0:10.0	but what mindset, what questions, what skill sets did you develop to get where you are today
0:15.0	that allowed the earn more of the equation to be the almost inevitable.
0:19.0	It's time for a new American dream,
0:21.0	one that doesn't involve working in a cubicle for 40 years, barely scraping by.
0:25.8	Whether you're looking to get your financial house in order, invest the money you already have, or
0:29.6	discover new paths for wealth creation. You're in the right place. This show is for
0:34.7	anyone who has money or wants more. This is the Bigger Pocket's money podcast.
0:39.1	How's it going everybody? I'm Scott Trench. I'm here with my co-host Miss Mindy
0:43.4	Scott I am doing fantastic how are you today I'm doing great I had a wonderful
0:49.4	fun time just hanging out with three of some of the best students of financial
0:53.9	independence around and Brad Jonathan and Chris today. I always enjoy having
0:58.7	Brad and Jonathan on the show. This is our first time with Chris and we don't really dive too much into his money stories.
1:04.4	We are definitely going to have to have him back so that he can share it with us because I think he's got another very interesting approach to money.
1:11.8	But no, today we're talking about the new choose
1:14.6	a five book called choose a five your blueprint to financial independence and I think
1:21.2	this is just a really awesome book, very, very easy to digest book on how to start down the path to financial independence.
1:32.0	It's one thing to hear from people who say,
1:34.1	you know, do this, do that.
1:35.4	You have to do it this way, you have to do it that way.
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