Break Free from the 9 to 5 Grind: Find Your Path to Freedom
Ken McElroy Show
Ken McElroy
4.8 • 692 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Ken McElroy talks with Rich Fettke about the journey of achieving financial freedom through the story of Ryan Brooks, a character from the book "The Wise Investor." It explores the common struggles of being trapped in the corporate world and the power of mentorship, mindset shifts, and strategic financial planning to break free and build a life of true abundance and freedom.
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ABOUT KEN: Ken is the author of the bestselling books The ABC’s of Real Estate Investing, The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing, and The ABC’s of Property Management. With over two decades of experience in real estate investing, Ken McElroy is passionate about sharing the good life by helping real estate investors grow and prosper. This podcast is a place for Ken to discuss numerous topics connected to real estate investing, including finance, budgeting, the entrepreneur mindset, and creating passive income. Ken offers a wealth of personal experiences, practical advice, success stories, and even some informative setbacks, all presented here to educate and inspire. Whether you’re a new or seasoned investor, the information and resources on this channel will set you on a path where you and your investments can thrive.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Real Estate Strategies podcast, where we host in-depth conversations on everything |
| 0:07.8 | real estate with the industry's biggest movers and shakers. I'm your host, Ken McElroy. Let's get right |
| 0:13.9 | into this episode. Hey, everybody. It's Ken McRoy here, and I'm here with my good friend, Rich Fettke. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome back, Rich. Thank you. |
| 0:21.3 | Good to be back, man. |
| 0:22.4 | Good to see you. |
| 0:23.9 | Well, I know you wrote this book, The Wise Investor. |
| 0:27.2 | I think that it's been out a little while. |
| 0:30.1 | I checked on Amazon. |
| 0:32.4 | Congratulations. |
| 0:33.2 | You got 4.6 stars. |
| 0:34.7 | It's obviously, it's been number one in motivation and self-development, |
| 0:39.9 | number one in business and investing. Congratulations on the book. Thank you very much. You know, |
| 0:45.8 | you are a big inspiration in that book going from a parable from Return to Orchard Canyon and |
| 0:51.3 | read that and I've been just, I love business terrible. So, |
| 0:54.5 | thank you for the inspiration on, on that writing. I just think so many people learn by stories. |
| 1:01.4 | And, you know, I know, the kind of the person in the middle of the story is Ryan Brooks. He's |
| 1:07.7 | a husband, a father, working his butt off, trying to climb the corporate ladder. |
| 1:11.7 | I think that's relatable to a lot of people. I mean, certainly you started that way. I certainly |
| 1:18.2 | started that way. Most people start that way. I think school kind of points you that way. |
| 1:25.6 | It's hard to break, right? It's definitely the trap, you know, it's that, |
| 1:30.9 | you know, golden handcuffs or whatever they call it. It's, you know, going down that path that we've |
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